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Integrating the 6Cs of nursing into paramedic practice
When we designed our BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practice Pre-Registration programme at Teesside University, we looked far and wide to ensure the profession, the NHS (the major employer) and policy directions from Government and patients' views were embedded. One of the elements that caught our eye were the values and behaviours of the 6Cs of nursing, which we were familiar with as it is a cornerstone of our nursing programmes here at Teesside. Perceived as the quality markers of a quality nursing service they are Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment (NHS England, 2016). These key messages are not just for nurses but should be for everyone, and all of the Cs could relate to every area of our practice as paramedics.
After taking it to the wider team, we could see where it linked to each area of practice we were teaching and set about embedding it into all of our practice placements and linking it to our teaching sessions around patient care. Paramedics' work is >95% urgent, unscheduled care which includes minor injury, illness and other things that do not require us to transport patients immediately to hospital. However, these patients still need the care, compassion, commitment, competency, courage and communication skills of paramedics to help them navigate the care system, refer them to an appropriate provider, or help them to self care at home. We decided to ‘adopt’ these as our core values for every placement that our students attend and state them clearly in their assessment documentation.
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