New survey reveals nurses ‘lack time for patient care’
Four out of five nurses do not think they are being given enough time to give patients adequate care. Eighty-two percent of nurses are so busy that they don’t have
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Survey reveals nurses have ‘no time to care’
Half of nurses are working through breaks or beyond their shift, revealing a health service under “severe strain”, a new report has warned. A survey of almost 3,000 nurses by
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New research links nursing cutbacks directly to patient death rates
Nursing cutbacks are directly linked to higher patient death rates in hospitals, a major study has found. Every extra patient added to a nurse’s workload increases the risk of death
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Health Minister reinforces his commitment to NI nursing numbers
Health Minister Edwin Poots has reinforced his commitment to ensuring that sufficient numbers of nurses, with the right skills, are in all areas where nursing care is delivered to patients,
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RCN welcomes learning disability nursing plan for NI
The RCN has welcomed a DHSSPS action plan on the future of learning disability nursing in Northern Ireland but has raised concerns about the decline in numbers and the ageing
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