Positively dyslexic nursing

  You gota fight for ya right to write Today I wanted to talk about writing freehand, which is something that has caused me much anxiety and distress   especially when writing: nursing notes, 1-2-1s, filling in admissions referrals, MDT prep sheets   as well as other documents that require being filled in by hand . I don’t know how you feel about writing freehand but I have find it very intimidating at times ,especially when under pressure for time   or when I’m tired, I find that words that I can spell normally I misspell when writing freehand. I also struggle to find the words I am looking  while writing  . I have even been known to write words backwards without realising,  I have even made up words  .Some of my issues around writing freehand were explained to me by my Neurodiversity trainer which I will go into further in my next blog. Basically a lot of my issues are a result of my working memory shrinking when under pressure and the fact I do not file blocks of information away

      Training My Dragon   Today I wanted to talk about utilising software to assist you in managing issues relating to communication, reading writing ; The software I will be discussing are: Nuance Dragon and Claro Read these  are only two options available that can  assist  you with your reading  and writing  Nuance Dragon is speech recognition technology, that converts spoken word into written text. Dragon is for anyone who finds typing out long strings of words difficult or impossible. Personally, I use dragon in to assist me in writing reflections, Emails, Care Plans and incident reports. At first it can be strange configuring your brain so that  your able to put into word what you’re thinking  you also to remember to tell it to sleep before you speak to a colleague at the beginning as your training your dragon it can throw up some funny sentences at the beginning remember to read through your text because as Dragon gets use to you, your voice and accent  it will throughout