title: Improving the monitoring and assessment of fluid balance.
abstract: This article reports on a project conducted by final-year students on a preregistration nursing programme. The students explored the potential to improve practice in a clinical area relevant to the trust at which they undertook their clinical placements. It is seen as innovative because it encourages partnership working between the educational institution and the NHS, helps to prepare students for their forthcoming registered nurse status and provides information of real practical value to the trust, enabling it to change and improve an important aspect of care.
authors.affiliation: Bournemouth University.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: Roselinda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Irving
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waller
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D006113:United Kingdom; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance