hospital audit

On the 22^nd of march DVC with Andrew and Neil and Frances a student nurse   went to Russell hall hospital to do an audit on the signs in the hospital with Jackie Howells. We looked at toilet signs, lifts signs, handrails, the floor, posters, ward signs and other signs to tell us where to go.

There were not many signs to tell us where the lifts were. Some of the disabled toilets did not have the word toilet on the sign, and some toilets were not big enough to fit a wheelchair in. the handrails  were the same colour as the wall and did not stand out. On the one floor there were some chairs in front of the hand rails, so we could not use the hand rail. The signs to tell us where to go were different colours on different floors, which we did not understand this. Some posters were not clear about the visiting times. Some of the pictures                                                  were not clear on the posters. There was no easy read in the                                                                hospital. I had a really good day with everyone. We will do another                                                      visit soon.

On Saturday, 23^rd March 2018 we went to Wolverhampton University.

Interview) Samantha and Neil sat on the interview panel alongside Anita (one of the lecturers) and interviewed some people that had applied to be student nurses for people with learning disabilities. This is to get onto the course in September. We asked the people some questions about why they want to be a learning disability nurse. The applicant’s told us a few things about themselves, and how they would do things.

I really enjoyed interviewing because it was my first time. We went     down to the canteen and had lunch with Lynne (another lecturer) and we met up with Francis the student nurse that was working at the university that day. Then me and Neil went back up to the room and we interviewed some more applicants. Then we got told there was no more appluites so then we closed the interview panel.

I think people with a learning disability should be allowed to interview because they are the ones that are experts by experience.