RE: How NPL should be logged

Meow1950 — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:54:39 GMT

Thanks to both of you! Makes more sense now. And also congrats on completing your NPL ;)

RE: How NPL should be logged

Julia Wallis — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:13:46 GMT

I've just completed my NPL (so happy) I've done a brief statement of what I did, demonstrated my understanding of why I did it the way I did, relate to Rcvs code of conduct if relevant and improvements/ thoughts.

RE: How NPL should be logged

Laura — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:12:05 GMT

I think its about finding the balance between describing what was done and giving a step by step account. For example, if my student was logging taking a blood sample, she would just say something like 'I took a jugular blood sample from a dog' as the description of what was done as opposed to 'I selected needle and syringe, clipped some fur from the neck, swabbed the area, raised the vein etc etc' She would then say if she was successful, if anything happened and/or how she felt e.g. 'the dog was overweight so finding the vein was difficult but the sample was successful and I felt confident while taking it'. I usually wouldn't expect more than a couple of lines unless she was linking several tasks together.

This was how I logged mine as well, although I did the old NPL so the tasks were more broken down than they are now. As long as each point in the guidance notes is mentioned in at least one task, and you're satisfied with the overall competence, then you should be fine!