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Nursing at Christmas
Christmas is a poignant time of year for me in many different ways. This will be the 15th year that I have spent Christmas with my work family. Even though I’m in no way religious or affiliate myself with any religion Christmas to me means family time. I now realise how precious this is. My … Continue reading Nursing at Christmas
Public Sector Stress
Let’s talk about stress! This week it has been reported that stress related leave is 30% higher this year for fire staff, one in four ambulance staff have taken time off for stress in the past year and 9 out of 10 emergency care staff experience damaging levels of stress. I am seeing this every … Continue reading Public Sector Stress
Terrorism effects
Another week and another terrorist incident in my beloved London. To me it almost feels like disruption due to terrorist incidents is sadly just becoming the norm. But I think it is very different to previous times. There now seems to be a cycle in the UK, it goes like this… Terrorist incident – grieving process … Continue reading Terrorism effects
ED Patient Safety
How do we improve patient safety in the Emergency Department? The A&E clinical indicators are what Emergency Departments are measured against looking at how long a patient waited, how many waited over 4 hours, how many left without being seen, how many patients returned, percentage seen by triage within 15 minutes, percentage seen by clinician … Continue reading ED Patient Safety