Falling EU nurse figures spark fresh concerns over Brexit (Nursing Standard, 2017, 31(43), p. 12-13)

Concern about the effect of Brexit on the UK nursing workforce could intensify, with new figures showing fewer EU nurses in post at certain NHS trusts and fewer registering to work in the UK.

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Help with housing costs (Nursing Standard, 2017, 31(43) p. 22-24)

Nurses working in the London area have benefited from a London ‘weighting’ for as long as many can remember. It can be the difference between being able to live and work in the capital and being forced to move elsewhere by the high cost of housing.

London is by no means the only city where workers struggle to afford rents or buy their own home. NHS employers in property hotspots such as Oxford are now considering paying a premium to attract and retain nurses

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Nurse-Led Debriefing to Create a Culture of Safety Following Obstetric Emergencies (Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2017, Volume 46, Issue 3, Supplement, p. S2)

The purpose of this study is to implement a standard practice and protocol for nurse-led interdisciplinary debriefing following all obstetric emergencies.

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Strategies to Retain Registered Nurses (Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2017, 46(3), Supplement, p. S51)

This article examines the lived experience of choosing professional nursing as a career and explores the effect of public perception of nursing on this choice in order to inform effective recruitment and retention strategies. This was done using a feminist phenomenological approach.

The results showed that for these participants, the choice of nursing as a career bespoke a passion that had been affected but not yet eclipsed by conflict, compromised fulfilment and the internalization of nursing and gendered stereotypes directly influenced by the image of nursing.

Five themes emerged from the data: Up-close and personal/exposure and connection, The image of nursing, The conflict inherent in nursing, Recruitment, and Retention and the work environment.

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Scotland to enshrine safe staffing in law. (Nursing Management – UK, 2017, 24 (2) p. 6-6)

The article reports on the plan of the Scottish government to consult on making a law on the use of planning tools to set nurse staffing numbers in the National Health Service.

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Nurses buoyant despite NHS cuts, staff survey reveals. (Learning Disability Practice, 2017, 20 (no. 3) p. 8-9)

The article discusses the findings of the “National Health Service (NHS) Staff Survey 2016” conducted by the NHS England and published in March 2017. Topics covered include the British government’s efforts in resolving the nursing staff shortage crisis according to Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Janet Davies, details relating to the reported overall engagement of learning disability nurses, and recommendations for improving nursing staff engagement.

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Quality and Safety Research: Recommendations From the Quality and Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN) Institute. (Applied Nursing Research, 2017, vol. 35 p. 126-127)

The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Institute is focused on uniting academia and practice to “Move the Mission” of delivering high quality, safe nursing care.

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Evaluation procedures in health: Perspective of nursing care in patient safety. (Applied Nursing Research, 2017; vol. 35 p. 71-76)

The objective research is analyzing the nursing care in intensive care units from the perspective of patient safety based on health evaluation.

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