Volunteers needed in Portsmouth to help train student nurses.

[Clare-NRAS]

Learning in Partnership with Patients

NRAS is delighted to support this initiative of using patient experience to help train trainee nurses in Portsmouth.

Each patient and their journey through health care is unique. Understanding the experiences of a person as they become a patient and receive care and treatment is essential to everyone.

Portsmouth Hospital believe that patients who are regular users of health services, both in hospital and in primary care, are a valuable sometimes untapped resource.

If you live in the Portsmouth area and would like to help then this may well be for you. The Head of Nursing and Midwifery Education is looking to recruit 12 volunteer patients to work with them. Each volunteer will be “buddied” up with a student and between you will agree what you want that to look like. It could be you are happy for the student to accompany you on a visit to your GP or to a hospital appointment. Or you may have a planned operation coming up and your student could follow you through the pre operation assessments, hospital stay and afterwards during your recovery.

People with a variety of health needs to help the health providers of the future understand a range of experiences.

If you are interested in being a volunteer please contact [e-mail] and I will put you in touch with the person bringing this exciting project to life.