Florence Nightingale weeps

Jul 17, 2015 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
In the KN of July 15, 2015 I saw an article under the heading ‘Nurses’ Association weighs in on termination of GPHC’s Matron’. I agree with paragraph two of the article and I quote (in part) ‘And if this “confusion” is left unaddressed, the Association is of the firm view that a catastrophic situation could be the ultimate result” (end quote).
The catastrophic situation has already come on stream.
Could the Nurses’ Association clear the air on whether the Department of Nursing at GPHC is a power within itself or if it is a part of the organizational structure of the Corporation? Could the Nurses’ Association explain if they have advised their Nurses to refuse to tidy patients who cannot help themselves, to turn deaf ears when patients in the wards are calling out for help, and why a young cancer patient was left to fall off the hospital bed?
These may be some of the catastrophic situations resulting from insubordination and with the help of a Union that seemingly wants to support an ‘unfriendly burial society’.
Inciting and supporting insubordination should not be an attribute which the Association may want to add to its Modus Operandi. Young nurses are looking on and will beat a path that could further injure the image of the Nursing profession. Instead of playing the role of bully because it feels ‘Big Brother/Big Sister’ is in charge, an objective approach could be a way out.
One must understand that there is nothing wrong with discussing changes and other issues at the appropriate forum.
When and if the dust does settle, the only people who will be grossly affected by all the posturing of the Union, the GPHC and the Nurses’ Association are the sick, some of them elderly people. Are we even taking this into account? Florence Nightingale weeps.
Adrian DeMattos

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