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Originally Posted by Gobbiner17
Good example of why matrons and nurses will always do a better job than managers. Managers live in a different universe divorced from the practical realities of the daily grind, just like many politicians.
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I'm not sure that is exactly true.
Nurses go into nursing to
nurse patients.
If they are managing budgets, then this takes them away from their primary role....of
nursing patients.
How do I know this...well, because I went into nursing to look after people.....I gained experience and with this, came promotion.....I was moved further away from the actual caring role....the more promotion I got the further away this would take me from caring....and from using my experience, and from passing on this experience to nursing staff who
needed and wanted supervision.
I was not trained in management skills until the very end of my career.
What was my influence on the management of budgets? Very little.
Purchasing decisions were made on behalf ot the nurses and patients by someone else, the only input I had, was at a once a month meeting where products in use were discussed(The Product User Group forum).....and we were asked to give recommendations.......these recommendations were rarely followed on expense, but would be followed if we criticised the safety.
I could have been far better employed in being on my ward, carrying out nursing duties.
I have been out of the NHS for 9 years now(after 30 years of service)....I can't imagine that things have changed very much....except that nurses seem to be thinner on the ground.