Any ‘safe space’ has to be inclusive of patients and/or families or it won’t work. My perceived safety threat has never been from patients & families, it has been from senior healthcare professionals & person-centred, name, blame & shame centred incident investigations.
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But imagine a senior manager in the airline industry trying to convince a pilot not to mention something on his safety log so it didn't reflect badly on the airline. Do you think the pilot would agree? Why not? Answers itself really. Doesn't quite work the same in the NHS world.
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I said the same earlier. I have never had any fear of openness & honesty with patients & families. I have, at times feared my colleagues & seniors, because of the name, blame, shame & retrain culture. Stories I may tell in the fullness of time.
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I shall look forward to reading them when you do. :)
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Me too!
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Me three!
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When I locate the appropriate safe space

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Whoever those people are that you have in mind Ken, from whom you feel the need to be safe... they're the ones I want. To have them feel our collective hand on their shoulder whilst being asked to explain themselves. They should be dragged out and publicly held to account, imho.
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I wouldn’t be looking for retribution / punishment, I would be looking to facilitate contemplative reflection on their activities, to provoke real learning & behavioural change.
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other than to say registered nurses are professionally obliged to advocate for patients, not employers / other HCP’s. That is what they must do and what patients should expect.