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Working beyond the scope of your role: how to push back and ensure safe practice
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Why it needn’t be a fight to get your annual leave entitlement
Your rights on annual leave, parental leave and flexible working, your employer’s responsi
Second jobs: the nurses forced to take on extra work to make ends meet
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What does it cost to be a nurse where you live?
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Nurses on NHS contracts have a new pay offer from the government, but staff working outsid
NHS pay deal: what does the new offer mean for you?
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Nurses working nights may experience stomach and bowel issues such as heartburn, constipat
In nursing, moving and handling patients is part of the job, but with musculoskeletal injur
Nurses face higher exposure to blood-borne viruses from needlestick accidents than other st
Advice for nurses on improving your skills and confidence in assessing and managing chronic
Black and Asian nurses are more likely to face fitness to practise proceedings, and also to
Staff shortages could put identifying deterioration at risk, but with the stakes so high, i
Racism in the NHS is stopping nurses from achieving the promotion and career progression th
