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Comment on: Huge fall in nurses dropping out of nursing courses
To anonymous --'' I was feeling quietly optimistic until I read the last couple of paragraphs : ''. I share your optimism but probably for a different reason. That fewer nursing students are dropping out suggests that more commitment has been squeezed out of the students. And the article relates this to increased support from the universities and more rigorous selection process. However, there is another factor not acknowledged in the article, and that is the reduced availability of alternatives. The economic situation has whittled down alternatives. When you add these two factors, it is not surprising that you get a committed student group, and potentially, more committed and capable nurses. To the last two paragraphs of the article, I think that the reduced number of places may be a good thing for the profession. This is on the basis that scarcity usually breeds appreciation. With regards to nursing, more appreciation of what we do and the skills we apply to it. I will expect this from the patients, public, other healthcare professionals, the government, and most of all the nurses themselves. This is why I wrote earlier that our reasons for optimism may not be the same.
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Comment on: Huge fall in nurses dropping out of nursing courses
To anonymous --'' I was feeling quietly optimistic until I read the last couple of paragraphs : ''. I share your optimism but probably for a different reason. That fewer nursing students are dropping out suggests that more commitment has been squeezed out of the students. And the article relates this to increased support from the universities and more rigorous selection process. However, there is another factor not acknowledged in the article, and that is the reduced availability of alternatives. The economic situation has whittled down alternatives. When you add these two factors, it is not surprising that you get a committed student group, and potentially, more committed and capable nurses. To the last two paragraphs of the article, I think that the reduced number of places may be a good thing for the profession. This is on the basis that scarcity usually breeds appreciation. With regards to nursing, more appreciation of what we do and the skills we apply to it. I will expect this from the patients, public, other healthcare professionals, the government, and most of all the nurses themselves. This is why I wrote earlier that our reasons for optimism may not be the same.
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Comment on: Shake-up for blood pressure diagnosis backed by NICE
I am inclined to believe that 24-hour home monitoring will yield more accurate readings. All due to the Hawthorne effects experienced by patients. However, it would be interesting to know the percentage of patients for whom a trip to the G.P is a momentary escape from from a pressured home environment. Never the less, 24-hour monitoring seems to be a step forward.
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Comment on: Join the Nursing Times Leadership Academy
Very well summed up, Mike.
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Comment on: Health minister says chief nursing officer role will remain
This is a very good news for nurses and nursing in the UK. It would have have been a tragedy for the profession in the UK, and patients in general if the role of CNO had been scrapped. And I reiterate my opinion on this issue that, the role of the CNO provides the face and presence of nursing in decision making circles where the RCN and NMC may be absent. That is in the political arena. In the face of the all the down-sizing and downgrading, who other than the CNO will be at the table to highlight the pivotal role of nurses in UK healthcare? And by so doing, will directly and indirectly facilitate the developement of the nursing role . We can debate on the direction of this developement of the role of nursing, but develop we will. Once again, thanks to Ms Milton for making this point. Ms Milton, a former nurse, may have had some say in this. Would anyone still doubt the relevance of a nursing voice in high places?
