Nursing under unsustainable pressures : staffing for safe and effective care in the UK.
by Castro-Ayala, Adriana; Borneo, Antonia; Holden, Jessica; Maynard, Emily; Oakley, Paul; Tamburello, Helen.Royal College of Nursing.
Publisher: RCN, London : 2022.Description: 70p.Summary: In March 2022, the RCN invited nursing and midwifery staff from across the UK to give their experiences of the last time they were at work. There were 20,325 responses to the survey. Eight in ten (83 per cent) said there weren’t enough nursing staff to meet all patient needs safely and effectively on their last shift. Just a quarter (25 per cent) of shifts had the planned number of registered nurses. Less than one in five (18 per cent) said they had enough time to provide the level of care they’d like..Subject(s): nurses | staff surveys | workforce | NHS | independent health care | staff levels | staff views | patient safety | staff shortage | survey results | United KingdomDigital copyAvailability: Online access | Associated documentation List(s) this item appears in: NHS workforce in England [September 2023] | Patient safety in the NHS [September 2023]
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In March 2022, the RCN invited nursing and midwifery staff from across the UK to give their experiences of the last time they were at work. There were 20,325 responses to the survey. Eight in ten (83 per cent) said there weren’t enough nursing staff to meet all patient needs safely and effectively on their last shift. Just a quarter (25 per cent) of shifts had the planned number of registered nurses. Less than one in five (18 per cent) said they had enough time to provide the level of care they’d like.
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