Monthly Archives: January 2013

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NurChat Upcoming Discussion 05/02/2013 – Apps, tablets and mobile devices in healthcare

January 30, 2013 – 12:18 pm

It is not uncommon to see doctors and nurses using mobile devices including smart phones and tablets openly in a ward environment these days, whereas less than a decade ago you would be frowned upon if you were so much as glancing at a device in a hospital. Signs saying ‘switch mobile phones off’ were read more »

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NurChat Transcript 22/01/13 – A nurse supports their patient, who supports the nurse

January 22, 2013 – 9:06 pm

Please read from the bottom for chronological order. Thanks DonnaNewcross @clissa89 Always #NurChat -9:04 PM Jan 22nd, 2013 AicsClin RT @meta4RN: Thanks all. Good to know there are nurses who value Clinical Supervision across the planet. #NurChat -9:03 PM Jan 22nd, 2013 terriedrum Thanks for the great discussion. Good night and take care all!! #Nurchat read more »

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NurChat Upcoming Discussion 22/1/13 – A Nurse Supports their Patients, Who Supports the Nurse?

January 16, 2013 – 9:47 am

The words appraisal and supervision can fill people with dread and fear, but we at NurChat want to discuss the importance of support and supervision for staff, focusing on how positive it should and could be. Following the publication of ‘Compassion in Practice’ by the NHS Commissioning Board, supervision shouldn’t just be a paper exercise read more »

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NurChat Summary 08/01/13 – Should nurses be role models to give health promotion advice

January 14, 2013 – 11:02 am

By far the largest discussion we’ve ever held on NurChat, 50 of you all joined in to express your views on whether nurses should be role models in order to give health promotion advice. There has been plenty of negativity in the press about nurses and particularly those deemed to be overweight. Baroness Finlay of read more »

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#NurChat transcript 08/01/13 – Should Nurses be role models to give health promotion advice

January 9, 2013 – 9:10 am

Please read from the bottom for chronological order MissSeaPeaches ‏@MissSeaPeaches @sazzlebean I have been on twitter ages, but do get involved in lots of discussions like #NurChat Nurse Jami ‏@Nurse_Jami_ @TildaMc For me, it’s being professional at work and in the community. We are all different shapes & sizes. #NurChat Lynne Renals-O’Kane ‏@Tink73purple @wishiwasgold @nurchat read more »

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