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Why Intentional Rounding dumbs down nurses and nursing
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I think that our extremely competent and compassionate nurses should be offended by this, but I do have to say that, as in teaching and any of the 'caring' professions, there are pockets of poor care and poor attention to detail, in what are, on the face of it, trivial considerations.
Sadly I have to say that, not only have several of my relatives fallen foul of a little slovenliness, but so did I on a recent admission to hospital. And further, I have just read this article on a day when a hospital not far from here has been put on a warning notice for some very poor nursing practices.
In my own case, I was moved from one section of a long and busy ward, into another one, and my handbag was left behind. It was over an hour before I realized it was not with me and I was frantic with worry, it containing my purse and bank cards, and, but for luck, would also have contained my mobile phone.
If a simple 'dumbing down' check list will help to stop it, I'd like to appeal to the vast majority of wonderful nursing staff to grit their teeth and just get on with this. It's not a reflection on them. It's not even about them. It's about the simple comforts and well-being of their patients in ways which may accidentally get overlooked whilst they are dealing with the 'heavier' stuff.