Nurse news

• Nurses across UK vote to strike in first ever national action

  05-11-2022 21:02
  Exclusive: walkout over pay due to take place before ChristmasThe biggest nursing strike in NHS history is set to take place before Christmas after union officials said that “large swathes of the country” had voted for industrial action.Patients who are already facing record waiting lists are now likely to see operations and appointments delayed or cancelled. This is set to be the first national strike in the history of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Continue reading...
  
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• As a troubled bush teen, I found meaning in an unlikely place: I became a nurse | James McKenzie Watson

  05-11-2022 20:00
  Location, not qualifications, could be the best bet for an understaffed rural healthcare sector and offer a path to restless local young menSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityTeenage boys in country Australia are prone to a particularly destructive restlessness. It’s a longing for something more that often manifests in drinking, drug-taking and other dangerous behaviour. It’s an agitation that leads them d
  
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