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Nursing campaigns
Please use this resource area to help you find out more about past, present and future campaigns. We welcome any feedback and suggestions you may have.
Our current campaign - Power to Care
Nursing Standard has launched a new campaign to boost the authority and status of ward sisters and charge nurses. Power to Care calls for more support for the estimated 24,000 NHS nurses managing clinical teams.
Previous Nursing Standard campaigns
2008: Patient dignity
Nursing Standard worked with the RCN to ensure that patients are treated with respect. Called 'Dignity: at the heart of everything we do', the campaign gave support and direction to the UK's nursing workforce during delivery of care for patients and clients of any health status in every setting.
2007: Nutrition Now
The Nutrition Now campaign helped nurses to improve nutrition and hydration in patients across the UK. Nutrition and hydration are essential to care, as vital as medication and other types of treatment. It is our responsibility as members of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients in our care have the right nutrition and hydration at the right time.
2006: Count on Nurses
Patients count on nurses, so it is up to managers and ministers to ensure that the numbers add up. That really is the only way to keep patients safe. But as more and more nursing posts are frozen and jobs lost, there is a danger that patient care will suffer. We armed nurses with as much information as possible so they could argue the case for the right skill mix.
2005: Charter for Change
Charter for Change fought for a better deal for students, and campaigned for a substantial rise in the basic bursary, sufficient mentorship, childcare support, full supernumerary status on clinical placements and lastly but not least - respect.
2005: Wipe it out
Nursing Standard supported the Wipe it Out campaign, developed by the RCN in partnership with the Infection Control Nurses' Association, to develop minimum standards on infection control and prevention.
Read more about Wipe it Out
2004: Nursing the Future
Nursing Standard launched Nursing the
Future - our campaign to boost the image of nursing and midwifery - in January 2004. This followed a similar campaign in the US that successfully boosted recruitment to nursing.
More about Nursing the Future
More about 'Quiet Power' - the DVD to boost the image of nursing
Older campaigns:
2001: Welcome to Nurse Here: overseas nurses
2000: Network: getting nurses online
1999: Making Time: flexible working
1998: Lifting the Lid: nutrition in hospitals
1997: Library Access: information and research
1994: Right to Nurse: career pathways
1992: Operation Clean Up: infection control and making hospitals cleaner and safer for patients
We welcome any feedback and suggestions you may have. Please email the Campaigns editor: adele.waters@rcnpublishing.co.uk
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