Hello Everybody , After reading Tina T 's Thread yesterday about the very sad care her Mother had while'st in Hospital & the Francis Report that came out on the same day ...... It has made me think ( also because of the bad reports from other T P 'ers who's loved ones have been in Hospital ...... tho do recall reading 1 postive Hospital report on T P ) that 1 of the problems is that the Nurses are too Posh To Wash & this leads to a BAD Culture of not doing or providing patient 's with the care & dignity that is EXPECTED of Nursing Staff ...... *** Care & Dignity *** ..... what I mean is giving patient's a drink / & or help at Meal Times ...... taking them to the toilet when its neded etc , etc . Makes me that these Degree Nurses think they are "above " this type of basic care just because they have a degree ! ...... my view is the Govt should never have started the Project 200 or it should have been done in a slightly different way & MADE all Nurses do a S E N type training first & then & only then the Staff who make the grade in all areas will be allowed to do a degree course if they so wish
A few months ago read a true Book called Cadet Nursing ( a lady in the 1950 's who was a Cadet Nurse stright from Snr School ) One main point that sticks out is how in her first year she said the Staff in Charge was like a Sergent Major ( not on the Wards but out of class ) Think it would be no bad thing to bring back some of the 1950 's type of Nursing Training / Rules & Regs ..... Am fully aware that the Mid Staffs Scandal is NOT all down to the front line Staff but higher up the Chain of command but if the Ward Sister 's of today were allowed to RUN their Wards as they want to run them with out all the hassle from above etc ( as they were run back in the 1950 's / 1960 's ) am sure the Nursing Staff would buckle down & provide the proper standard of care & dignity to all patients & hopefully the bad attiude of Too Posh Too Wash would not be allowed to surface ...... My Father has Moderate Dementia & lives at Home with Mum & some times it bother 's me if my Father had to go into our Local Hospital as have heard the Buttefly Scheme was approved by the P C T etc but lo & behold the Training Money was not made available so the Ward Staff are not Dementia Aware .... ( sorry if slightly off the subject there )
My aim of this Thread is / was to support Tina T 's ( recent ) Thread & to keep basic Care & Dignity in the LIME LIGHT ( as it were ) as those 2 important parts of Nursing are very important to me & would welcome your views please ...... Thank you very much for reading & sorry its a long post !.... ( & Positive Vibes from me if any of your loved ones need to stay in Hospital that they are treated with the Care & Dignity they so richly deserve )
Love Grove x
A few months ago read a true Book called Cadet Nursing ( a lady in the 1950 's who was a Cadet Nurse stright from Snr School ) One main point that sticks out is how in her first year she said the Staff in Charge was like a Sergent Major ( not on the Wards but out of class ) Think it would be no bad thing to bring back some of the 1950 's type of Nursing Training / Rules & Regs ..... Am fully aware that the Mid Staffs Scandal is NOT all down to the front line Staff but higher up the Chain of command but if the Ward Sister 's of today were allowed to RUN their Wards as they want to run them with out all the hassle from above etc ( as they were run back in the 1950 's / 1960 's ) am sure the Nursing Staff would buckle down & provide the proper standard of care & dignity to all patients & hopefully the bad attiude of Too Posh Too Wash would not be allowed to surface ...... My Father has Moderate Dementia & lives at Home with Mum & some times it bother 's me if my Father had to go into our Local Hospital as have heard the Buttefly Scheme was approved by the P C T etc but lo & behold the Training Money was not made available so the Ward Staff are not Dementia Aware .... ( sorry if slightly off the subject there )
My aim of this Thread is / was to support Tina T 's ( recent ) Thread & to keep basic Care & Dignity in the LIME LIGHT ( as it were ) as those 2 important parts of Nursing are very important to me & would welcome your views please ...... Thank you very much for reading & sorry its a long post !.... ( & Positive Vibes from me if any of your loved ones need to stay in Hospital that they are treated with the Care & Dignity they so richly deserve )
Love Grove x