Model patient helps train nurses
Model patient helps train nurses
09 January 2018
Charity funding has paid for a ‘Chester Chest’ doll, enabling hospital staff to develop their knowledge of the human body.
The life-size training tool, with a detachable right arm, replicates the proportions of a typical human torso and offers a unique opportunity for nurses to learn about the network of veins that carry blood around the body.
Claire Murphy, a clinical nurse educator based on the Great Western Ward at St Mary’s, secured an £850 charity grant to purchase the doll.
“The Chester Chest model is very popular with our staff as well as our patients, who have also been using the doll to better understand vascular access,” she said.
“We are extremely grateful to Imperial Health Charity for supporting this project which will help us continue to provide the highest quality education for our nurses.”
Are you a member of staff at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust? To find out more about applying for a grant from Imperial Health Charity, visit www.imperialcharity.org.uk/grants
