taighwilliam

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1. End of Life Decision Making

   taighwilliam replied to taighwilliam's topic in Hospice

   No one else got any thoughts ???

2. Change of shift report

   taighwilliam replied to angel333's topic in General Nursing

   I agree that 'walk round' reports frequently breach confidentiality. Also not all aspects of care to be given are appropriate for the patient to hear i.e. tentative medical diagnoses. My current work area uses face to face handover- this does have t...

3. End of Life Decision Making

   taighwilliam replied to taighwilliam's topic in Hospice

   I mean has anyone set up any policy or care pathway to help decide when palliative care begins for the patient and curative medicine ends. My current experience is that this decision is made by a senior physician and that this brings with it variabil...

4. End of Life Decision Making

   taighwilliam posted a topic in Hospice

   I work in a busy acute medical admissions unit- has anyone carried out work wrt to end of life decision making? At the moment this is haphazardly carried out (varies greatly between physicians). It would also be of interest if the recommendations fro...

5. question for EXPERIENCED NPs, please!

   taighwilliam replied to APP's topic in NP

   I think for a nurse it is irrelevant whether they practice as PA or NP...you can't remove the fact they have nursed. Nurses stay with the patient throughout their ordeal and take a much wider, holistic view of their patient. For a nurse, reversabilit...

6. Can you be called "Doctor" with a PhD in Nursing?

   taighwilliam replied to Jo Dirt's topic in NP

   I must say i have never heard of the 'clinical doctorate' concept