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YOUR VIEWS
Lead by walking in our shoes I call on all directors of nursing and NHS leaders to search their consciences and challenge the government on their handling of the NHS. Stand up and be counted. You have a code of conduct and a set of values and behaviours to uphold, the same as front-line staff. This is a summer of protest led by the RCN and we’d like you to stand shoulder to shoulder with us against austerity, against the pay cap, against overworked and stressed staff and not least against the impact on quality of care and safety for patients. Your collective voice would be powerful. Just step out of your corporate shoes and walk in ours.
Nursing and other leaders in the NHS ‘should stand up and be counted’ in the fight for fair pay
Gordon Lees, RCN steward and council member
Liberté Harries
Just starting out
Being a nurse is all I ever wanted to do. It’s the best job in the world. For those students about to embark on a nursing course, my advice is: at the end of every shift take a breath and look for one thing you did well that day. Did you make a patient smile? Recognise their pain? Support a colleague? Calm someone’s fears, maybe your own? Write these experiences down and on the bad days read through them, they are the reason you became a nurse. Have a wonderful career. Karen Stone
As a nurse who trained in the 60s and worked for almost 45
years in a variety of disciplines, my advice to new nursing students is: one, get enough sleep; two, play hard; three, study hard; four, turn up on time for your shift (remember that you are replacing someone who wants to go home); five, don’t let anyone intimidate you; six: join a union.
Nursing has its own identity Interdisciplinary working in the NHS is increasingly
prevalent, and our NMC Code reminds us that we have a duty to ‘work in partnership with people to make sure we deliver care effectively’. The bringing together of various professions into interdisciplinary teams allows for different skills, perspectives and ways of working to be combined to provide effective patient-centred care. Many interdisciplinary teams now undertake shared competencies. Professionals from different disciplines may well work in a similar manner, both in appearance and scope of role. This is certainly the case for health professionals in teams that undertake genericbased roles. However, health professionals must never allow their individual professional identities to become blurred or misunderstood. Nurses working in interdisciplinary teams must safeguard the voice of nursing in those teams, and ensure that nurses are seen as valued and essential members. Be proud and proactive in promoting your nursing identity. Donato Tallo
TWEETS OF THE WEEK I was in a coronary care unit and the nurses and doctors were fantastic. It’s the reason why I’m in nursing school today @jamiewahyu
Our nurse @Rosaungpakorn saw 12 rough sleepers on outreach early this morning, caring for and linking street sleepers back into the NHS @NHSHomelessTeam
We are the colorectal nursing service from @SalfordRoyalNHS and we are
very pleased to introduce our new twitter account @ColorectalNurse
Spent the morning with @HRCH_NHS_ Trust community nurses in Richmond, Ham & Kew. Hugely valued by patients; community nurses are real heroes @lamb_donna
Congratulations to @fionadevlin64 on her election as the NI representative on the RCN trade union committee @RCN_NI
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opini n / your views
YOUR VIEWS
Lead by walking in our shoes I call on all directors of nursing and NHS leaders to search their consciences and challenge the government on their handling of the NHS. Stand up and be counted. You have a code of conduct and a set of values and behaviours to uphold, the same as front-line staff. This is a summer of protest led by the RCN and we’d like you to stand shoulder to shoulder with us against austerity, against the pay cap, against overworked and stressed staff and not least against the impact on quality of care and safety for patients. Your collective voice would be powerful. Just step out of your corporate shoes and walk in ours.
Nursing and other leaders in the NHS ‘should stand up and be counted’ in the fight for fair pay
Gordon Lees, RCN steward and council member
Liberté Harries
Just starting out
Being a nurse is all I ever wanted to do. It’s the best job in the world. For those students about to embark on a nursing course, my advice is: at the end of every shift take a breath and look for one thing you did well that day. Did you make a patient smile? Recognise their pain? Support a colleague? Calm someone’s fears, maybe your own? Write these experiences down and on the bad days read through them, they are the reason you became a nurse. Have a wonderful career. Karen Stone
As a nurse who trained in the 60s and worked for almost 45
years in a variety of disciplines, my advice to new nursing students is: one, get enough sleep; two, play hard; three, study hard; four, turn up on time for your shift (remember that you are replacing someone who wants to go home); five, don’t let anyone intimidate you; six: join a union.
Nursing has its own identity Interdisciplinary working in the NHS is increasingly
prevalent, and our NMC Code reminds us that we have a duty to ‘work in partnership with people to make sure we deliver care effectively’. The bringing together of various professions into interdisciplinary teams allows for different skills, perspectives and ways of working to be combined to provide effective patient-centred care. Many interdisciplinary teams now undertake shared competencies. Professionals from different disciplines may well work in a similar manner, both in appearance and scope of role. This is certainly the case for health professionals in teams that undertake genericbased roles. However, health professionals must never allow their individual professional identities to become blurred or misunderstood. Nurses working in interdisciplinary teams must safeguard the voice of nursing in those teams, and ensure that nurses are seen as valued and essential members. Be proud and proactive in promoting your nursing identity. Donato Tallo
TWEETS OF THE WEEK I was in a coronary care unit and the nurses and doctors were fantastic. It’s the reason why I’m in nursing school today @jamiewahyu
Our nurse @Rosaungpakorn saw 12 rough sleepers on outreach early this morning, caring for and linking street sleepers back into the NHS @NHSHomelessTeam
We are the colorectal nursing service from @SalfordRoyalNHS and we are
very pleased to introduce our new twitter account @ColorectalNurse
Spent the morning with @HRCH_NHS_ Trust community nurses in Richmond, Ham & Kew. Hugely valued by patients; community nurses are real heroes @lamb_donna
Congratulations to @fionadevlin64 on her election as the NI representative on the RCN trade union committee @RCN_NI
nursingstandard.com 30 Downloaded / 30 Augustfrom 2017 RCNi.com / volume 32 1 by number ${individualUser.displayName} on Sep 01, 2017. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright © 2017 RCN Publishing Company Ltd
