Re: Survey for Nurse First Project

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Congratulations on being accepted onto that programme, Ruth, and good luck with your project.On 16 May 2012, at 06:36, ruth oshikanlu wrote: Dear Senate members, My name is Ruth Oshikanlu. I am a nurse, midwife and health visitor working in Tower Hamlets. I am currently undertaking the first ever Nurse First Programme provided in partnership by the Queen’s Nursing Institute, Buckinghamshire University, the Shaftesbury Partnership and and . It is a 12-month programme designed to provide skills and knowledge to practitioners with the aim of creating new innovations in health care for the benefit of the community. As part of the programme, I have to take a project from idea to implementation within 10 months. (For further information please see www.nursefirst.org.uk). Why I need your help ... Over the last five years I have worked part-time in several primary care trusts with many health visitors. I have observed that morale is at an all-time low due to all the changes imposed on them. I am passionate about our profession and the great work we do with children and families. Often, the good work we as health visitors do is ignored, especially in this climate of cuts. I believe that a failure to invest in health visitors is a false economy. By improving the morale of HVs, this will increase their retention and help retain HVs and recruit people with the right mindset to the profession. Therefore, as part of the Nurse First Programme, I want to do some work on HV retention rates and motivation in HVs, particularly in London where morale is so low. Calling all practising health visitors If you are a practising health visitor, I would appreciate your help in finding out what the biggest challenge or problem you are facing as a HV is, and how you think this can be solved, by completing the online survey. What will happen to the results? All results will be anonymised. You will be sent the findings of the survey. They will also be published in a future issue of Community Practitioner. Finally, I will also use the findings from this survey to create innovative solutions with other health visitors. If you would like to take part in a focus group please send me your contact details. If you require further information, please contact me by email: ruth.oshikanlu@... or on: 075577 49419. I look forward to reading your responses. Kindly forward the link for the survey to other practising Health Visitors you know. Warm Regards, Ruth Oshikanlu Visit the survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/s/V6G9GKF Cowleysarahcowley183@...http://myprofile.cos.com/S124021COn