The words to use
- Provisional registration
- The GMC registration a new UK graduate holds, which only allows work within an approved foundation programme. Full registration follows satisfactory completion of F1.
- Board round
- A short daily team meeting at the ward board. The team goes through each patient's plan, who is ready to go home and what is holding them up.
- NEWS2
- The National Early Warning Score 2, from the Royal College of Physicians (2017). It scores six routine observations, plus points for oxygen; a higher score triggers faster review.
- SBAR
- Situation, background, assessment, recommendation: a structure for calling a senior quickly and clearly. The recommendation says what you want done and by when.
