Getting the best
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Getting the best

Tessa Gough Chairman, Royal College of Nursing, Nursing Agencies Administrators Forum

How hospitals can make the best use of agency staff - and vice versa

A gency nurses are/1 often regarded as an extra pair oft 1 hands. Ten minutes discussion between the sister and the agency nurse would enable the sister to assess the nurse's competence in the ward's particular field of nursing and enhance the potential job satisfaction of the agency nurse. To evaluate the nurse's knowledge and potential, general information will be needed;

Nursing Standard. 2, 41, 7-7. doi: 10.7748/ns.2.41.7.s107

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