Nursing and Midwifery guidance

Here, you can read and download guidance documents, and watch our guidance videos.

Which assessments should I be completing?

To see which assessments should be completed within your practice area, expected timeframe for first assessment, frequency of subsequent assessments, and expected standard for clinical practice, click this link to see our Essential Assessments table:

Nursing Documentation Essential Assessment Table    

Effective documentation: Training and guidance documents and videos.

Staff must keep clear, accurate and legible records, which provide a factual account of the care and treatment given and decisions made and any information given to patients. Records must be completed contemporaneously or as soon as possible after the event, if there is a delay, the reason must be recorded.

Please select a topic from the options below.

Within each topic there are guidance documents and videos, SOPs, and links to relevant Trust policy.                                                                Click on the arrow to open the topic's section to view the content.

Click on a guidance document, SOP, Policy, title to read onscreen or download.                                                                                                Play a training video by clicking on the title, which opens up in YouTube.

Subtitles are available on the YouTube videos.                                                                                                                                                You can access these by clicking on the  button at the bottom right-hand side of the YouTube screen: