Monday, October 14, 2019

Nursing Bulletin: Autumn 2019

Welcome to the latest key papers and publications including articles about Freedom to Speak Up and Raising Concerns in the nursing profession to celebrate Freedom to Speak Up Month.

The British Journal of Nursing, Nursing Times, British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Journal of Perioperative Practice and the British Journal of Midwifery are all either available in print within the library or online via your OpenAthens username and password.  




Please click on the links below and enter your OpenAthens username and password to download the full text or contact the library at esth.hirsonlibrary@nhs.net to request the full text.

Abstract: The National Guardian's Office has published national guidelines for Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) training.
The guidelines, designed to be used by individuals or organisations commissioning or delivering FTSU training, aim to improve the quality, clarity and consistency of speaking up training across the health sector in England.
Employers are encouraged to bring existing training in line with these guidelines.
Source: NHS Employers 2019; [Freely available online]

Abstract: This whistleblowing disclosures report, written jointly with other health care professional regulators, aims to show how disclosures are handled, action taken about these issues, and to improve collaboration across the health sector. As each regulator has different statutory responsibilities and operating models, a list of actions has been devised that can accurately describe the handling of disclosures in each organisation.
Source: Healthcare professional regulators; 2019 [Freely available online]

Abstract: Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses polices and strategies used to tackle bullying and incivility within nursing.
Source: British Journal of Nursing 2018; 27(22): 1336-1337

Abstract: Frontline staff are well placed to identify failings in care, but speaking up requires a supportive
organisational culture to be effective, say Russell Mannion and Huw Davies.
Source: BMJ 2019; 366 [Published 19 August 2019]

Abstract: This research finds that nurses, care assistants, cleaners and other NHS staff have suffered lewd sexual insults, groping and even rape while at work. The findings are taken from a much larger survey of 8,000 health workers and their experiences at work. It highlights the psychological trauma suffered by the 700 staff who responded to say they’d suffered sexual harassment in the past year.
Source: UNISON; 2019 [Freely available online]

Abstract: Russell Mannion and Huw Davies explore how notions of culture relate to service performance,
quality, safety, and improvement.
Source: BMJ 2019; 363 [Published 28 November 2018]

Celebrate me: capturing the voices of learning disability nurses and people who use services Abstract: The purpose of this initiative was to engage with nurses and people using services to gather evidence and demonstrate the impact of learning disability nursing, from experience, to help sustain its future. The outcomes from the extensive engagement initiative have highlighted everything that can be celebrated about learning disability nursing (the impact) and what needs to be championed for the future (to sustain it), from the voices of learning disability nurses and those of people with a learning disability and their families.
Source: Foundation of Nursing Studies; 2019 [Freely available online]

Abstract: Sam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, discusses ‘compassionate leadership’, an approach that aims to allow staff to provide the best care for patients by listening to and acting on staff concerns.
Source: British Journal of Nursing 2019; 28(16): 1099

Abstract: The author suggests that redesigning job roles and fostering a flexible work culture would offer staff a better work-life balance and reduce NHS staff turnover.
Source: British Journal of Nursing 2019; 28(9): 601

Abstract: The chief nursing officers for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales celebrate International Nurses Day and nurses' essential role in ensuring high-quality care for all.
Source: British Journal of Nursing 2019; 28(9): 568-570

Abstract: The National Quality Board (NQB) publication, Supporting NHS providers to deliver the right staff, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time: safe, sustainable and productive staffing (NQB, 2019), outlines the expectations and framework within which decisions on safe and sustainable staffing should be made to support the delivery of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led care on a sustainable basis.
Source: British Journal of Healthcare Assistants 2019; 13(2):61–65

Abstract: Of the NHS sites declared ‘surplus’ in England in 2017–18, 23 have the capacity for more than 80 homes. Among the findings of this research on those sites: only 5 per cent of the homes built on sold-off NHS land will be for genuinely affordable social rent; 30 per cent of the sites have plans for no affordable housing at all; and 61 per cent have plans that include no socially rented housing – widely understood as the only housing that is genuinely affordable to people on low incomes; and of the planned homes to be built for sale on NHS land, two thirds will be unaffordable to a nurse on an average salary. And where they could afford the mortgage repayments, a nurse would have to save for an average of 35 years to afford the deposit.
Source:  New Economics Foundation; 2019 [Freely available online]

Abstract: This report, written in conjunction with the Royal College of Nursing, calls for urgent investment in district nursing, as new figures show the number of district nurses working in the NHS has dropped by almost 43 per cent in England in the past 10 years. It explores all the elements that need to be in place to support an outstanding district nursing service.
Source: Queen's Nursing Institute; 2019 [Freely available online]

Abstract: Ambitions to scale up the number of nursing students across the NHS set out within the NHS Long Term Plan and the Interim People Plan will require services to increase the number clinical placements they offer. Understandably there is some apprehension about how additional capacity can be generated. This briefing provides an insight into some of the strategies and ideas being explored by employers to increase placement capacity and offers some options for you to consider.
Source: British Journal of Healthcare Assistants 2019; 13(5): 242–245

Abstract: The Government has made a pledge to revamp the support mechanisms for NHS staff experiencing mental health problems. Many staff in the NHS is exposed to and witness scenes of emotional distress, often on a daily basis. Pivotal to protecting the mental health of NHS staff is the appointment of new wellbeing guardians within NHS establishments.
Source: British Journal of Community Nursing 2019; 24(5): 244 - 247

Abstract: This is the first study to investigate the impact of the policy of charging ‘overseas visitors’ for NHS care on midwives’ practice or professional responsibilities. This study aimed to explore midwives’ experience of looking after women who had been charged, especially in relation to the impact of NHS charging on their professional practice.
Source: Maternity Action; 2019 [Freely available online]

Abstract: This report explores the variations in structure and organisation of the nursing workforce across the different countries of Europe. As health systems shift radically in response to rising demand, the role of nurses becomes even more important. The report is part of a two-volume study on the contributions that nurses make to strengthening health systems. Its aim is to raise the profile of nursing within health policy and draw the attention of decision-makers.
Source: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; 2019 [Freely available online]

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