jimtrish

well its arrived, the topics for my conversion exam on march 16th. We had accountability or record keeping, the latter has less guidelines to remember and reference so won us all over!
any advice you can offer, easy ways of remembering atleast 15 references for the day would be appreciated! :scared:
Any other info would be greatly received.

cheers

Trish

CasG

Cannot help as not a baby nurse - but good luck with your exam, keep us posted.

Cas x

jimtrish

hi cas,

the questions are not specific to paeds, as mental health nurses etc will sit it too. But will definitely keep you posted.

kentcoast

Try looking in Legal aspects of nursing by Bidget Dimond longman books 2002 plus legal aspects of patient confidentiality same author Quay books 2002 boring but useful.
Will send you a pm.
Sarah

jimtrish

thanks sarah,you are a star! only prob is, we have to know the refs by memory, as no notes allowed in the exam and no ukcc refs, they have to be nmc now.

kentcoast

Good luck with the exam. Is this the last part of your conversion?
Sarah

tiredwithtwins

well as its on record keeping, your main starting point shoudl be the nmc guidelines on record keeping - look at their website - and let it follow on from there; what the nmc say should be the main part of your essay as thats what our legal thingy is based on (if you know what i mean). look at the nursing times website and search their archives for recent papers/articles on record keeping, as their articles will all be based on the nmc rules, and you will soon find it easy enough to remember the references. How many words does your essay have to be? or is it as much as you can write in a set period?
good luck....

Sue

jimtrish

hi sarah,

yep, its the final insult, i mean final part! just wish it was over.

thanks for all your help and advice.

jimtrish

hi sue,

ive downloaded the nmc guidelines so hopefully should be ok. We get 1.5 hrs to write our answer, we know the question will be generally based on record keeping, as mental health nurses etc will be sitting the exam. just hope theres nothing about auditing....im useless at that, but there is a bit onit in the nmc guidelines.There isnt a set amount of words, its just got to answer the question really, so about 4pages worth i reckon??
thanks alot sue, really appreciate your input.

Trish

LondonNurse

The main document you are looking for is

NMC (2002) The Code of Professional conduct. London, NMC.

Check out that Bridget Dimond book because it might refer to the NMC not the UKCC.

You can start the essay by stating the role of nurse - need a reference.

Talk about advocacy - how keeping good records ensures safe care for the patient and helps your collegues.

Erm, not sure what else you could include but hope this helps a bit x

kentcoast

Don't forget essence of care.

Sarah

ShellnTez

the NMC actuall have:
GUIDELINES FOR RECORDS AND RECORD KEEPING
it is a mint green booklet
shell

jimtrish

thankyou for that, found the nmc reference, just hope the question is a good straight forward one so i can go through the throws of what i am practising!!

thankyou for your help, really appreciate it.

Trish

jimtrish

thanks shell, got that one downloaded, think i shall sleep, eat and breathe it for the nextn 7wks! :scared:

jimtrish

thanks sarah, youve been great, just about to look up essense of care again.
Trish x