Pay body survey reveals 62% of nurses consider quitting...

Article Abstract:

There is a sharp increase in the number of nurses who are thinking about leaving the profession compared to 1993 and 1994. Among the most discontented are midwives, health visitors, staff nurses, ward sisters and charge nurses. The reasons given include lack of pay, a feeling of being undervalued and staff shortages. The overall reduction in patient care due to lack of NHS funds has imposed greater pressure on nurses, adding to the stress of their everyday job. An national increase of 8% is required to boost staff morale and reduce staff shortages.

Compensation and benefits, Surveys, Nursing, Morale

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Registering outrage

Article Abstract:

Many representatives of the medical profession have expressed concern about revelations that the UKCC reinstated a rapist to its register and decided only to caution a heroin smuggler. The UKCC has come under pressure to establish a blacklist of offences which would prevent nurses from working in the profession again, but has so far resisted. There is still a belief in the nursing profession's right to regulate itself, but there is growing concern about the UKCC's policy on professional conduct.

Standards

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Body blow: boys as young as 14 are now taking anabolic steroids as a short cut to a perfectbody

Article Abstract:

A district nurse describes how her son diedfrom self inflicted injuries when in a psychotic stated caused by using anabolic steroids. Shediscusses her first realisation that her son was seriously ill and his later sectioning anddetainment at the Maudsley Hospital where he died. She describes how her son's personalityaltered to become aggressive with violent mood swings.

Usage, Steroids (Drugs)

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