Assistant resuscitation officer and our 2015 Nurse of the Year Amanda Burston says feedback for her trauma team reinforced the importance of considering patients’ emotional needs
Receiving feedback from a patient is a real privilege. We nurse because we care, not because we seek reward and recognition. But when a patient goes home, recovers, still remembers your name and feels strongly about the input you had, it is quite overwhelming.
Nursing Standard. 32, 15, 65-65. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.15.65.s38
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