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Compassionate nurses?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7460720.stm

What on earth will they come up with next? emoticon
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I notice that "It won't affect pay" !!! So no interest from the floor then. emoticon
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I think there is a real challenge ahead in terms of developing a tool to measure compassion and I am certainly not aware of any that exist at the moment.

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I do wonder if any of the people who decide on these 'wonderful' ideas have the slightest insight into a patient's journey through the NHS, from this it would appear not.
Focusing on one professional group is pointless, yes it's important to have a compassionate nurse, but equally importnat to have polite, caring allied health professionals e,g physios OT's and radiographers.
Then there is the medical profession, generally lacking good communicaytion skills and still very much paternalistic.
This smacks again of tinkering with the engine when what is really needed is a bloody huge service.

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Well said HappyBunny.
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I'm not sure how this will be quantified.
Compassion is subjective. What may seem harsh maybe in the patients best interests. i.e. motivating, encouraging people to be self caring when necessary. Some people and their relatives have a different view to what should happen in hospitals, than what care is provided.

It is also open to abuse. I personally have had complaints put in about me in the past, which amount to nasty personal attacks due to refusing outrageous requests.

Will this have sufficient checks and balances, or is it just another PR stunt?

 

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i agree with kitty as i too have had complaints against me despite the ludicrous expctations of visitors etc...fortunately sense prevaled on the part of those dealing with comkplaint . Im sorry but i despair of the sense of these people behind desks who come up with wayout suggestions to jutify their own existance. I declined to read the article in full....
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That's just cheating Dehlilah, it could have said "April Fool" in the last paragraph emoticon

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Just another pointless waste of breath, you can't measure compasion, or for that matter guarentee that every person will react the same way to an identical approach. If the government want to improve the service they first need to look at the waste in the NHS such as filling in pointless bits of paper that do absoloutly nothing to improve patient care, or setting a limit as to what people can get from the NHS for free, and also to stop foreigners abusing the system so that they don't have to pay in their own countries.

Of course they could also demand that all nurses in the country can speak english clearly, and pass exams in this country before they can register to work here.

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quote:
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Of course they could also demand that all nurses in the country can speak english clearly.
But what if they are scottish? emoticon


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