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NurChat 24/04/2012 – Is nursing a vocation or a career?

June 19, 2012 – 12:14 pm

#NurChat to discuss “Is nursing a vocation or a career?” Tues 24th April 8pm Nurses have had a lot of criticism of late for not being caring enough, only earlier this month The Independent ran a series of reports about “the crisis in nursing”, the Prime Minister wants to release “time to care” and reports read more »

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NurChat 10/04/2012 – Nursing MH & LD patients in a general setting

June 19, 2012 – 12:12 pm

#NurChat discusses “Nursing MH & LD pts in a general setting” Tues 10th April 8pm Often when people are admitted to hospital it is not merely one condition that is apparent. Our patients health is often multifaceted and we are all taught as students that we must care for them in an holistic way encompassing read more »

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NurChat 27/03/2012 – The NMC Code of Conduct

June 19, 2012 – 12:09 pm

#NurChat discusses “The NMC code of conduct” Tues 27th March 8pm   “The code is the foundation of good nursing and midwifery practice, and a key tool in safeguarding the health and wellbeing of the public” (NMC The code 2008) There is no doubt that the NMCs Code of Conduct is the cornerstone of nursing read more »

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NurChat 13/03/2012 – Should we bring back the EN?

June 19, 2012 – 12:04 pm

#NurChat to discuss “Should we bring back the EN?” 8pm 13/03/2012      The Enrolled Nurse (EN) role started in 1943 due to a period of staff shortages and financial pressures, the great depression, in the 1930’s that led to more unregulated nursing assistants being employed. (RCN)  In 1986 the UKCC (now NMC) said that the read more »

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NurChat 28/02/2012 – Effective Discharge

June 19, 2012 – 11:58 am

#NurChat to discuss “Effective Discharge”  28/02/2012 8pm    We are encouraged to ensure that our patients discharge is planned from the moment they are admitted and as nurses we are more than aware that a well planned discharge can help to minimise readmission in addition to increasing well being in both patients and their families. read more »

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NurChat 14/02/2012 – How can nurses improve dementia care?

June 19, 2012 – 11:55 am

#NurChat to discuss “Dementia Care” 14/02/2012 8pm   There are currently 750,000 people in the UKwith Dementia and it is estimated that this will rise to over 1 million by 2021. (Alzheimer’s Society)  The “Report of the National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2011” looked at dementia care in 145 wards and during read more »

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NurChat 17/01/2012 – PM David Cameron’s statement on nursing

June 19, 2012 – 11:51 am

#NurChat to discuss “PM’s statement on Nursing” 17/01/2012     In response to Prime Minister David Cameron’s news  regarding regular nursing ward rounds, nurse leadership and reduced bureaucracy we will now be postponing our #NurChat scheduled for Tuesday 17th January 8pm on COPD and instead be discussing this very important development in the future of nursing read more »

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NurChat 31/01/2012 – Oral health

June 19, 2012 – 11:43 am

#NurChat to discuss “Oral Health” 31/01/2012 Every day of our lives we get up in the morning and clean our teeth and we clean them again before we go to bed.  If we experience problems with our teeth we take ourselves off to the dentist and get treatment.  maintaining our own oral hygiene is a read more »

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NurChat 03/01/2012 – Newly qualified nurses – how can we support them?

June 19, 2012 – 11:39 am

#NurChat to discuss “Newly qualified nurses – how can we support them?” 03/01/2012 8pm We can all remember those first shifts as a newly qualified staff nurse as they are very scary times – the feeling that you are now “out there” practising as a registered nurse is very awe inspiring as a newly qualified read more »

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NurChat 20/12/2011 – Should Nurses Be Healthy Role Models?

June 19, 2012 – 11:32 am

#Nurchat to discuss “Should nurses be healthy role models?” – 20/12/2011 8pm   So as we are nearing Christmas and this is the last #NurChat of the year we are going to be discussing if nurses should act as healthy role models.  This is very apt as we enter the new year as it is read more »

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