Self-rostering on a neonatal intensive care unit
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Self-rostering on a neonatal intensive care unit

Maggie Paget-Wilkes Senior Sister, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Rosie Maternity Hospital, Addenbrooke’s NHS Trust, Cambridge
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The loss of experienced nurses, particularly from specialist units, can provide an impetus for exploring new ways of organising work. Self-rostering is one way of giving nurses more control over their work patterns. This paper describes how self-rostering was established on a regional neonatal intensive care unit

The NHS is Europe's biggest employer of women, but it has been slow to adopt working practices which could help them to manage home and work responsibilities (Snell 1995).

Nursing Standard. 11, 22, 39-42. doi: 10.7748/ns.11.22.39.s48

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Shiftwork - Neonatal nursing

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19 February 1997 / Vol 11 issue 22

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