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NurChat Summary 14/05/2013 – ‘Dementia Challengers’

May 16, 2013 – 9:04 am

The issues that surround dementia, from diagnosis to effective dementia care, have become increasingly severe in recent years; something which has been widely reported in recent months. With the number of people suffering from dementia predicted to double by 2043, the necessity to develop a pro-active approach to dementia has never been more crucial. With read more »

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NurChat Summary 30/04/2013 – ‘Person-centred dementia care’

May 1, 2013 – 2:22 pm

With dementia awareness week just around the corner, we held the second in our trio of dementia based NurChats to promote discussion about the debilitating syndrome. Following on from our ‘dementia-friendly environments’ NurChat, we teamed up with our friends @IRememberBetter and @ewpotts from #AlzChat to consider the topic of ‘person-centred dementia care’, which elicited an read more »

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NurChat Summary 16/04/2013 – Dementia-friendly environments

April 22, 2013 – 9:53 am

In October 2012 the government announced plans to promote awareness and understanding of dementia and improve care by dedicating £50 million to NHS trusts and local authorities. With this in mind, and dementia awareness week fast approaching on the 19th to 25th May, we held the first of three NurChat’s to support the awareness drive read more »

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NurChat Summary 02/04/13 – The impact of NHS Change Day

April 9, 2013 – 8:34 am

NHS Change Day has undoubtedly made a huge impact on many thousands of people; 182,991 people at present have pledged their contribution to change, but just how sustainable are the changes that were made? What lasting legacy has the movement had and how has patient experience been impacted? For any activity there needs to be read more »

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NurChat Summary 26/03/13 – The government response to the Francis report

April 9, 2013 – 7:58 am

On Tuesday 26th March 2013, the government issued their response to the public inquiry which reported serious cases of neglect in the Mid Staffordshire trust. The measures put forward by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will supposedly usher in a new culture of transparency and compassion, and represent a “fundamental change to the system”. Such was read more »

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NurChat Summary 19/03/13 – World Down Syndrome Day and delivering effective nursing care

March 21, 2013 – 11:00 am

World Down Syndrome Day is a global awareness day highlighting the voice of people with Down syndrome and those who live and work with them. The aim of our latest NurChat discussion was to explore how people with Down syndrome are treated in a general healthcare setting, and how this can be improved. Our conversation read more »

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NurChat Summary 05/03/13 – What’s your pledge for NHS Change Day?

March 7, 2013 – 12:05 pm

NHS Change Day will be held on 13th March 2013 and is the single largest collective action for major change in the NHS to date. Its original aim was to achieve 65,000 individual pledges of change that would improve care for patients, their families and carers. The response has already been overwhelming, with over 90,000 read more »

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NurChat Summary 19/02/13 – Making the transition from student nurse to registered nurse

February 27, 2013 – 5:44 pm

Making the leap from student nurse to registered nurse is undoubtedly challenging. Self-confidence is essential to becoming an effective practitioner, and the experience of the first few months in a nursing career is pivotal. Good support and guidance in those initial stages can be facilitated by a well-structured preceptorship, which can lay the foundations for read more »

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

February 12, 2013 – 4:22 pm

92% of adults in the UK now personally own and use a mobile phone1, with two fifths of all adults owning a smartphone2. Tablet ownership is growing fast, and the recent announcement from Apple that they have surpassed 40 billion unique app downloads from the App Store3 shows it’s clear that mobile devices and app 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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