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I responded to the above post as I was researching the same question. It is the first page that I saw on this website and was not impressed. Nurses use various mediums of communications in their work, including emails, and should be mindful of how they are viewed and interpreted. I have used the internet for long enough to know when comments are unnecessarily harsh. Responding to a simple query with 'you would benefit from acquiring maturity, respect and an ability to communicate with dignity and respect' is condescending and doesn't encourage people to engage in forums. Perhaps that's why 'ireallycare' didn't respond. The advice in the first two paragraphs I have no issue with.

"....with all due respect, you do not know what you are talking about". Your comment just supports what I wrote. I can't really understand how you feel that this builds rapport. You would not talk to a patient or someone in the street like that because it's unnecessarily abrasive. I have no argument whatsoever against refusing to employ an individual at higher band who has limited experience. Incidentally, many Trusts are now employing graduates on 18-24 month programmes at the end of which they are promoted to band 6 positions.

I may have entered this conversation rather late in the day, but frankly I find your response XB9S, particularly your final sentence, to be a demonstration of how increased experience does not, as you put it, equate to an increased ability to communicate with dignity, respect or maturity. 'Ireallycare' asked a question 'out of curiosity' and you replied in quite an offensive fashion. It is ironic that you think people could learn from this and how this proves your point. What it seems to show is that the further you are to the top, the more you look down on those 'beneath' you (in terms of banding at least). I have worked with nurses from bands 5, 6 and 7 with years of experience and it is quite clear that many don't know how to communicate with patients and are a liability. A band 6 nurse with one years experience, who works with dignity, respect and maturity is worth more to a team than a band 8 who struggles in this area. You should not need a band 5 to tell you all of this.