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

April 30, 2013 – 8:06 pm

Here is the transcript from tonight’s NurChat discussing person-centred dementia care. As always, please read from the bottom to the top for chronological order, and thanks to everyone who participated!  MissCharlotteEm .@N1ckWarren if the staff can’t manage it then I suggest they change career. Alz patients deserve nothing but the best! #AlzChat #NurChat -9:05 PM 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 05/02/2013 – 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 06/11/12 Summary – Prevention of Pressure Ulcers

November 9, 2012 – 1:28 pm

We were thrilled to welcome Emma and Claire from @Your Turn to this discussion, Your Turn is a national campaign to reduce the number of pressure sores in the UK. The active prevention of pressure sores is not only in the interests of the patient, but also in the interests of reducing costs. A recent read more »

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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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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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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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