Writing a Note

     
       

 

         
       

Your daily ICU update note can be as long or as short as you deem it to be. Time available for writing notes can be extremely short, particularly at weekends, when residents spend most of their time “putting out fires”. It is essential, however, that you enumerate the patients problems and write down a plan of care. Here follows an example of a short note.

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Copyright Patrick Neligan 2001-2002

         
                   
       

         
     

       
       

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