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NurChat Summary 28/08/12 – Continence Care

August 29, 2012 – 6:04 pm

Initially the participants discussed individualised continence care. It was felt that patients were receiving individualised care; however some argued that this was very dependent on the area that you worked in. In acute hospitals it was agreed that it was difficult to undertake a continence assessment due to lack of time and those patients were read more »

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#NurChat 28/08/2012 Transcript – Continence

August 28, 2012 – 9:18 pm

Please read from the bottom for chronological order michellemellor3 @Momrocks50 this is important to patients, empathy, understanding, patience #nurchat -9:04 PM Aug 28th, 2012 NurChat RT @michellemellor3: please refer to your continence s/n on discharge rather than send p/t home with the problem and a few pads!! #NurChat -9:04 PM Aug 28th, 2012 EffyJnr RT read more »

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NurChat 28/08/2012 8pm – Continence care

August 20, 2012 – 4:01 pm

In a dictionary the term ‘incontinence’ gives explanations using the terms ‘involuntary’, ‘insufficient voluntary control’ and ‘lack of self-control’. We have decided to discuss this subject following a recent article in the Nursing Times highlighting the story of a patient who had made herself incontinent  because she felt the nurses were too busy to take her to read more »

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The Pain Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals

August 15, 2012 – 5:12 pm

Following on from our #NurChat on Pain Management, Pete Moore has very kindly sent us over this powerpoint presentation that he uses when speaking to healthcare professionals about empowering patients to get involved in their pain management. He talks about the cycle of persistent pain and how the 12 tools in the pain toolkit can read more »

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NurChat Summary 14/08/2012 – Pain Management

August 15, 2012 – 4:31 pm

Initially the discussion was focussed very much on the medical model of pain management, and the fine line between managing pain with analgesia while preventing complications from side effects such as falls, constipation and confusion. It was also mentioned that there can be a barrier from the patient when discussing analgesia as they can be read more »

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#NurChat 14/08/2012 Transcript – Pain Management

August 14, 2012 – 9:05 pm

Please read from the bottom for chronological order NurChat Huge thank you to @paintoolkit2 for joining us tonight #NurChat -9:05 PM Aug 14th, 2012 PhilipRABall “@kaffando: @PhilipRABall surely, we’ve moved on from not believing what the patient says? #nurchat #McCaffrey” fervently hope so, #maybenot -9:04 PM Aug 14th, 2012 NurChat @TildaMc Thanks Tilda #NurChat -9:04 read more »

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Read more about our #NurChat guest contributor Pete Moore – author of The Pain Toolkit

August 14, 2012 – 8:24 am

We’re really excited to welcome Pete Moore to join our #NurChat discussion on Pain Management. Pete is a long term pain suffer and has, like many pain patients, struggled with managing his pain from one day the next. “Managing my pain was like playing a game of snakes and ladders – a game of luck. read more »

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NurChat 14/08/2012 8pm – Pain Management with Peter Moore, Author of ‘The Pain Toolkit’

August 7, 2012 – 11:10 am

‘Pain can be with us for seconds or last forever’ McCaffery’s (1968) definition of pain is ‘Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever the experiencing person says it does’, and it’s frequently quoted by nursing staff, however it could also be argued that it’s not always put into practice. Millions of read more »

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NHS Blood and Transplant Nurse Angela Ditchfield gives her thoughts on the #NurChat discussion surrounding Organ and Tissue Donation

August 3, 2012 – 4:27 pm

I was asked to take part in the Nurchat twitter session on 17th July 2012 at 8pm. I am a specialist nurse in organ donation with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and work as part of the North West Organ Donation Team. I was new to Twitter and was feeling slightly nervous although I felt read more »

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NurChat Summary 31/07/2012 – Patient Hydration

August 2, 2012 – 4:50 pm

Patient hydration is a topical subject, not only because of the time of year but also with the recent national news coverage following the death of 22 year old Kane Gorny. Kane was admitted to hospital for a hip replacement but died during his hospital admission following a ‘collective failure by a number of individuals, read more »

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