Survey for Nurse First Project

[Guest guest]

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