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Do you exercise your right to take a break?

Jo Stephenson Health journalist

With work pressures intense, time out has never been so important

All nurses and nursing support staff are entitled to rest breaks while at work and in between shifts. But pressures in health and social care services mean many do not get proper breaks or miss them entirely.

Nursing Standard. 38, 5, 13-13. doi: 10.7748/ns.38.5.13.s9

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03 May 2023 / Vol 38 issue 5

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