Agency workers aren’t faceless cogs in the machine
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Agency workers aren’t faceless cogs in the machine

Georgina Clayton Postgraduate adult nursing student, University of Southampton and an RCN student information officer

After cool treatment while working a bank shift, Georgina Clayton wants better communication between staff and casual healthcare workers

As a postgraduate adult nursing student, whenever possible I spend weekends as a healthcare support worker in a hospital.

Nursing Standard. 33, 9, 39-40. doi: 10.7748/ns.33.9.39.s15

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