Monthly Archives: May 2012

Chat 29 May 2012 – Reducing Unnecessary Documentation

Nursing assessments, care plans, risk assessments and daily notes are just a small snapshot of the amount of documentation that nurses need to complete for each and every patient seen.  A recent Nursing Times article (Ward staffing pressures leave vital care undone) identified that often the development of care plans was being left undone at read more »

The Nursing and Care Quality Forum Chat Summary

Post Chat Summary from 22nd May 2012 This NurChat started off by asking what chatters first thoughts were on the Nursing & Care Quality Forum (NCQF) – responses were very sceptical from it being just another forum to those isScotlandbeing unaware of it; the political reasons behind the forum also came in for criticism some read more »

#NurChat to discuss The Nursing & Care Quality Forum on 22nd May 2012

Back in January #NurChat held a discussion about Prime Minister David Camerons statement on nursing in which he announced the launch of a forum to improve the quality of nursing. This forum has now been established and its main aims are set out in the Nursing and Care Quality Forums Mission Statement. The forum wants read more »

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