Understanding Blood Results

Target Audience/Eligibility Criteria

This two-day course is suitable for Nurse Practitioners and Practice Nurses and other Registered Healthcare Professionals whose work involves blood investigation and will be taking place via Zoom.

Course Overview

Early recognition of abnormalities can avert potential life threatening or at least harmful situations.

This well established and respected two-day course allows the candidate a chance to fully understand routine haematology and biochemistry results.

Course Content

The course will include:

• Full blood count, parameters of the full blood count
• Haemoglobin and erythrocyte physiology, ESR, INR
• Clinical examples workshop
• Patterns in anaemia
• Differential white cell count

Course Aims and Outcomes:

This course aims to help with understanding:

• Routine full blood count results
• Clinical physiology of the hematological system
• Routine biochemistry tests and electrolyte and water homeostasis
• Physiology of liver and cardiac enzymes
• Clinical implications of results

Course Duration

Two full days

Trainer/Facilitator

M&K Update

Date/Time/Venue

To be confirmed. Please email gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net and we will add you to the wait list.

Cost

This course is free of charge for all those working in Stockport General Practices.

Booking Process/Additional Information

Bookings for this course should be made via the Virtual College LMS: http://stockportccg.virtual-college.co.uk/