Karen Wilson

Happy International Women’s day to all the strong and determined women I am privileged to love as family, know as my friends and work alongside every day

Critical Care PNA community of practice members ! we are running a critical care PNA survey until 7/3/25 please check your inbox for the email - your views are really important if you would like to join the COP please inbox me @UKCCNA @CC_3N @BACCNUK @ICS_updates @PICSociety

Burnout, shame, heartbreak: nurses are being crushed by our broken NHS | Sonia Sodha A shocking Royal College of Nursing report reveals the toll chronic underfunding has taken on staff, and rings alarm bells for the future

Burnout, shame & nurses crushed. A shocking & heartbreaking report from @sonia-sodha.bsky.social
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“Rookie factor”: why healthcare workforce policy needs to embrace experience What price experience? I have been working across several safety critical industries for years and in terms of the approaches that these industries take to workforce issues there are some stark differ...

My latest @bmj.com on why an experienced workforce is necessary for safety and productivity www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Every. Single. Word. Of. This.

From Prof. @alisonleary1.bsky.social. Worth a read for all those wondering why retention of NHS staff and therefore their proficiency is so important in the pursuit of productivity and safety.

Not long now critical care pnas - great programme with great speakers - nearly 400 bookings now ! Supporting our staff for them to thrive at work is vital
@baccn @cc3n @karingerber.bsky.social

Sometimes, you have to take a step back and look at the journey you've been on.

Week to go until we see Paul McCartney live I always promised my son I would take him to see a Beatle and if oasis reformed we would go and see them too - about make good with these promises within the next year - love how my boy is a music geek just like his mum #musicgeek

This is the Canadian #nursing retention toolkit. Am finding governments are starting to really see the value of retention
An experienced skilled workforce is essential for productivity as well as safe & effective care www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

Doing some work around staff support- horizontal violence should not be happening but sadly it does . If we are to be recognised as a highly skilled patient safety centric profession we are ,we should be supporting one another & leaders need to ensure staff support is at the very heart of nursing

YouTube video by UK Covid-19 Inquiry UK Covid 19 Inquiry - Module 3 Hearing - 28 November 2024 AM

#covidinquiryuk. youtu.be/4wSYxatO2cU?
Some of the recommendations: A suitably educated & trained workforce.
Safety critical nurse ratio’s enshrined in law.
Full & proper engagement with the nursing profession. Professional representation equivalent to medical representation. @thercn.bsky.social

NHS staff psychological wellbeing: system-level changes needed System-level changes such as improvements in working conditions are essential in order to improve the psychological wellbeing of NHS staff.

Researchers found that to address the epidemic of mental ill health among HCPs, workers needed:

Targeted MH interventions
Hot food
Rest areas/lockers
Free parking

Essentially staff just need to be valued & treated like human beings.

Rocket science it is not.
evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/system...

YouTube video by UK Covid-19 Inquiry UK Covid 19 Inquiry - Module 3 Hearing - 28 November 2024 AM

Forgetting is a curse & a necessity. We want to move on but must at the same time remember the events of the pandemic accurately, to learn the right lessons & better prepare for whatever the future holds. My thanks to the @covidinquiryuk team for this work. youtu.be/4wSYxatO2cU?...

Added you

Just added you

Absolutely

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Hi all
Going to put together a healthcare staff wellbeing starter pack for anyone who is a health and wellbeing champion / PNA/ PMA/PA / peer supporter/ Schwartz round facilitator/ psychologist and all other wellbeing roles - if you want to be added please comment below 🙏

Introverts lead with actions and they often speak louder than words #iintrovertedleaders

I agree effective supervision really helps but the people who deliver supervision PNAs for example should get time within their substantive roles to undertake this with staff - not do it in thier own time or annual leave sadly many pnas still do not the time /neither do they get supervision

editorial from @bmj.com and paper: Poor staff retention is associated with higher patient mortality. Have said it before & I’ll say it again. If you don’t care for the carers, they cannot care for their patients.
www.bmj.com/content/387/...

As leaders, we cannot be silos. Our role is to enable the collaboration/connections that mean our teams can play to their specialist strengths but operate as part of a bigger collective whole. @jillgeisler.bsky.social suggests 8 actions for leaders: hfma.org/leadership/l.... Graphic: Julie Woodard
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Just over 2 weeks to go before the 2nd national critical care professional nurse advocate webinar - fab speakers and absolutely free to book on www.baccn.org/meeting-book...
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"Lower turnover rates for nurses and senior doctors at hospital level were associated with better health outcomes for patients with emergency hospital admissions."
The question for me is why we have to keep spelling this out.

www.bmj.com/content/387/...

PNAs, and anyone interested in the role, are invited to a joint BACCN and CC3N Critical Care PNA Virtual Event on 9 December 2024, 10:00-15:00 via ZOOM. Free to all. For bookings & more info. www.baccn.org/meeting-book...

YouTube video by Frontline 19 SICKER THAN THE PATIENTS

Hello!

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We're proud of having supported 1M people since we started, and thousands every week.

Our ad hits hard, but it's important
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The resilience hubs were amazing and provided a lifeline during Covid - to get rid of them was a huge loss - wellbeing needs to be a priority

Blackpool NHS Trust sees over 4,000 staff mental health absences since 2021 A new study says more than 4,000 NHS staff at Blackpool have had to take absence to mental health problems over the past three years.

Not enough people are talking about how the previous govt ditched wellbeing hubs set up for staff during covid, in the name of cutbacks

Unsurprisingly MH related absences are sky high, perpetuating the cycle.

NHS staff are for life, not just for pandemics
www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/blackpo...

I love my weekends but this is me every week now- anyone else get the Sunday scaries ?