Employers failing nurses on flexible hours due to staff shortages
While a few trusts are trailblazing the practice, some nurses told ‘not to bother asking’
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RCN survey of nurses on final day of work shows significant deterioration in staffing levels
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Financial hardship, overwork and compassion fatigue are among the issues for debate
Nurses urge mayor of London to alleviate pressures faced by staff
‘Frank discussion’ with Sadiq Khan covered topics including short staffing and patient safety
Why I helped to prosecute a patient after I was assaulted in the emergency department
Nurses should not have to accept acts of aggression from patients as ‘part of the job’
Why I helped to prosecute a patient after I was assaulted in the emergency department
Nurses should not have to accept acts of aggression from patients as ‘part of the job’
Pressure to work overtime: how to say no and prioritise work-life balance
If you’re working extra hours it may well be unpaid – and it may well be damaging your health
Pressure to work overtime: how to say no and prioritise work-life balance
If you’re working extra hours it may well be unpaid – and it may well be damaging your health
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Patient safety: safe staffing and knowing when not to compromise
Our podcast guest urges nurses to act if they think working standards are being eroded
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Patient safety: safe staffing and knowing when not to compromise
Our podcast guest urges nurses to act if they think working standards are being eroded
Safe staffing is not a local issue – but England seems to have missed the memo
Legislated nurse-to-patient ratios are gaining support globally, so why not here?
Safe staffing is not a local issue – but England seems to have missed the memo
Legislated nurse-to-patient ratios are gaining support globally, so why not here?
Short-staffed and attacked by patients, are UK nurses being driven to extinction?
Managers feed the staffing crisis when they show indifference to attacks on team members
Debate the nursing issues that matter at RCN congress 2022
Have your say at the college’s annual event, which will take place in Glasgow on 5-9 June
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Scottish Government plan to boost nursing student intake labelled ‘inadequate’
RCN says strategy to increase homegrown and overseas nurses laudable, but lacks detail
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