staff welfare

Asking staff what they think about their workplace can have benefits for morale and patient care
Nursing Standard

What matters to nurses: does your organisation know?

Features
29 Oct 2019
Asking staff what they think about their workplace can have benefits for morale and patient care
Nursing Standard

What matters to nurses: does your organisation know?

Features
29 Oct 2019
Illustration depicting a line of figures carrying placards which together form a large arrow pointing forward. In this article senior nurses discuss how to remove the culture of fear and create a compassionate workplace in which everyone feels valued.
Nursing Standard

Compassionate leadership: does it really give nurses a voice?

Features
22 Oct 2019
Illustration depicting a line of figures carrying placards which together form a large arrow pointing forward. In this article senior nurses discuss how to remove the culture of fear and create a compassionate workplace in which everyone feels valued.
Nursing Standard

Compassionate leadership: does it really give nurses a voice?

Features
22 Oct 2019
Illustration depicts a group of people talking about their experiences. A programme to improve sexual safety on mental health wards is developing standards on staff training and support.
Mental Health Practice

Collaborative aims to improve sexual safety on mental health wards

Analysis
18 Oct 2019
Illustration of scissors cutting a pound sign
Nursing Standard

Trust says its halving of nurse agency spend is due to introduction of workplace perks

News
27 Sep 2019
Illustration of scissors cutting a pound sign
Nursing Standard

Trust says its halving of nurse agency spend is due to introduction of workplace perks

News
27 Sep 2019
Picture shows a staff member at the canteen of a hospice in London. Lack of breaks and junk food from vending machines are said to contribute to nurses being overweight or obese, and protected mealtimes are being advocated to help tackle the issue.
Nursing Standard

Readers’ panel: Are protected mealtimes for nurses necessary to tackle the workforce’s obesity crisis?

Your views
20 Sep 2019
Picture shows a staff member at the canteen of a hospice in London. Lack of breaks and junk food from vending machines are said to contribute to nurses being overweight or obese, and protected mealtimes are being advocated to help tackle the issue.
Nursing Standard

Readers’ panel: Are protected mealtimes for nurses necessary to tackle the workforce’s obesity crisis?

Your views
20 Sep 2019
patients lying on trolleys in a busy waiting area shows pressures hospitals can face
Nursing Standard

OPEL alert allowed me to see up close the impact service pressures have on patients and nurses

Comment
18 Sep 2019
patients lying on trolleys in a busy waiting area shows pressures hospitals can face
Nursing Standard

OPEL alert allowed me to see up close the impact service pressures have on patients and nurses

Comment
18 Sep 2019
Nursing Standard

Nurses open up about their mental health problems

Features
12 September 2019
Nursing Standard

Nurses open up about their mental health problems

Features
12 September 2019
Nursing Standard

NHS staff sickness data reveal the toll emotional labour takes on our mental health

Comment
30 August 2019
Nursing Standard

NHS staff sickness data reveal the toll emotional labour takes on our mental health

Comment
30 August 2019
Nursing Standard

Strategies for dealing with rude colleagues who ruin your day

Features
29 August 2019
Nursing Standard

Strategies for dealing with rude colleagues who ruin your day

Features
29 August 2019
Nursing Standard

Getting it right at the NMC starts with compassion

Comment
22 August 2019

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