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Rewarding nurses for good attendance

05 July 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical personnel

The debate about pay has again highlighted the issue of nurse absenteeism. A number of trusts have proposed that one string attached to a pay offer could be a bonus...

Vocational training: its role in nursing

13 September 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical training

The use of occupational standards in professional health care curricula is currently of great importance following support for their use from the NHS Executive and...

Are patient focused hospitals working?

15 November 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical personnel

The concept of patient focused hospitals has been with us since the 1980s. James Buchan looks at whether- claims for the benefits of this type of care have been...

Working on the bank: why do nurses do it?

15 March 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical personnel

The use of bank nurses in the NITS has been growing consistently in recent years. Since 1987, the employment of NITS bank nurses, as measured by whole time...

Is the population of nurses decreasing?

12 April 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical personnel

It’s official. The population of nurses is getting older and smaller. Data from the register of the UKCC (1) reveal that fundamental changes are taking place in the...

Shifting the patterns of nurses’ work

02 August 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical personnel

Although most nurses tend to work a three shift pattern of‘earlies’, ‘lates’ and ‘nights', increasing interest is being shown in the use of 12-hour shift patterns....

Putting vocational training into practice

20 September 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical training

In the second of two articles on the place of NVQs in nursing education, Malcolm Day relates the experiences of a nursing college in NVQ assessment and the...

Employment rights for part-time nurses

22 February 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical personnel

The recent changes in statutory employment rights of part- time workers have implications for many nurses, fames Buchan highlights the future employment and career...

The effect of nursing staff on student learning in the clinical setting

01 June 2016

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To explore baccalaureate nursing students’ perspectives of the influence of nursing staff on their learning and experience in the clinical setting. Method A...

Return-to-practice initiatives in nursing retention

27 July 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Return-to-practice is an important issue for NHS employers and employees. However, little has been written on this area. This article reviews current literature from...