Shock horror
Dr Crippen of NHS Blog Doctor slags off nurses and moreover specialist nurses again! Actually I agree with some of his sentiments, there does seem to be a lack of nurses who are prepared to do basic nursing care in a basically caring way and there does seem to be rather a lot of nurses who fancy being specialist nurses. I wonder why this might be?
What is the average age of a nurse? At the last reckoning, pretty much over 40 if not over 50, what kind of work would you like to do when over 50? How much do you want to be paid by the time you have given 30 years service? What do you do when you have your diploma and degree in nursing and have spent many years fighting the system, working out that actually you have the skills to do more than wipe the backside of the average patient. Why you decide to get yourself a job where you can have your hard work recognised, where patient's appreciate you and where the doctors you actually work with respect your knowledge and skills. The down side is that other doctors find you threatening, they think you are getting above your station and what's more you are too specialised.
A nurse in the UK in 2006 should earn no more than £20,000 per year, she (and of course it is a she) spends her day running around a nightingale ward from patient to patient, she refers and defers to her superior matron at all times and only matron communicates with the great doctor before telling our cowering nurse what to do next.
There are some very poor nurses around, I have met some of them, there are some poor 'specialist nurses' who really shouldn't be allowed near a patient. But there are equally some extremely poor doctors too, they are not all thorough in their assessment of patients, they are not all accurate in their diagnoses, they are not all blessed with excellent interpersonal skills. Sadly I have worked with some of them.
The good news though is that Arsenal have beaten Juventus and for that I am extremely pleased this Tuesday night!
Nursing
What is the average age of a nurse? At the last reckoning, pretty much over 40 if not over 50, what kind of work would you like to do when over 50? How much do you want to be paid by the time you have given 30 years service? What do you do when you have your diploma and degree in nursing and have spent many years fighting the system, working out that actually you have the skills to do more than wipe the backside of the average patient. Why you decide to get yourself a job where you can have your hard work recognised, where patient's appreciate you and where the doctors you actually work with respect your knowledge and skills. The down side is that other doctors find you threatening, they think you are getting above your station and what's more you are too specialised.
A nurse in the UK in 2006 should earn no more than £20,000 per year, she (and of course it is a she) spends her day running around a nightingale ward from patient to patient, she refers and defers to her superior matron at all times and only matron communicates with the great doctor before telling our cowering nurse what to do next.
There are some very poor nurses around, I have met some of them, there are some poor 'specialist nurses' who really shouldn't be allowed near a patient. But there are equally some extremely poor doctors too, they are not all thorough in their assessment of patients, they are not all accurate in their diagnoses, they are not all blessed with excellent interpersonal skills. Sadly I have worked with some of them.
The good news though is that Arsenal have beaten Juventus and for that I am extremely pleased this Tuesday night!
Nursing
posted by Joolz @ Tuesday, March 28, 2006
2 Comments:
At 3/28/2006 11:16 PM,
Kieran said…
A happy night indeed.
On the nursing bit of the post all I can add is my marketing strategy for the library is to reach the PCTs nursing (whatever the flavour), AHP, management and public health staff. This is where we as a service can make a tangible difference, mainly because these are the people who recognise they have a need to keep up-to-date. There are of course a few notable exceptions and for them I am incredibly grateful (mind you they tend to be GPs with a public health interest!)
At 3/28/2006 11:17 PM,
Kieran said…
A happy night indeed.
On the nursing bit of the post all I can add is my marketing strategy for the library is to reach the PCTs nursing (whatever the flavour), AHP, management and public health staff. This is where we as a service can make a tangible difference, mainly because these are the people who recognise they have a need to keep up-to-date. There are of course a few notable exceptions and for them I am incredibly grateful (mind you they tend to be GPs with a public health interest!)
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