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• Strategies to systematically store and recall information

  Strategies to be able to systematically store and recall a plethora of information
• Nurses


  • Critical in the delivery of essential health services
  • Core in strengthening the health system
  • Bring people-centered care closer to where they are needed most
  • Help improve health outcomes and the overall cost-effectiveness of services
• Writing in patients' notes

  • One of the most important jobs a nurse carries out
  • Integral to providing compassionate, safe care
  • Communicates how the patient has been throughout the shift
  • What care they have received
  • Any changes that may have occurred to their care plan
• Patient notes


  Record the assessment of the patient's condition before, during, and after the treatment
• Types of patient notes

  • Initial notes
  • Interim or progress notes
  • Discharge notes
• Initial notes


  First or earliest assessment
• Interim or progress notes

  Assessment reports done to monitor the condition of the patient
• Discharge notes


  Reports given when medication is discontinued or the patient is released from the hospital
• SOAP format


  • Way of organizing patient notes
  • Subjective (assessment given by the family member or patient himself)
  • Objective (assessment seen by you or reflected in laboratory or other medical reports)
  • Assessment (diagnosis)
  • Plan (procedures to be done to address the diagnosis)
• Communication


  • Core component of sound relationships, collaboration and cooperation
  • Essential aspect of professional practice
  • Quality of communication in interaction between nurses and patients has a major influence on patient outcomes
  • Increases in nursing communication can lessen medical errors and make a difference in positive patient outcomes
• Patient notes


  • Most reliable reference about a patient's progress
  • Detailed and legible because once that staff member leaves the ward, they may not be back again for a while
• In writing a patient notes, always remember the SOAP format
• President Rodrigo Duterte has assured Filipinos that they hold ownership over Benham Rise
• President Rodrigo Duterte said he will order the Philippine Navy to fire at those who try to exploit the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
• MANILA exclusively owns the 13-million-hectare undersea Philippine Rise. President Rodrigo Duterte maintained Friday, February 9
• Summary lead or straight lead


  Presenting the W's and the H
• Types of lead


  • Question lead
  • Quotation lead
  • Funny lead
  • Anecdotal lead
  • Descriptive lead
• Writing the opening paragraph of a news article or the lead

  • Emphasize the most important details
  • Be specific and concise
  • Use active verbs as much as possible
• 12 steps to writing news

  • Decide what the news is
  • Who, what, where, when, why and how?
  • Be objective and stick to facts
  • Keep it simple and short
  • Acronyms
  • House style
  • Exclamation marks
  • Don't use 'I' or 'we'
  • Write a great headline
  • Check your work