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Readers panel: Should nursing staff be allowed water bottles in clinical settings? 

This will be a matter for discussion at RCN congress in May. It has been proposed by the RCN UK Safety Reps committee, which wants to ‘challenge the draconian practice’ of staff not being allowed to have bottles of water in clinical settings. Nursing Standard readers have their say
Posted 05 March 2018 - 06:18
 
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