How to overcome nursing workplace challenges and not let them hold back your career. Nurses face various challenges every day, with heavy workloads, short-staffing and pressured environments, and reporting concerns about colleagues, management or care takes courage. Our panel offer their advice on reporting concerns, from seeking out allies to documenting incidents and joining a union for support and guidance. Freedom to Speak Up guardians and the Nursing and Midwifery Council can also help nurses raise concerns safely and confidentially.