A new approach to the treatment of corneal abrasions | Clinical audit and the use of evidence |
Reviewing and altering the system for late reporting of x rays in the A & E | Clinical governance basics, project, personal development |
Collecting evidence for using warming blankets for patients undergoing certain procedures | Clinical audit, presentation skills |
Reviewing and altering the use of agency nurses | Time management, project planning |
More consistent and careful documentation of unexpected incidents | Clinical governance basics, quality and complaints |
Career planning for personal development | Career planning, other personal development |
Closer adherence to procedures for proper consent in theatres | Clinical governance basics, quality and complaints |
Review and alteration to the treatment of acute urinary retention (there was an audit for this in train, but it has been changed in the light of “Managing Life” knowledge to a more focused study) | Clinical audit |
Checking more closely that there is evidence for pharmaceutical advice given, and being clearer with people when it is absent | Library work on finding evidence, clinical governance basics, personal development |
Reviewing the logistics of a walk in GUM/HIV clinic | Project planning, clinical audit |
Reviewing the clinical management of pulmonary emboli | Clinical audit, personal development |
Beginning a journal club at which the clinical team meet at regular intervals to analyse and discuss newly published work in their area of expertise | Use of evidence, personal development and reflections on practice |
Spending time each day reflecting on practice and being more assertive over imperfections | Clinical governance basics, remembering course evaluation time, personal development |