Hospitals involve too little Intensive Care nurses in the necessary expansion of IC capacity. A poll by the V&VN professional association shows that 70 percent of IC nurses were not asked to discuss the upscaling, even though this has been explicitly agreed. The majority is therefore dissatisfied with the state of affairs. 588 ICU nurses took part in the study.
In the upscaling plans it has been agreed that hospitals will focus on more participation of IC nurses, better terms of employment, more appreciation and career prospects. This should prevent colleagues from leaving and help them to cope with a possible second wave.
IC leader Diederik Gommers has also said time and again that employee participation is of great importance. Only one in five ICU nurses now indicates that a nurse in their ward is part of the policy team.
Worried
Rowan Marijnissen, chairman of the V&U IC nurses department is concerned: “There is an awful lot of hard work and real steps are being taken. I also realize that it is a short day, and that you cannot expect everything to be done in such a short period of time. is well organized. But the agreements we have made about more appreciation, career prospects and authority must be implemented if we want to be able to scale up. Many colleagues are tired and lack the appreciation. This is demotivating and I am very concerned about that. “
Three quarters of IC nurses do see that hospitals are hard at work recruiting and training IC nurses and supportive colleagues. Almost two thirds think their IC department is also better prepared than in the spring.
Slightly more than half do see a lower staffing in their department than during the first wave. Still nearly 30 percent do not feel sufficiently rested to cope with the care of a possible second wave.
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