My Safe Staffing π
@mysafestaffing
Focusing on what real staffing looks like and putting the spotlight on safe RN to patient ratios in in-patient care across the UK. Social care to follow...
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https://www.mysafestaffing.uk 13-12-2022 10:11:13
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Nurse staffing and inpatient mortality in the English National Health Service: The proportion of experienced nurses who are working in their usual place of work & senior nurse managers in a nursing team are significantly associated with patient mortality qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/32/5/2β¦
.NHS Million .WeNurses π UPDATE: Scotlandβs Acute, community and MH and LD Health boards and their sites have now been added to #mysafestaffing as have Prisons in England & some specialities. To fill in a report of sub-optimal staffing or care please go to: mysafestaffing.uk
Reading NHS England #GPrecoveryplan interesting that #nursing (over 23,000 working in general practice providing 84m consultations a year) was not seen as a stakeholder or even have any advisory role. Did they really have nothing to add? #ValueNursing england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uplβ¦
Prof Alison Leary π#ProtectNurse NHS England The Queen's Nursing Institute has valuable GPN expertise, data, evidence, networks. Such a missed opportunity to engage with GPNs & to be more inclusive of the second largest clincal workforce in General Practice. My door is always open for dialogue. Professor John Unsworth Angie Hack MA BSc RN DN QN RNT SFHEA
Building on .Prof Alison Leary π#ProtectNurse about #nursing. The complex nature of nursing and the constant decisions, interruptions and activityβs are not adequately considered. See journals.lww.com/jonajournal/Abβ¦ from Patricia Elbright. Nursing is #complex in all care settings
Low nurse staffing levels increases hospital acquired pressure ulcer risk. 'Risk factors for hosp acq pressure ulcers cannot be modified easily in a short time. Nurse staffing should be set at adequate levels to prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers' pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31811735/
A vacancy has arisen on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Research Committee for a nursing representative. Please come and join the committee and help build and disseminate research funding, champion EM research and help to make research part of usual clinical care. rcem.ac.uk/volunteering-oβ¦