The National Midwifery Council published “The Code “(NMC,2015) The Code outlines all the professional standards and values that nurses registered the UK must uphold must practise in accordance with.
Personal qualities in nursing are the personal characteristics and emotional qualities that make up a caring and compassionate nurse (Siviter, B. 2013)
Bethann Siviter is a consultant nurse who utilised her own experiences as a nurse and service user to outline the key professional values and personal qualities required for student nurses (Siviter, B. 2013)
The skills Siviter puts forward are predominately nursing based the target audience for this book is student nurses this influences the content of the chapter by being targeted and is explained in an easy to read way
Bethann Siviter proposes nursing qualities start with thinking and …show more content…
The service users discussed that they want nurses to be competent and trained but do not want over educated nurses as they are less desired to care and show compassion. (Griffiths, J et al, 2012) (Siviter, B. 2013)
What I have learned because of reading the article and chapter is that what a nurse suggests are good qualities for a student nurse are not necessarily the same qualities that service users are looking for. The overall result is that both nurses and service users would like more care, compassion and empathy within the health service and to know nurses are competent and skilled in their job role. (Griffiths, J et al, 2012) (Siviter, B. 2013) Taking this forward into the next three years of my training I will make sure that I make more time for the fundamentals and basics of nursing incorporating more empathy and caring into the work place and ensuring my skills are up to date and apply nursing theory in
Personal qualities in nursing are the personal characteristics and emotional qualities that make up a caring and compassionate nurse (Siviter, B. 2013)
Bethann Siviter is a consultant nurse who utilised her own experiences as a nurse and service user to outline the key professional values and personal qualities required for student nurses (Siviter, B. 2013)
The skills Siviter puts forward are predominately nursing based the target audience for this book is student nurses this influences the content of the chapter by being targeted and is explained in an easy to read way
Bethann Siviter proposes nursing qualities start with thinking and …show more content…
The service users discussed that they want nurses to be competent and trained but do not want over educated nurses as they are less desired to care and show compassion. (Griffiths, J et al, 2012) (Siviter, B. 2013)
What I have learned because of reading the article and chapter is that what a nurse suggests are good qualities for a student nurse are not necessarily the same qualities that service users are looking for. The overall result is that both nurses and service users would like more care, compassion and empathy within the health service and to know nurses are competent and skilled in their job role. (Griffiths, J et al, 2012) (Siviter, B. 2013) Taking this forward into the next three years of my training I will make sure that I make more time for the fundamentals and basics of nursing incorporating more empathy and caring into the work place and ensuring my skills are up to date and apply nursing theory in