Grubby, tiny or non-existent: the spaces provided for nurses’ breaks
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Grubby, tiny or non-existent: the spaces provided for nurses’ breaks

Erin Dean Health journalist

Many staff report struggling to take breaks, but even if they can they are often faced with poor facilities that put their health and well-being at risk, our survey finds

Nurses are being forced to eat in corridors, outside in the rain, in their cars and near toilets as they struggle to find somewhere to refuel at work, an exclusive Nursing Standard survey has found.

Nursing Standard. 37, 4, 19-22. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.4.19.s12

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