Your views
Would you feel safer if mandatory mask wearing were reintroduced for patients?
With infection rates on the rise, wearing face coverings is ‘encouraged’ in some settings
Understaffing: how do we stop use of students to fill rota gaps?
Nursing students’ supernumerary status is being disregarded thanks to staff shortages
Delaying or coming out of retirement: will it help solve the patient care crisis?
Our panel consider if a ‘quick fix’ can work and if burnt-out staff will want to return
Coping with rising prices: does being a nurse leave you out of pocket?
Readers explain how the financial load could be lifted for themselves and colleagues
Despite poor pay and rising living costs, what makes you stay in the profession?
It’s a role where you make a difference, say our readers – but poor pay is a growing concern
Free period products at work: should your employer provide them?
What readers think about calls to make sanitary products free and easily available to staff
Should religious emblems worn as jewellery be exempt from nurse uniform policies?
Readers consider whether items such as crosses should be permitted, as are headscarves
What are your hopes for nursing in 2022?
Well-being support, improved pay, or simply a break – what’s on your wish-list?
Why are so many nurses leaving the profession and what can be done to prevent it?
Pay more attention to nurse pay and well-being to ease a ‘Big Quit’ from the NHS
When Datix is deployed as a threat: how can nurses help foster a blame-free culture?
Misuse of patient safety reporting tools should be called out for the bullying it is
What effect would mandatory COVID-19 vaccination have on the nurse workforce?
Staff have a duty of care, but this step could lead to resentment and walk-outs, readers say
COVID-19 vaccine delivery: what should be done to counter abuse of nurses?
Staff can help educate those who are fearful but abuse by patients must not be tolerated