HOW IS THE APPROPRIATE NURSE FOR YOUR CHILD CHOSEN
We choose the appropriate nurse according to the parents'
demand, always reflecting the adequacy of the request to her qualification and,
above all, experience, appropriating the selection to the time demands of the
requested care, the child's place of residence or where the nurse is required to
attend to the child, and any other specific requests made by the client.As soon as we find a suitable candidate, we contact the parents and inform them about the nurse, telling them her:
name,
age,
residence address,
contact telephone number,
received education,
professional experience,
other skills,
test rating and presented documentation,
hobbies,
and our experience with her.
We can provide this information to the client in writing as a Nurse Profile Brief. We do not provide our clients with copies of the nurses' proofs of education, probity, experience, etc. They may inspect these documents upon request.
Providing that the client agrees with our choice, the nurse contacts the client to appoint a so-called initial meeting. It is the objective of this meeting to find out whether the nurse selected by the Agency is an appropriate candidate and whether good co-operation between the nurse, the child and the parents can be expected. This meeting gives the parents the opportunity to influence the choice, express their concerns, and possibly request another nurse.
If the client agrees with the selected nurse, further details and demands for the care are then negotiated directly with the nurse. It is essential for the mother to familiarise the nurse with the child's daily routines, habits and requirements, and to demonstrate and make ready all that is needed for the child care.
It is up to every mother to decide how to make the nurse part of the child's world. A child who is not used to any larger company and new faces, is best left alone with the nurse gradually over time, so as not to develop a negative relation to a situation of her or his mother leaving. According to the experts and our own experience, it is not very convenient for the child to get a nurse around her or his ninth month of life. This is the age when the child already distinguishes between her or his own people and strangers ("separation anxiety"), has more difficulties entering into contact with strangers, and still does not comprehend that mother is not leaving for ever but for only a limited time. But, this is all dependent on each child's personality. There are many contrary cases when the child will welcome a change and a new person to play with.
