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FIT FOR THE FUTURE: A MESSAGE FROM THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING

PUBLIC INQUIRY 2013

“We need a patient centred culture, no tolerance of non compliance with fundamental standards, openness and transparency, candour to patients, strong cultural leadership and caring, compassionate nursing, and useful and accurate information about services”

Robert Francis (2013)

Hospital patients routinely treated in storeroomsNearly two-thirds of nurses in poll say patients treated in areas not designed for clinical care, from cupboards to kitchen. Guardian , Tuesday 9 March 2010

HUMAN FACTORS: SILENCE KILLS

Poor/no understanding of accountability

Failure to connect ethical conscience to professional practice

Lack of psychological safety

Stress, burn out, depression leading to ‘detachment’

Hierarchies within and across professional groups

Poor team relations – collection of individuals versus team

Culture – gender issues

Ineffective or poor leadership

Disempowerment/fear

Someone else’s job

SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THIS

FIT FOR THE FUTURE

WHAT DOES A PERSON DESERVE BY BEING A PERSON?

What do they

deserve from

you?

If you describe

someone as a

person, what do

they deserve?

RESPONSIBILITY

SPEAKING UP FOR NURSING

RCN STRATEGIC PLAN 2013-18

RCN STRATEGIC PLAN 2013-18

THE VAUGHAN CHALLENGE

‘To survive and actually thrive in nursing, we will all need to pull together as a profession and begin by working together at the bedside and being great team players willing to support each other. Something magical happens when we give to others; wonderful things begin to come back to us in far greater ways than what we have originally given.’

Val Gokenback (2012)

THE VAUGHAN CHALLENGE

Reflect – what could you do differently?

Now you have decided what you are going to do differently – WHO are you going to tell?

Tell people at home what you are going to do!

Tell people at work what you are going to be doing differently

The Vaughan Challenge:

When you go back to your workplace, give people permission to challenge you and ask for permission to challenge them

SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THIS

THE BIG CONVERSATION

Francis Inquiry: what

does it mean for you

and your practice?

COMPASSION

‘Compassionate

action involves

working with

ourselves as much

as working with

others’

Pema Chodron

TOP TIPS FOR DEVELOPING YOUR PRACTICE

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