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NurChat Transcript 02/04/13 – Impact of NHS Change Day

NurChat @helenbevan Thank you for joining us tonight Helen #NurChat -9:01 PM Apr 2nd, 2013 NurChat RT @helenbevan: The nursing community were the backbone of success for #NHSchangeday 2013. Tonight’s #NurChat showed why. Thank you so much -9:01 PM Apr 2nd, 2013 bloxyd @Elle_milner @nurchat cycle of productivity! #NurChat -9:00 PM Apr 2nd, 2013 NurChat read more »

Nurchat Transcript 19/03/13 – World Down Syndrome Day and delivering effective nursing care

Rob Webster ‏@RobWebster_LCH 8m 

@NurChat We have had some amazing support & care Things getting better Inclsuion will mean generational change in attitude too #nurchat  Daniel Marsden ‏@dmarsden49 8m 

@Afmh_xO look at that! Your a star! #nurchat  tilda mc crimmon ‏@TildaMc 9m 

@NurChat Plus no tea break and lunch on the go a read more »

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

On the 21 March 2013, World Down Syndrome Day will unite a global community advocating for the rights, inclusion and well-being of people with Down syndrome.  Events such as the ‘Lots of Socks’ initiative will raise awareness of the vital role that people with Down syndrome play in communities throughout the world. With such a read more »

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

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 »

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

Read our latest NurChat with @NHSChangeDay. As always, please read from the bottom for chronological order. NurChat @Elle_milner Thank you for joining us #NurChat -9:02 PM Mar 5th, 2013 Elle_milner @KathEvans2 @nurchat @nhschangeday sorry I was in and out but thanks for a great #Nurchat -9:01 PM Mar 5th, 2013 NurChat If you subscribe to read more »

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

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 »

NurChat 05/03/2013 – What’s your pledge for NHS Change Day?

NHS Change Day: What’s your pledge? This is our second out of three discussions with #NHSChangeDay. We wanted to do a follow-up NurChat closer to the time of #NHSChangeDay so we can help support and promote the fantastic idea of NHS workers making a pledge to change one thing, something, anything for the better. NHS read more »

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

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 »

NurChat Transcript 05/02/13 – Apps, tablets and mobile devices in healthcare

Unfortunately we experienced some technical issues with Twitter during our NurChat this evening. Here is the transcript from tonight’s chat – we apologise for the messy format! The programmes we normally use are still experiencing some difficulties. Sorry for any inconvenience caused; be sure to read our post chat article in the coming weeks and read more »

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

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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