Healthcare “leaders” need to recognize regulated nursing as a true “profession” and start treating nurses as such.
Healthcare “leaders” need to stop guilting the super compassionate folks, who go into nursing, into making their lack of planning the nurses’ fault by using the “but it’s your calling… “.
Healthcare “leaders” need to change the system to allow professional nurses to be human beings.
I saw a headline today about the #nursingshortage. I immediately rolled 🙄 my eyes. Why?
Because there are enough #nurses in the U.S. However, many of them (including me) got tired of working in broken systems that prioritize profits over patients. And systems that didn't put #mentalhealth, #psychologicalsafety, and #burnoutprevention as foundational principles and services for staff.
We actually have a #nursingcrisis because nurses who love patient care walk away every day because of the system and work environments. Putting more nurses into the top of the funnel won't work unless we fix the leaky pipeline!
So, I thought I'd just send a gentle reminder out to the world today. It's my PSA of the day! 😃
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What can we do now with the time that is given us?
It’s our personal and professional responsibility to recognize the limitations of our body, our mind, and our spirit. Walking away is brave work.
We’re finding positions outside of traditional roles and in other sectors. Outpatient areas, procedure labs, even creative work like painting and writing provide peace of mind with an improved freedom of energy. I was surprised with how much greener the grass could really be.
Simply put—us nurses feel trusted and valued when we are trusted and valued. When we’re depleted and disempowered, we feel depleted and disempowered. We know what kind of care we provide when there’s nothing left in us to fight the good fight.
I’ll say it again.
Walking away—it is brave.
The most dangerous deficits in hospitals are the ones of spirit. We recognize the absence of a person’s true desires reflected in their care. Care futility is pervasive and sometimes hard to distinguish, but it’s not impossible. Some would say it’s actually quite common.
But I’ll be honest, when you’re numb and burnt out (& maybe when you’re not) sometimes you miss the stopping point. The messages from the patient telling us to slow down are missed if we can’t pull ourself out of robot mode long enough to give them the time and space they deserve. That’s something I can’t live with. End of life is sacred time and people deserve better.
There is an excellent researcher in this topic area by the name of Dr. Cynda Rushton. She trains critical care nurses on what to bring to the table during high-stakes moral decision-making. I hope to attend her course sometime in my career. Her book Moral Relilience is fantastic.
Present day reality snapshot for you:
Only hours before imminent death a patient will contemplate with me—is it worth it to have a life saving procedure if it means being in financial prison for the rest of their life? Indefinitely indebted with an arbitrary value, often absent from view at the time of services. For those who do not survive, the price for their dying and death in an unfamiliar, uncomfortable, sometimes dangerous place rings through on the invoice and is delivered to their next of kin. Certainly not the best way out, now is it?
So.
What can we do now with the time that is given us?
I saw a headline today about the #nursingshortage. I immediately rolled 🙄 my eyes. Why?
Because there are enough #nurses in the U.S. However, many of them (including me) got tired of working in broken systems that prioritize profits over patients. And systems that didn't put #mentalhealth, #psychologicalsafety, and #burnoutprevention as foundational principles and services for staff.
We actually have a #nursingcrisis because nurses who love patient care walk away every day because of the system and work environments. Putting more nurses into the top of the funnel won't work unless we fix the leaky pipeline!
So, I thought I'd just send a gentle reminder out to the world today. It's my PSA of the day! 😃
#nursesonlinkedin#healthcareonlinkedin#nursing#nursecrisis
Nurse. Innovator. Author. Speaker. LinkedIn Top Voice, First Nurse Featured on Ted.com, Forbes Business Council, President Emeritus: SONSIEL, Chief Nursing Officer
Highlighting this as one of the bravest statements I have heard a #CNO state about the #NursingCrisis.
Bravo Sylvain Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN - this is the truth of the matter and thank you for so eloquently stating what most others fear to say out loud:
“The root cause of many of our issues is the work itself. We must deconstruct it, reinvent the roles of our clinicians, test new models of care, and develop technologies in concert with clinicians...
It’s possible to create the best place to give and get care. Safe staffing via new models of care. The status quo is not an option.”
The only way we get out of our nursing crisis is to design new solutions with #nurses. Challenge the #StatusQuo - we can do this!!!
#NursesOnLinkedIn#HealthcareOnLinkedIn#NursesAtVive#Vive2024
This week at #vive2024, I had the honor of participating on a panel where we discussed the intersection of clinician burnout, technology, and the work itself. My key message is simple. The root cause of many of our issues is the work itself. We must deconstruct it, reinvent the roles of our clinicians, test new models of care, and develop technologies in concert with clinicians. It’s possible to create the best place to give and get care. Safe staffing via new models of care. The status quo is not an option. #providence#nursesatvive#nursing#nurses#nursesonlinkedin#healthcare -#healthcareinnovation#healthcareindustry#nurseleadership#nurseleaders
As a nurse, when aiming to build strong patient relationships, we must involve family and loved ones.
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A patient’s family and loved ones play an important role in their care.
When utilised in patient care they increase comfort, reduce stress, and improve patient happiness, leading to better health outcomes.
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Here are our tips on how you can get them involved:
Communication: Let your patient’s family and loved ones know of any updates and explain procedures or day-to-day care activities you perform.
They’ll help you to comfort and reassure your patient, building greater levels of trust and rapport with healthcare staff.
Collaboration: Empowering family and loved ones to participate in the care of your patient. They can perform tasks like comforting your patient, supporting them with daily care and taking them for walks.
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