As students are in practice for some time before receiving their Nursing Progress Log (NPL) access it is important that they keep a diary of all skills undertaken within this period with dates, case details and patient references.
Any other evidence should be kept too e.g. Anaesthetic charts, hospital charts, etc.
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) are backdating enrolments for students who started in September 2014 so this means that if a student has assisted with an unusual case that doesn’t appear very often the skills can be covered if it occurred after the students enrolment date (i.e. when they started college) but before they have received their login details.
Other day to day skills can be covered using the quick start function.
If you have any questions please contact your QAS.