Shifting gear

Article Abstract:

Meeting the specific needs of returning nurses would increase the number of nurses willing to return to work after a career-break. High child care costs and low wages prevent many women from considering going back to work although some hospital trusts are introducing flexible working hours and child care facilities on site to encourage nurses to return. There needs to be a shift in attitude towards staff returning to work on a part-time basis, as there is a severe nursing shortage in the UK in 1999.

Usage, Employee incentives

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Agents for change?

Article Abstract:

It is becoming increasingly common for nurses in the UK to work permanently on an agency basis. Agency nurses now generally feel part of the overall nursing team, and they find that the agency arrangement gives them a welcome degree of flexibility.

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As tough as old boots?

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning the role of parenting education by health visitors and other professionals are discussed. The view of sociologist Frank Furedi that parents are made paranoid and anxious by health workers' advice is examined.

Health aspects, Practice, Children, Study and teaching, Visiting nurses, Parenting, Parenthood, Child health, Child rearing, Bibliography

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