Very good to meet you … Anne Marie Rafferty
I’m a former dean of the Florence Nightingale college of Midwifery. I now hold a chair in nursing policy, which was the 1st chair of its sort in the nation, and my part is to understand how the policy picture fits collectively. We have undertaken investigation linking staffing numbers to patient outcomes and shown how nurses make a profound big difference to individuals and the odds of their survival, which was profiled in the Guardian. Our current paper showed that better-educated nurses had better outcomes for sufferers.
This is a really crucial concern as in most professions it is taken for granted that better schooling improves performance but for some strange cause it has been a tough battle to show this for nurses. It is not just about receiving the numbers but those with the necessary expertise. There is a enormous situation about the roles and responsibilities of nurses and how they are going to be reshaped, but we want to stop treating nurses as a soft target in times of austerity as there is so considerably likely to be unlocked in the nursing force. There is the huge social component to being a nurse, and possessing empathy and compassion are important.
The Guardian has been very agile in choosing up these staffing problems but I consider it could do a lot more to increase the track record of the profession.
I enjoy the well being commentary, and also columnists this kind of as Polly Toynbee and David Walker. I really like the arts and culture reporting – it truly is a wonderful escape. I also frequently read Sarah Boseley’s international well being blog, and Denis Campbell has always been a thoughtful commentator on our perform.
The Guardian is amazing at spearheading campaign concerns and I would like to challenge the paper to lead a campaign to demonstrate how nurses can turn out to be a much more effective force for the NHS and highlight the extraordinarily critical operate we do.
Good to meet you ... Anne Marie Rafferty
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