The Queen's Nursing Institute
The Queen's Nursing Institute works with the public, nurses and decision-makers to make sure that good quality nursing is available at home for everyone when they need it.
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Campaign policy
The campaign has a number of key asks for policy makers and healthcare planners. It also has some ambitions for The Queen's Nursing Institute.
What do we want?
- All nurse team leaders to have specific community training so that they can ensure patients receive safe and high quality care in the home;
- All nursing teams to carry out regular audits of their skills to ensure they match patients’ needs;
- All nurses to get skills training to match patients’ needs;
- All nurses new to the community to have a programme of support during their first six months.
Working in patients' homes is a privilege, and the patients there are some of the most vulnerable in society. We are concerned that their care may suffer if the nurses or assistants who visit them are too inexperienced or unprepared. The real danger is that this decline in care will be invisible as it happens behind closed doors.
Actions for the QNI:
- We will be identifying and publishing a list of educational courses that focus on preparing nurses to work in the community.
- We will be seeking out effective skills audit tools, and making these available for nurse teams to use.
- We will be developing and publicising good examples of preceptorship (support) programmes for nurses new to the community, which employers can use ‘off the shelf’ for new staff.
