This tweetchat is based on the Nursing Conversations Conversation Starter "Can we be flexible with hospital visiting?" written by Emma Heron - which you can read HERESome of the questions we will be exploring during this tweetchat are:Visitors to hospitals are subject to different rules; some hospitals even having completely different visiting hours across their departments and wards.   Do we ensure visitors are aware of the expectations we have?How do we ensure the privacy of other patients on the ward, as per the NMC Code of Conduct (Standard 5), when visitors are present?How do we support those patients who do not receive visitors either because they do not have anyone able to physically visit them or because a ward is closed due to infe ...

Hosted by WeNurses in collaboration with WeStNs #WeNursesAs a follow up to our 11/7/19 tweet chat on e-health apps discussions now progress to e-health tools you may already be seeing more commonly in daily practice. Fit bit, Alexa, Ipads, Medication Alarm prompts and more … Do you use these in your practice? Can you see the potential? Perhaps you are already an e-health nurse well on your way to meeting NHS long term digital health goals and hadn’t realised quite how much you are doing! Alternatively, you may be an e-health expert and have some great tips to share. How can we use e- health tools to enhance patient’s quality of life?What tools, if any are you currently seeing in practice?What are the barriers to access? Funding? IT Skills? ...

What is professionalism? Seems like an easy question doesn't it? Until you try to find the words to describe it ... it seems so much easier to define what unprofessionalism looks like, but what is it to be a professional.The NMC Code sets "the professional standards that registered nurses and midwives must uphold" (NMC 2015) and is split into four distinct areas:Prioritising peoplePractise effectivelyPreserve safetyPromote professionalism and trust But perhaps being a professional is more than this? The Enabling Professionalism Framework (2018) states "Professionalism is characterised by the autonomous evidence-based decision making by members of an occupation who share the same values and education. Professionalism in nursing and midwifery ...

During the past few years we have seen a huge growth in the use of social media in the healthcare sector yet it was only a short time ago that Ferguson (2013) questioned whether health would start to leverage the potential of social media. The answer, some 5 years on, is still unclear.  Whilst there are a few social media pioneers there is still a long way to go in unlocking the true potential of social media. There are many who do not see the benefits and still regard it as a social pastime and not as a serious way for nurses to communicate, connect and make a difference to the people they care for. Forty-seven per cent of the UK population (Ofcom 2017) uses social media which equates to a large number of nurses potentially already using i ...