Monthly Archives: October 2012

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NurChat 06/11/12 8pm – Prevention of Pressure Ulcers with ‘Your Turn’

October 30, 2012 – 12:10 pm

We are delighted to announce that following over 2 months of organising and coordination we are teaming up with @YourTurnOrg to discuss prevention of pressure sores, with a particular focus in the community. “Your Turn is a national movement working to reduce the number of pressure sores (sometimes known as bed sores) in the UK. read more »

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NurChat 23/10/2012 Summary – Standardising Early Warning Scores (EWS) to National EWS

October 24, 2012 – 3:40 pm

With so many early warning score systems in use, the creation of the ‘National Early Warning Score’ by the RCP and RCN could appear to be adding to the confusion rather than streamlining the assessment of acutely ill patients. There were several different variations of early warning score systems and ‘track and trigger’ styles of read more »

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#NurChat Transcript 23/10/2012 – Standardise Early Warning Scores (EWS) to National EWS

October 23, 2012 – 9:05 pm

Please read from the bottom for chronological order A2Allyson thankyou, brilliant, good to meet so many people and hope to see you all soon, keep in touch #nurchat -9:01 PM Oct 23rd, 2012 Nursey_JimBob @teaandkate_ #nurchat @NurChat makes case management so much harder! -9:01 PM Oct 23rd, 2012 gihanw RT @A2Allyson: electronic systems are empty read more »

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Upcoming NurChat 23/10/12 8pm – Standardise Early Warning Scores (EWS) to National EWS

October 16, 2012 – 10:49 am

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) recently joined forces to develop the National Early Warning Score with the aim of ‘standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity’. However, this initiative will also serve as a tool to reduce variation in the quality of care of acutely ill patients from read more »

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NurChat 09/10/2012 – ‘Promoting Choice by Empowering Patients’

October 10, 2012 – 3:52 pm

Person-centred care has been a buzz phrase in the healthcare community for some time, but the concept behind it is far more than a passing trend. It can prove tough to implement if it’s not properly supported, but keeping the patient’s choices at the forefront when planning their care is vital for achieving a positive read more »

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#NurChat Transcript 09/10/2012 – Promoting Choice By Empowering Patients

October 10, 2012 – 9:04 am

Please read from the bottom for chronological order NurChat ‏@NurChat Thank you to everyone that participated in tonight’s #NurChat am I free? Jessica L. Barlow ‏@jessica_barlow RT @DGFoord: A paperless NHS by 2015! Can this be done? http://m.hsj.co.uk/5050419.article #nhssm #wenurses #nurchat #nurseshift David Barton ‏@Bartontd #nurchat I missed it ( – however I blame my read more »

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NurChat 09/10/12 8pm – Promoting choice by empowering patients

October 2, 2012 – 10:36 am

Special thanks to @Momrocks50 and @Susie8lue for suggesting the topic, which came following a heartfelt discussion one Sunday morning about how choice can be taken away from our patients for the benefit of the nurse / carer, and can lead to loss of independence and morale for the patient. The NICE guidelines ‘Patient experience in read more »

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