Nurse bashing by UK public AGAIN

RGN1 · Mar 11, 2008

so, what is the answer, i say let's club together as a profession and hold those nurses accountable, so that we can avoid generalised comments, let's not let such nurses "get away" with giving less than quality care and see if we can advance our profession an avoid such comments.

wouldn't that be great!!!?? trouble is when have you ever known nurses to club together? they can't even do it at ward level - let alone nationally!! add to that the employment laws that make it almost impossible to actually sack a person & it doesn't look good.

i don't want to leave you with such negative thoughts though so here's how i go about things: i lead by example- not that i'm perfect but every shift i work at the best level i can, i tell rather than ask the lazier ones to do things (it does make a difference), i also make a point of documenting in notes when i have made such requests (that usually does the trick - works with docs too), i'm always cheerful on the ward (although the walls of the treatment room have heard some interesting language) and it's really surprising how often you can pull the level of everyone up by just doing what you do well & keeping your cool.

goodness i just realised how self-righteous that sounds - it isn't meant to be - i just know that at least no-one will be writing articles like that about me or my colleagues! however, i also know that, given the chance, there's one or two of them who could behave, in part, like those nurses cited in this article, if they were in an atmosphere where that sort of behaviour was acceptable.

chanchi · Mar 15, 2008

Hi All

This article was put up in our staff room......What the Times forgot to mention was that the man complaining was a former Drug addict! wonder how he would have reacted to that being slurred all over the page? We all know it happens on the rare occasion, you would think an educated person would complain to the ward sister not 'go public' I suspect an alterior motive was behind his reason for involving the press! :nono: tut tut

Scubadiver · Jul 21, 2008

FYI - Nurses topped the Gallup poll again for 2007. Nurses have been included in the Gallup poll since 1999 and the only time they didn't make #1 was when firefighters topped the list right after 9/11. Topping the Gallup poll every year for integrity and honesty says a lot. At the bottom of the barrel were lobbyists. Congressmen were 5th from the bottom - slightly ahead of car salesmen and advertising practitioners. Lawyers actually stepped up to 7th from the bottom.

RGN1 · Jul 22, 2008

OH I would have had MP's firmly rooted to the bottom of my list just below hospital directors!!

Hey I'm thinking of a whole new thread here!!:rotfl: