Sir, – May I suggest that before Liam Doran continues to call for an increase in nurses at ward level (“INMO seeks recruitment”, Home News, May 9th), he should consider the time they spend office-bound.
The nurse has been driven from the bedside to the office because of the ever-increasing demands of paperwork, chasing a paper trail in search of evidence-based nursing, but alas to the detriment of nursing care. It is this that is demoralising to nurses – ticking boxes, form-filling, worrying about the next checklist instead of the patient. Mr Doran would be better calling for an urgent root-and-branch review of the role of the nurse in acute and residential settings. – Yours, etc,
MG STOREY, RGN, RPN
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