Today's confernece chair:
Gary Kirwan National Officer and Team Leader
The Royal College of Nursing
Supporting the wellbeing of nurses and midwives
Heather Randle Head of Professional Learning and Development Professional Lead for Primary Care The Royal College of Nursing
• supporting nurses and midwives
• what issues are we seeing post pandemic?
• understanding addressing the reasons for nurses and midwives leaving the NHS
• ensuring safe staffing levels: how can we reduce current pressures
• improving workplace culture
Heather discussed the impact of Covid on nursing staff:
‘The hardest thing I have ever faced (Matron, Critical Care Unit, London)
Our profession entered this pandemic understaffed, underappreciated and underpaid
Nearly six in 10 (59%) said they felt upset or sad that they couldn’t provide the level of care they wanted, while over half (51%) said they felt demoralised on their last shift
Nurses reported seeing an increase in patient harms/ incidents which were out of their control
Even the most experienced nurse found the level of acutely very ill patients overwhelming
Worryingly, one in five (21%) said they felt unable to raise concerns.
Delivering Compassionate Leadership in Nursing and Midwifery
Sarah McGloin Head of Grants and Impact
The RCN Foundation
• the Courage of Compassion report
• a framework for Compassionate Leadership across nursing and midwifery
• developing your skills in compassionate leadership
- Sarah McGloin Biography 0.01 MBDOCXfile
- Sarah McGloin Abstract 0.01 MBDOCXfile
- Sarah McGloin Slides 0.86 MBPPTXfile
Sarah looked at how do compassionate leaders behave?
"Empathise with their colleagues
Seek to understand the challenges they face
Committed to supporting others to cope with and respond successfully to work challenge
Focused on enabling those they lead to be effective and thrive in their work. "
“Compassionate leadership involves a focus on relationships through careful listening to, understanding, empathising with and supporting other people, enabling those we lead to feel valued, respected and cared for, so they can reach their potential and do their best work. There is clear evidence that compassionate leadership results in more engaged and motivated staff with high levels of wellbeing, which in turn results in high-quality care “
This confernece is also taking place on Friday 17th March 2023