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…
Commitment, #MadeADifference and Chicken Soup
I am a great believer in the more we look for something the more we shall see it – sounds obvious doesn’t it? But what I mean is the more we make a conscious effort to look for the good and positive things and acknowledge them the more we will begin to recognise them in…
Communication, switching on and Basil Fawlty
This is my second blog in exploring how the 6Cs are evident in our online nursing activity – in the first blog last week I explored how courage is apparent in every tweeting nurse. In this weeks blog I want to explore communication… Ok so I have to admit that this one sounds obvious and…
Courage
With the launch of the 6Cs Live! Hub a few weeks ago the 6Cs have been greatly on my mind – care, compassion, communication, commitment, competence and courage may be words that have been wrapped up and presented in a new way but they are age old nursing values and it’s wonderful that they have…
Social media stories
In my blog “5 ways to get more followers … or not” a few weeks back I explored the concept of follower numbers not being an all-powerful social media measure, this week I want to explore a little about what are important measure in social media. Social media is rather like nursing in that it…
Falling through the gaps
I don’t know where this blog belongs but I know I have to share it so please forgive me as it’s not my usual subject matter. Today was perhaps one of the saddest days of my life. Today I walked into a beautiful garden full of toys that will never be played with. Today I…
5 ways to get more followers …or not!
This week saw @WeNurses hit 7000 followers which is some achievement considering this one Tweeting nurse started off just looking for one other nurse to chat with. The reason 7000 is so important is that its 1% of the UK nursing population so it’s a number that has become a little bit of a milestone…
Testing, testing..
xxx On Thursday this week I got up very early and trundled off to London for the CCIO Annual Nursing conference. The conference had lots of great speakers but one speaker stood out for me: xxx xxxx Sarah Amani is a mental health nurse turned manager and I have been following her on Twitter and…
To Schedule or not to schedule …
I spend a lot of time lurking on Twitter, it’s amazing what you can learn by just listening (though yes technically it is watching as those IT boffins haven’t invented the “read aloud” option for Twitter yet!) It was whilst I was listening the other day that I came across a scheduled tweet that…