Best Practice in Nursing 2015 Post Show Newspaper-Issue 3 Nov 2015 | Page 12

PROACTIVE NOT REACTIVE: THE NEW YOUR CULTURE OF COMPASSIONATE CARE
Brought home at
NHS NURSING STRATEGY EXPLAINED 1934
Care

1953

Courage
1983
…with commitment
and care…

Compassion

1995
…in the very heart
of the community….

Competence

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Like the previous document, the
new strategy has been developed
by talking to stakeholders in
every sector of nursing and
midwifery, to the public and
patients, and to professional
organisations and academics.
Ms Serrant said: ‘We have been

…has been carried out
with compassion...

talking to nurses across settings,
asking “what works for you? What
are the challenges?”’
Themes have emerged around
five core topics, population health
and prevention, personalisation
of care, ensuring productivity,
safety and effective staffing, and
building and sustaining the future
workforce. The draft strategy will
be issued for consultation, prior
to publication of the final version.

Commitment

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‘But nursing must be able to
“evidence” its contribution, and
the majority of the evidence for
nursing does not come from the
UK,’ she said.

1949

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Compassion in practice
promoted the ‘6 Cs,’ Care,
Compassion, Competence,
Communication, Courage and
Commitment, and Ms Serrant
said these values would not come
to an end with the expiry of the
document. ‘We have a chance
now to move forward – rather
than being a profession that
traditionally has been reactive,
we now have an opportunity to
be proactive.

Nursing through
the years…

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Laura Serrant, Head of Evidence and Strategy, Nursing Directorate NHS England said the new
strategy would be aligned to other NHS s