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Content ArticleThe charity, British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS), has launched a wobble line. Free to access for pre-hospital care workers.
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Content ArticleDuring the covid-19 pandemic trainees may be asked to work in unfamiliar environments. Abi Rimmer asks experts how doctors can deal with the change
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Content ArticleThis free course from the World Health Organization includes content on clinical management of patients with a severe acute respiratory infection. It is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units (ICUs) in low and middle-income countries and managing adult and paediatric patients with severe forms of acute respiratory infection (SARI), including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis and septic shock. It is a hands-on practical guide to be used by healthcare professionals involved in clinical care management during outbreaks of influenza virus (seasonal) human infection due avian influenza virus (H5N1, H7N9), MERS-CoV, COVID-19 or other emerging respiratory viral epidemics. Learning objectives: By the end of this course, participants should possess some of the necessary tools that can be used to care for the critically ill patient from hospital entry to hospital discharge. Course duration: Approximately 10 hours. Target audience: This course is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units (ICUs) in low and middle-income countries.
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Webinar today @ 1pm: Responding to voices from the healthcare frontline
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Join Animah Kosai, Founder of Speak Up at Work, Roger Kline, Trustee Patients First UK, and Kernan Manion Executive Director, Center for Physician Rights as we explore essential crisis communication principles to ensure staff safety, healthcare team cohesion, and effective care delivery. Few in our local and national communities have ever experienced a pandemic causing complete shutdown and emergency isolation measures. With such an immense and unparalleled global catastrophe, despite play-acting disaster drills, few corporations are truly prepared for the emergency response demands and the accompanying requirement for a Crisis Response Mindset and its communication principles. Fortunately, wisdom gleaned from knowledge-based science and on-the-ground experience in prior epidemics and natural catastrophes is available to guide us through this very unfamiliar turf. A particular focus is on intra-organisational crisis management and communication with an aim toward sharing best practices. Further information -
Content ArticleThe findings of this study suggest that, among Chinese healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19, women, nurses, those in Wuhan, and front-line health care workers have a high risk of developing unfavourable mental health outcomes and may need psychological support or interventions.
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Content ArticleThe international Society for Rapid Response Systems (iSRRS) is the peak international body related to Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) and Critical Care Outreach (CCO) services around the work. The aim of the iSRRS is to improve the prevention of, and response to acute deterioration in hospitalised patients.
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Content ArticleIn this Institute for Healthcare Improvement blog, Derek Feeley discusses how "joy at work" during times of collective stress can nurture a sense of purpose and community that supports staff well-being and reduces burnout.
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BACCN: Resources for nurses during the COVID-19 crisis
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) are providing some educational resources that support nurses who are working in critical care. This includes those who are being redeployed to critical care areas or are returning to critical care after a career break from the specialty.- Posted
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COVID-19: what are you wearing? Working in a soup of droplets
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Blog series from Claire, a critical care outreach nurse, reflecting her experiences, thoughts and fears during the coronavirus pandemic.- Posted
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How are you feeling today NHS? toolkit (14 January 2019)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Staff safety
It’s easier to recognise someone’s physical wellbeing than their emotional wellbeing. We also find it much easier to engage in conversations about physical health, but often find talking about emotional wellbeing to be more of a challenge. The implications of decreased emotional wellbeing are detrimental as it can contribute to mental health and stress concerns, it is important to ensure good staff wellbeing by encouraging conversation in the workplace.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis study by Hall et al. looked at whether there is an association between healthcare professionals’ wellbeing and burnout, with patient safety. The authors found that poor wellbeing and moderate to high levels of burnout are associated, in the majority of studies reviewed, with poor patient safety outcomes such as medical errors, however the lack of prospective studies reduces the ability to determine causality. Further prospective studies, research in primary care, conducted within the UK, and a clearer definition of healthcare staff wellbeing are needed.
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Content ArticleAlthough leaders might say they value inquisitive minds, in reality most stifle curiosity, fearing it will increase risk and inefficiency. Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino elaborates on the benefits of and common barriers to curiosity in the workplace and offers five strategies for bolstering it.
