As I head from one busy week into another busy week not only do I find myself looking forward to Christmas and a bit of a rest but I also find myself reflecting on the past week. This week has been spent mostly with my head buried in my computer but on Thursday my faithful…
A patient focussed #NurseCommunity
Ever since Robert Francis released his reports into the Mid- Staffordshire Foundation trust and the appalling standards of care we have been bandying about the phrase “patient centred culture” We are all tasked with putting our patients needs at the centre of everything we do … and rightly so. As a nurse I firmly believe…
I put men into space
Those of you who are very eagle eyed may have picked up through my tweets that a while ago I applied for and was accepted onto The NHS Leadership Academy’s Mary Secole Programme. I count myself very lucky to have been successful in my application, as I am not an NHS employee, however I am…
Digital well-being
Last night I took part in the #MHnursechat discussion “Does Twitter do your head in?” and it was one of those discussions that really got my brain ticking over. (You can read the full discussion here) I am sure that you are all aware by now that I am a huge advocate for Social Media…
Tweeting from Westminster
This week I have had the huge honour of being one of the first nurses (and indeed people) to tweet from inside one of the Health Committee meetings in Westminster Palace. I have to say that I was really quite overwhelmed by the whole experience but rather than rambling on I shall start this story…
Herding cats – Leading in a digital space
This week’s WeNurses discussion was led by @NHSLeadership so leadership has been very much on my mind this week. The leadership discussion brought together 207 people over the course of the hour, which was a record for a WeNurses discussion, and they produced a phenomenal 2 tweets per second! So it’s no wonder that WeNurses was trending on Thursday evening. This…
Evolving
Connecting nurses has been a passion of mine for a good few years now – working as an agency nurse I felt very isolated professionally for a very long time and this drives me to connect nurses and be connected myself. WeNurses currently has nearly 10,000 followers and my waking hours do not pass without…
And the grand total is …….
Every so often on Twitter a tweet gets sent out that just captures peoples imagination and gets people talking … well last night I was the author of such a tweet when I asked: Well that was it … the flood gates opened and nurses from far and wide shared their years of experience. For…
Compassionate care and the #NurseCommunity
I think care and compassion are intrinsically linked but unlike the other #6Cs this link is hard to unravel and care and compassion remain closely intertwined for many nurses – for how can we provide care without compassion and to be compassionate we need to also care. It is because of this close relationship between…
Is nursing competence evident online ?
I am now over halfway through my series of blogs about how the 6Cs are evident in our online behaviour having already explored courage, communication and commitment I want to take a little look at competence. I believe that competence is very much in the eye of the beholder and each person will measure competence differently…