Get on top of your record-keeping skills
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Get on top of your record-keeping skills

Natalie Elliott Fourth-year adult nursing student, Glasgow Caledonian University, @WeStudentNurse community on Twitter
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Your guide to maintaining clear, timely and concise documentation

Accurate record-keeping is a vital part of good communication in nursing and integral to safe and effective practice. The point is underlined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of conduct, which states that to practise safely, nurses must keep clear and accurate records relevant to their practice.

Nursing Standard. 37, 2, 41-42. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.2.41.s19

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02 February 2022 / Vol 37 issue 2

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