German Nursing Council criticizes: ver.di is deliberately stirring up dissent in public and devaluing the nursing profession
19.10.2023 14:10
The ver.di union has given up its support for the nursing professions. Instead of professional discussions, dissent is being fomented among the professions. This emerges from a current press release and statement from the union.
Christine Vogler, President of the German Nursing Council (DPR), criticizes: “With its statements about complex nursing activities and the competitive nature of nursing professions, the United Services Union is driving a wedge between nursing professions. Instead of uniting, completely unnecessary barriers are being built that do not exist in practice.
Profiling is the wrong way
ver.di does not support the recommendations of the nursing training offensive working group on the task profiles of academically qualified nursing specialists. However, instead of further technical discussions with everyone involved, the union is seeking public dissent on the back of the profession. In doing so, it is boycotting all agreements and projects made in the past. This profiling is the wrong way. It also endangers the security of nursing care and devalues professional nursing development in Germany.
Unarguable refusal of education
As early as 2012, the Science Council called for an academic qualification rate for nurses of 10 to 20 percent. In addition to the situation in which ver.di now has an unarguable refusal to provide education to the nursing profession, international connectivity is also prevented and the security of care for those in need of care and patients is endangered.
Scientifically based knowledge plays a central role in nursing
To ensure the health of our population, it is essential to integrate the latest findings into our work. This is particularly true in the nursing sector, where scientifically based knowledge plays a central role. Today's nursing practice cannot be compared to that of 20 years ago. Germany is already lagging far behind the standards of other comparable European countries. It is not impractical, but extremely contemporary, for nursing to assert itself, use its own skills and advocate specialization in the form of academic nursing training. Particularly in a profession that is primarily practiced by women, professional development should not be denied, but should be actively encouraged.
It is precisely this cooperation, expansion of skills, self-determination and support that secures our future in nursing and also improves working conditions. The working conditions, in turn, ensure that nursing careers are attractive, that more people choose them and thus help to alleviate the nursing staff shortage.
The ver.di union should move closer to these goals again instead of deliberately fomenting dissent.”