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Nurses must be heard in policy debates: white paper
Nursing is not being used to its potential, leaving the door open to reform that does not reflect the realities of providing healthcare and aged care, a white paper from the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has warned.
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Finally and hopefully nurses are going to have a voice.
For many years I tried to use my voice to try and get those that I worked for, to understand, that although there’s is not an endless supply of money, it is very difficult to to assume patients can be categorised into needing the same amount of care if they have the same diagnosis. I understood that, some patients may not require as much acute care as the next patient with the same diagnosis but, what was never taken into account was the many hours some needed with their emotional needs or similar. I always felt as though I was knocking my head against a brick wall.
I also tried for an understanding that, we were the ones with the patient 24/7 and therefore were the ones with the greatest knowledge of all things that were for the good of the patients.
To know that finally, someone might actually be listening is quite astonishing. Thank you