Consent was gained retroactively, which is an acceptable form of consent in many fields. But is not considered acceptable in Nursing/Medicine, which was the issue -
There are nurses and staff raising these issues - this is what incident forms etc are used to raise concerns and highlight unacceptable actions (Lord knows I've heard my parents mention filling them in often enough!).
But, she didn't approach her union either - if she was getting no success in raising these concerns with her superiors or the PCT, then that was the next step, so why straight to the journalists?
Don't be blinded by spin from the NMC I'm not - I am being guided by information regarding consent (amongst others) by the two trained nurses that I live with> Neither of whom agree with her actions, whilst deploring the situation with which she was faced.
"integrity of the profession" to be more important than the care of vulnerable patients. Nursing has no integrity unless the care of the vulnerable that is at the core. I agree, and I see the frustration cause by not being able to provide the standard of care they would like because of lack of staff, but, breaking the code of conduct that is in place to protect the patients, isn't the way to go about it.
Please don't think that I'm defending the (lack of) care provided, or abuse of the vulnerable, I'm really not!
ETA: I will go and have a look at the information anyway!
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Date: 2009-04-24 10:00 pm (UTC)There are nurses and staff raising these issues - this is what incident forms etc are used to raise concerns and highlight unacceptable actions (Lord knows I've heard my parents mention filling them in often enough!).
But, she didn't approach her union either - if she was getting no success in raising these concerns with her superiors or the PCT, then that was the next step, so why straight to the journalists?
Don't be blinded by spin from the NMC I'm not - I am being guided by information regarding consent (amongst others) by the two trained nurses that I live with> Neither of whom agree with her actions, whilst deploring the situation with which she was faced.
"integrity of the profession" to be more important than the care of vulnerable patients. Nursing has no integrity unless the care of the vulnerable that is at the core. I agree, and I see the frustration cause by not being able to provide the standard of care they would like because of lack of staff, but, breaking the code of conduct that is in place to protect the patients, isn't the way to go about it.
Please don't think that I'm defending the (lack of) care provided, or abuse of the vulnerable, I'm really not!
ETA: I will go and have a look at the information anyway!