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Tips for new nurses on the ITU
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This webpage has been developed by 'Sam' a new nurse in the Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU). Here, you will find useful aide memoirs, practical tips and hints on how to get a head with nursing on the intensive treatment unit.- Posted
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Nurses treating coronavirus spat at and called ‘disease spreaders’
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Nurses caring for patients in the community have been spat at and called ‘disease spreaders’ by members of the public, according to England’s chief nurse and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The nursing union urged members of the public to support the UK’s “socially critical” nursing workforce during the coronavirus outbreak. The RCN said it had received anecdotal reports of community nurses receiving abuse while working in uniform. Separately, England’s Chief Nurse Ruth May said she had heard reports of nurses being spat at. Susan Masters, the RCN’s director of policy, said abuse of nurses was “abhorrent behaviour”. She said a number of nurses had raised concerns about abuse on forums used by members to talk confidentially. Describing one incident she told The Independent: “These were community nurses who had to go into people’s homes and were in uniform. Members of the public who saw them called out to them and said they were ‘disease spreaders’.” She added: “We don’t know how big this problem is, it is anecdotal, but it is absolutely unacceptable. Read full story Source: The Independent, 21 March 2020- Posted
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World at war: The journey continues
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I'd like to share with you how SISOS is supporting staff at The Royal Free Trust during the coronavirus pandemic.- Posted
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Content ArticleSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and St Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust have put together this occupational health advice for their staff based on current published advice from Public Health England.
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Content ArticleThis study from Stevenson and Farmer concludes that underneath the stigma that surrounds mental health and prevents open discussion on the subject, the UK faces a significant mental health challenge at work. They start from the position that the correct way to view mental health is that we all have it and we fluctuate between thriving, struggling and being ill and possibly off work. People with poor mental health, including common mental health problems and severe mental illness, can be in any of these groups. An individual can have a serious mental health problem but – with the right support – can still be thriving at work.
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"Toilet paper and ventilators" – preparing for the unknown
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I am going to write a series of blogs about my situation: what I'm seeing, my thoughts and my fears on the coronavirus, personally and professionally. I am a critical care outreach nurse one day a week and for the rest of the time I work non-clinically for the charity Patient Safety Learning. My personal situation will not be unlike many. I have worries just like you – money, job, health, kids, elderly relatives (my parents will kill me for saying that!), food… It is important to capture our stories, no matter who you are or what you do. The impact of the coronavirus is widespread. It is affecting our daily lives and our future.- Posted
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Revealed: The trusts which will struggle most to deliver quality care in 2020
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The trusts which are likely to face the fiercest struggle to deliver quality care in the immediate future have been identified through an analysis carried out exclusively for HSJ. Analyst company Listening into Action has taken data from the NHS Staff Survey 2019 to produce “a set of ‘workforce at risk’ numbers that point to the likelihood (or not) of workforce stability and continuity challenges adversely affecting the care a trust’s key assets are able to deliver in the year ahead”. The analysis shows a strong correlation between staffs’ perceptions of how well they are supported, and care quality — and therefore reveals which trusts face the toughest challenge to improve performance. Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 9 March 2020- Posted
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Content ArticleThis infographic developed by the World Heath Organization, pictures how to put on and take off personal protective equipment safely.
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Content ArticlePatient Safety Learning has submitted the attached response to the NHS consultation on draft requirements for Patient Safety Specialist roles.
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Content ArticleThis lecture, presented to staff at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust on 26 March 2020, gives an overview of the coronavirus, transmission, symptoms and treatment of the virus. Martin Kiernan qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1984, and obtained a Master in Public Health in 1997. He currently works as a Nurse Consultant where he is responsible for the infection prevention and control programme for an integrated healthcare provider NHS Trust covering acute and primary care. He manages a team of two specialist nurses, a surveillance nurse, a healthcare assistant and an information officer. A significant part of his clinical duties includes assessment and application of policies and guidelines to ensure optimal clinical practice.
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News ArticleFollowing a doctor’s suicide, a petition is calling for the GMC to take responsibility for the wellbeing of those under its investigation. Read full story (paywalled) Source: Pulse, 25 February 2020
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New European study overhauling hospitals for nurse wellbeing
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Hospitals in the UK will be among 60 across Europe that will be supported to redesign their systems and ways of working to tackle nurse burnout and stress, under a ground-breaking four-year study. The first-of-its-kind project will see chosen hospitals implement the principles of the Magnet Recognition Programme, an international accreditation scheme that recognises nursing excellence in healthcare organisations. Run by the accreditation wing of the American Nurses Association, the scheme is based on research showing that creating positive work environments for nurses leads to happier and healthier staff and the delivery of safer patient care, in turn improving recruitment and retention. Among the key pillars of Magnet are transformational leadership, shared governance and staff empowerment, exemplary professional practice within nursing, strong interdisciplinary relationships and a focus on innovation. The new study – called Magnet4Europe – is being directed by world-renowned nursing professor Linda Aiken, from the University of Pennsylvania in the US, and Walter Sermeus, professor of healthcare management at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. Read full story Source: Nursing Times, 24 February 2020- Posted
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My experience as an agency nurse
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In this blog, Martin Hogan shares his experience of working as an agency nurse and how different behaviours can impact on the safety of both staff and patients.- Posted
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