Community Nurses Measure Up A national one day census, developed by nurses for nurses Thursday 24th April 2008

Nurse Census Support

As mentioned on all these web pages, the nurse census has been developed by nurses for nurses. We have received a great deal off input and support from everyone we have spoken with and contacted.

The Chief Nursing Officer Directorate (CNOD) - Paul Martin is also very supportive of this project and has written to all Nurse Directors asking for their support and commitment.

Here is the letter the was sent to all the Nurse Directors on the 9th April 2008: CNOD Letter to Nurse Directors 

Complete your census form here :

The 2008 Nursing Team census is now closed

The Census Support Team would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who participated for taking the time and effort to complete the census.

In the three week period from the 24th April 2008 over 4,000 community nursing staff registered on the system and just over 3,000 have completed and submitted a census return.

The support team has been running regular reports on census participation and has liaised with the CHP contacts to inform them of census compliance within their areas. If you have been identified on one of these lists as not having completed but you are sure that you have then please contact us and our advisors will check your record.

Initial reports from the census are expected late Autumn 2008, Please check these web pages for further details.

The census telephone helpdesk 0131 275 6946, will remain open until Wednesday 21st May 2008. If you have any other queries regarding the census please e-mail us at: data.development@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk.

Password Structure

On entering the census system you will be asked to enter three fields:

• Participation code
• Username
• Password

Participation Code
Each Community Health Partnership (CHP) will be issued with a unique participation code, which must be used by all community staff within that area. Each code consists of both numbers and letters. All letters must be typed in uppercase.

You should receive your code the week commencing the 14th April. If you haven't received this code by the 18th April, please contact the Census Support Team by e-mailing data.development@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk or telephone the helpdesk on 0131 275 6946.

Username
Upon entering the participation code you will then be prompted to enter a username. Your username must consist of your first name combined with your last name.

If your name is common and the name already exists within the system please add a number at the end of your name. The system will accept the username once it is unique.

Password
This can be anything you like and is not  case sensitive or restricted in length.

How is this kept anonymous
The census is completely anonymous and neither the nurses completing nor the patients can be identified at analysis.

The reason we ask you to enter your full name as a username means that should you forget your password you can contact the Census Support Team who will be able to reset this for you.

Once you have finished entering your information and press submit your information will be sent to Information Services and your log-in details are removed prior to analysis.

Census Inclusion/Exclusions

If you are unsure whether or not you should be submitting a census form then please see below the details of who should and should not be contributing.

Should
All core community staff employed by the Health Board and working in core hours (approx 8:00 until 17:00) and within the following disciplines:

Registered	District Nurses
	Health Visitors
	School Nurses
	Family Health Nurses
	Treatment Room Nurses
	Team Leaders (the part of their work that related to caseload management)
Un-registered	Health Care Assistants
	Nursery Nurses
	Support

Should Not
All out of hours, evening, specialist nurses including Community Mental Health Nurses, Practice Nurses (regardless of who they are employed by), Midwives, Phlebotomists, Admin staff.

If you are still unsure whether you should be submitting a census form or not then please contact the Census Support Team.

Training Materials

We are aware that not everyone is able to attend a training session therefore we have made available all the documents that were discussed along with the presentation given.

• Guidance document - provides guidance and definitions to all the questions you will be asked
• Guide - provides you with a list of some of the benefits to you from completing the census as well as a list of all the things you will be asked in the form
• Training Presentation - a copy of the presentation given at the training sessions
• step by step guidance - provides you with a step by step guide to completing the census, also contains screen images of how the system will look
• Reference List - Health Problems - a list of all the options available for you to select
• Reference List - Interventions - a list of all the interventions available for you to select.

Please note that we are aware that although these lists are extensive they will not contain every health problem or intervention that you may do. However on when completing your form please select the item(s) that best fit and then record your comments in the field provided.