Archived News: June 2005Register today for a new e-seminar: Creating a Consolidated, Comprehensive Electronic Health Record Thursday, June 23, Noon - 1 p.m. CDT Cardiff Wed 5th July - RCN Quality Improvement Network Road Show on
"Safe Transfer of Care" Welsh Telemedicine sees strong progress Do you record B/P in your daily practice? Web site that evaluates the accuracy of options for blood pressure measurement Do you keep a practice diary? The NMC advises that clinical information is not written in diaries, but in rare circumstances - if this is the case - then the information must be transcribed into the patient/client clinical records within a 48 hour period. NMC publish new documents on How to Complain about a Nurse or Midwife - covering England, Northern Ireland and Wales Ethics Working Party (RCN representation) Report recommends Healthcare institutions should review existing arrangements for providing advice and education, and for developing and implementing guidelines on the recognition and handling of ethical uncertainties and dilemmas in clinical practice.d Do You Care for Type 2 Diabetics? See the UKPDS Risk Engine Software - soon to be updated Informatics is about communication not technology, says Marina Copping, and nurses are expert communicators See Nursing Standard |