Never apologise for being an agency nurse
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Never apologise for being an agency nurse

Fiona Millington Chief nurse

Why organisations need to start valuing this vital healthcare workforce – especially in a pandemic

All too often, agency nurses are seen as the poor relation to their contracted colleagues, even being blamed for spreading COVID-19 between care homes, according to an unpublished study from Public Health England.

Nursing Standard. 35, 12, 23-24. doi: 10.7748/ns.35.12.23.s12

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