Speciality Clinical Educator, Critical Care, at the time of writing. She is now North of England Critical Care Network Educator and Quality Improvement Nurse, North of England Critical Care Network (NoECCN), hosted at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields.
Br J Nurs. 2023 Aug 17;32(15):744-747. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2023.32.15.744.
The professional nurse advocate (PNA) programme was launched in March 2021, which was towards the end of the third wave of COVID-19 and the start of a critical point of recovery. COVID-19 placed exceptional challenges and pressure on healthcare staff, with many experiencing feelings of stress and burnout. The role of the PNA emerged as a response to the impact this had upon the nursing workforce. PNAs are trained to facilitate restorative clinical supervision and to advocate education for quality improvement, resulting in improvements to patient care and staff wellbeing. The programme started with 400 critical care nurses; since then it has been rolled out to all specialties, with the aim to have 5000 PNAs integrated into the national workforce by April 2022. Criteria for the level 7 PNA training programme requires a registered nurse to be working in a patient-facing role, at band 5 or above, hold a level 6 qualification and have approval from their line manager. The training programme is typically 10 to 12 days in length over a 12-week period. This article explores the implementation of the PNA role in a critical care unit.
专业护士倡导（PNA）计划于 2021 年 3 月启动，当时正值 COVID-19 第三波疫情接近尾声，也是复苏的关键时刻。COVID-19 给医护人员带来了特殊的挑战和压力，许多人感到压力和精疲力竭。PNA 的角色是应对这对护理人员队伍产生的影响而出现的。PNA 接受过促进恢复性临床监督和倡导教育以改善质量的培训，从而改善了患者护理和员工福祉。该计划最初针对 400 名重症监护护士；自那时以来，该计划已推广到所有专业领域，目标是到 2022 年 4 月将 5000 名 PNA 纳入国家劳动力队伍。7 级 PNA 培训计划的标准要求注册护士在患者护理岗位上工作，处于 5 级或以上，持有 6 级资格，并获得其直属经理的批准。培训计划通常在 12 周内进行 10-12 天。本文探讨了在重症监护病房实施 PNA 角色的情况。
