Could I please point my patient followers in the direction of this post regarding the place of nurses in the current NHS crisis?
If you do read it, thank you.
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Frances Garrood
About Me
I live with my husband in Devizes in Wiltshire where I spend my time writing, reading, riding (I am the lucky owner of a beautiful horse, Blue), and keeping up with my four children and an increasing number of small grandchildren (eight so far). I was for many years a nurse and a Relate counsellor. I have taught creative writing both at a local college and a prison, and I review a wide variety of items - including books - for the Amazon Vine programme.I write to death row prisoners in America, being a life-long opponent jof the death penalty. And I spend too much time blogging..
My Books
Below are the books I have written.
Ruth Robinson's Year of Miracles
Women Behaving Badly
Dead Ernest
Cassandra's Secret
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ReplyDeleteI knew you would, Adrian.
DeleteDuring my recent stay in hospital I was lucky enough to be treated by the same nurses every day, However I have to say they were overworked and patients were often left waiting when they needed attention,
ReplyDeleteGood and bad, then, Colette?
DeleteOff to read it now, Frances x
ReplyDeleteThanks, Teresa.
DeleteI like the quote from the nursing degree. Classic.
ReplyDeleteThese days there seem to be courses for things that we used to think of as common sense and normal social skills. Yesterday I heard that the police are to be given lessons on how to be polite when dealing with the public. Watching a couple of episodes of Dixon of Dock Green should suffice but I suppose that won't make any money for the training companies.
As for the NHS I have to say that I have had excellent treatment at the two main hospitals in Nottingham and my 90 year old mother has had good experiences at Sutton Coldfield. Maybe they should let the good nurses teach the bad ones and get rid of the administrators and academics.
If only things were that simple. However when I worked on a ward in 1960/61 the teaching both in the classroom and on the ward was done by the good nurses. One problem now in this society of blame culture is that all the note making and paperwork has to be done by someone. It seems to me from the nurses I know that they would all love to be able just to nurse but life just isn't that simple any more......and it is we who have caused it to be thus.
DeleteThanks for commenting, Keith.
DeleteI feel a new kinship with you, Frances, as Mrs. RWP was a registered nurse for 28 years. She went into nursing, in her words, "to take care of sick people" but by the end of her career RNs did the paperwork and computer charting and were considered "supervisors". They did very little real patient care. I feel your frustration and your pain.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I know many nurses of my generation feel the same way.
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