I have always focused my nursing on best practice
And I have always made it a priority to praise good practice when I see it.
Both here and within the clinical areas.
Best practice isn’t always evidence based , and research supported .
It is often the small, and vital and the very human
And I see it every day
I once decided that a support worker was going to be a good friend by the way she brushed a patient.’s hair
She sang feed the birds as she did so
It's one of the 'caring professions', right?
ReplyDeleteIt takes a special kind of person to be in the profession. Your friend is that kind of person.
XOXO
I've always thought nurses can have qualifications up to their eyeballs, but it doesn't necessarily mean they are "good" nurses. Empathy is a huge factor. Imagine that patient is your mother, father, sister, brother, child or yourself and think about how you would like them to be treated. Simples! xx
ReplyDelete"Feed the Birds" was one of my favourite songs from the movie. I now wonder if that was the trigger for my passion for feeding birds.
ReplyDeleteMy heart softens to anyone who sings. I find it a wonderful look into their heart. Especially if they are singing to just one other soul.
ReplyDeleteIt's the little things that really matter isn't it.
ReplyDeleteA lovely relaxing song to sing while brushing someone's hair, much better than 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'. ;-)
A Doctor I saw whilst holidaying was so kindly and thoughour investigating my health concern - He explained that I could be his sister on her holiday x
ReplyDeleteActions say more than words.
ReplyDeleteThe human touch helps more than any other quality. I appreciate the quick holding of my hand when undergoing an unpleasant procedure and a smile works wonders too.
ReplyDeleteYou'd be lucky to get a bag of bird seed for tuppence nowadays x
ReplyDeleteIsn’t tuppence a British euphemism?
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It's the little things which are so telling.
ReplyDeletePraise where deserved is important.
ReplyDeleteIn everyday life sometimes small gestures are more than words, here in our virtual world words have enormous power and value, and you have the healing and friendly power in this world as well. I can testify to that.
ReplyDeleteThat song made me cry when I was little and did just now too. Small kind gestures often mean far more than grand ones.
ReplyDeleteFor several years I owned and ran a day care center.When no one else could stop a babies crying I would just pick them up and walk around humming a three note tune to them,they were calm and asleep within
ReplyDeleteminutes -Mary
"Best practice isn’t always evidence based , and research supported" - how very true! - Jackie
ReplyDeleteYour words about 'best practice' is true for this side of the pond, too. One of the actions that was part of our 'best practice' was answering the phone with a smile on your face because that's really heard by the person on the other end of the call.
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Small gestures, kindnesses and soft words mean everything when caring for people and it takes a special kind of person to notice those small things... you are one of those people.
ReplyDeleteKindness is everything. Arilx
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine a nurse brushing a patient's hair. [Or singing.] How kind.
ReplyDeleteMy late husband was in a US oncology ward for 2 weeks and wasn’t ‘nursed’ at all. No one encouraged him to eat, he was given all sorts of treatments but not treated holistically. It was horrible. (I wasn’t staying overnight with him for a variety of reasons but I really felt like this treatment, or lack therof, was the real beginning of the end.
ReplyDeleteWhat a tender and caring thing to do. If only care staff who are rushed off their feet had time and opportunity to do more of this. I love that song too.
ReplyDeleteIt was the same in teaching. Good practice isn't always measurable but you can see it in the detail of everyday interactions.
ReplyDeleteKindness and human dignity make a huge difference for the patient.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is exactly what is missing from patient care. I remember the discussion once. I was doing private duty care for a man who was dying in a nursing home. On a break, some employees asked how he was doing, and I said that he was dying, that there was no coming back from this one. And they said, to a person, "You cannot do this job if let yourself get attached." I said, "That's the difference between you and me. I can't do my job if I don't allow myself to become attached." My friend did die, and I cried buckets and for days. But I knew that I had done my job well.
ReplyDeleteI always imagine you are a wonderful nurse, John. Your patients are lucky to have you near.
ReplyDeleteToday is Tuesday, hope you tell us all about getting Weaver and Lily
ReplyDelete- Mary
And that's a song I'm sure the patient would have known -- a good, consoling choice.
ReplyDeletewhy a "gay" funeral not just a funeral?
ReplyDeleteare gays dealt with differently after death?