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Alarming nursing shortage in children’s intensive care units

Alison Stacey @alibaabra

Only one paediatric intensive care unit in the UK has been operating at safe staffing levels, according to a report

Paediatric intensive care units (PICU) across the country have an ‘alarming’ shortage of specialist nurses with only one unit in the UK operating at safe staffing levels, a study has found.

Nursing Children and Young People. 34, 2, 6-6. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.34.2.6.s2

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03 March 2022 / Vol 34 issue 2

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