Pay cuts and uniforms: what’s getting nurses talking this week?

Our podcast reviews the news and issues nursing staff need to know about, including plans to cut bank staff pay, incorrect insulin administration and our CPD article on managing patients with mpox

Cuts to bank shift pay, incorrect insulin administration and an investigation into nursing uniforms – our latest podcast delves into the issues that are getting nurses talking.

This week, Nursing Standard content editor Alistair Mason and senior journalist Shruti Sheth Trivedi bring you insights on nursing headlines that have caught our attention. They also discuss RCNi subscriber content, including when mental health nurses should wear a uniform.

Nurses react to cuts to bank shift pay

In our most-read news story of the week so far, nurses express their anger at plans to cut bank pay at four NHS trusts. In another story, a coroner flagged concerns by a specialist diabetes nurse about how ward nurses were administering insulin to a patient who later died.

• RELATED: Hundreds of nurses threaten to quit bank shifts over pay cuts

• RELATED: Concern over how nurses timed insulin administration – coroner

When is it appropriate for nurses to wear uniforms?

In other news, the Queen’s Nursing Institute has announced a big change to its executive team, while a new RCNi investigation looks into nurses’ uniforms and when they should be worn in certain settings.

• RELATED: Safety and ‘professionalism’: when should nurses wear uniforms?

Finally, a CPD article explores the role of nurses in managing patients with mpox. Nurses can take a quiz on the topic to gain a CPD certificate.

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