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Getting started in your specialist nursing career

Getting started in your specialist nursing career. Matthew Hodson COPD Nurse Consultant Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust London. “The best things about the job is seeing patients getting better and knowing you have provided a good service” Hodson M. (2001). Current role. My journey.

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Getting started in your specialist nursing career

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  1. Getting started in your specialist nursing career Matthew Hodson COPD Nurse Consultant Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust London

  2. “The best things about the job is seeing patients getting better and knowing you have provided a good service” Hodson M. (2001)

  3. Current role

  4. My journey

  5. Education • Professional Doctorate in Nursing (current) • Non Medical Prescriber • MSc in Nursing • Management Diploma • BSc (hons) in Respiratory Care • Diploma in Respiratory Health • Diploma in Higher Education (Nursing) • Registered Nurse (1998)

  6. What is a nurse specialist? • Key aspects of the CNS role: • direct involvement in care • responsibility and accountability for nursing actions to be highly educated • a researcher • an educator • a co-ordinator of care • an expert in both clinical assessment of patients and in the field • to be autonomous • to be a writer and to form a liaison between the community and the hospital.

  7. Becoming a nurse specialist • Experience and qualifications

  8. Types of respiratory nurse specialists • COPD • Asthma • ILD • Aspergillus • Bronchoscopist • CF • Research • TB • Allergy • Non-invasive ventilation • Associate Nurse Specialists • Nurse Consultant • Staff Nurse • Senior Staff Nurse

  9. Areas of work • Hospital • Community • Primary Care • Integrated care • Acute care • Ambulatory Care • University • Hospice • Prisons • Mental Health Units

  10. Role • Patient Centred Care • Pulmonary Rehabilitation • Education • Research • Service Development • End of life care • Diagnosis • Non-medical prescribing • Management and treatment

  11. Typical Day

  12. Road to success… • Nurse of Year 2013 • Raise profile of respiratory nursing • Champion for the 6C’s • Opportunity to network across the nursing profession • Start to write – several letters / blog / book • Meet the future of nursing… here in this room

  13. @speak2matt Thank you. Email me: matthew.hodson@homerton.nhs.uk Website: www.arns.co.uk

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