MAKING IT HAPPEN: STUDENT NURSE AND PPG LINKS
Kim YoungPatient Involvement Lead
Adult Nursing Field Lead (Feb Cohorts): BSc [Hons] Nursing Programme,
School of Nursing & Midwifery, Plymouth University
Engaging With Patients – Innovations in Practice
BSc [Hons] Nursing Programme
Establishing the Links
MAKING IT HAPPEN
Patients Association
Established PPG involvement / contact
Communicating with Plymouth University
Communicating with PPGs
Gathering expressions of interest from PPGs
Communicating potential benefits to
PPGs
Providing information about the Pilot
Plymouth University
Committed to developing PPG
student volunteering
Communicating with the Patients Association
Communicating with PPGs
Gathering student expressions of interest
Communicating the benefits to students
Coordinating student PPG allocation and clinical placement
requirements
PPGs
Established relationship with the Patients Association
Expressions of interest
Wanting it to happen
Positive communication
Vision /excitement
Organising student activity
Student Nurse /
PPG Link
Nursing Programme Challenges:Operationalising
Communicating
Challenges:
Students NursesProgramme /
Placements / Exams/ Assessments
Sustaining PPG Links
Evaluating the Experiences:
PPG & Student Nurses
Challenges: PPGs
Student Nurses as volunteers
PPG Activities
Considerations…• Student nurses offer a variety of skill sets and knowledge
• PPGs work in diverse ways /different stages of development
• Linking student nurse PPG activities to the Nursing Programme practice competencies
• Shared journey / learning together
Pilot Examples…Trescobeas PPG in
Falmouth
• Health Education /Health Promotion related activities
• 13 - 25 year age group• Adolescent Health• Improving Social media
and blogging activity• Revising practice leaflets
and posters• Patient Engagement • Friends and Family Test
Pathfields PPG in Plymouth
• Flu Clinics• Engaging wider patient
audience• Health promotion
/education Making A Difference Research Project
• Social engagement • Student Learning
Some of the 1st group of PPG nursing students
Plymouth University Nursing Students - PPG Pilot
• Are here today ......
• Showcasing recent Pilot activities with their PPGs over lunch period
• Please join in the workshop activities with the students and the PPGs after lunch
Contact: [email protected]