Saving 'a' School of Nursing ... Cardiff, et al. (2025 ...)?
Individual
|
INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
HUMANISTIC -------------------------------------- MECHANISTIC
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
|
Group
Nursing has provided many models and theories and (even as some have scoffed), we could be on the cusp of new things; with the ideal model - for reflection, reflective practice, and critical thinking. Surely this is worthy of ongoing undergraduate and post-graduate study? What message does closing a SoN send to:
You know: students and families know - #MentalHealthMatters! Ethics too - with the need for self-care, sustainable services, recognition of ALL the literacies. Nursing isn't Philosophy (and others..) with dept.s globally also under threat, but you can find it there - in uniform and civilian dress with all the -isms to be negotiated. Nursing has moved on from its past, but still calls on giving of self, a certain character, self-awareness. ... Closure!? And, just as it was getting all transdisciplinary! You've exposed here the literal primacy of an individual's 'health career' : how this is impacted by life chances.^ | If you hadn't noticed, the robots & AI are coming. Ah! But of course, you do know that's were the £££ is. Indeed they are already here. Nursing is an art and science, but in terms of data, the future workforce requirements are stark. We need to act today - 4 tomorrow! Each nation needs its own nurses. Here is a way to contribute to global health; (there must be a way to achieve equity). Parity of esteem too: health is mental AND physical. This misses the continuum that touches so many curricula from the SELF to PLANETARY health. How will we pursue (confirm?):
Nursing can contribute so much to the community of lifelong learning. No! No! Nursing is much more than bio-psycho-social. It is BIOPSYCHOSOCIOPOLITICAL: - pardon the irony, but thank you for the evidence. Nursing has much to offer in education, EdTech, informatics, living in the 21st Century. |
What about history? What would Betsi and Florence say? What about the future health of society: improved nutrition, air quality, climate change, emergency preparedness and the true Nat. Health & Care Services? Especially, as so much is incomplete: consider - Social care, Community Care, Older Adults - demographic change, Prevention and Health Education, Public Health & Public Mental Health. A measure of a culture - society isn't merely how it looks after the sick and disabled, it is also (must be) how it educates its populace. 'Teach your children well.'* ^Nursing knows (really) that it is not merely a case of the social determinants of health. It is all - political, economic, education ... | Does this mean Project 2K is a mistake? Was Project 2K a waste of time, effort and resources? What of the students to date: the fees, COVID ..? What was promised to this Profession - these Professionals? Or is this LIFO at work? How do Nursing's leaders respond - in light of the frequency Nursing is poorly, or not represented at the 'table'?~ Nursing is dynamic, not only shoe leather and mental gymnastics, but the demands placed on curricula, call for a curriculum design, planning, development and evaluation resource. Nursing can help inform the National Care Services, and provide part of an incredible career pathway. - wither a Duty of Care - Social Responsibility? Sorry, what are the reserves? Saving for a lunar campus, no doubt? Well, healthcare will be needed in space too. |
Will you switch off the lights, or will the nurse have to return with the keys to 24/7/365 care?
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQOaUnSmJr8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Nursing_Society (resurrected?)
orcid.org/0000-0002-0192-8965
