Time to fight

Article Abstract:

UK nurses should be prepared to take strike action in support of pay and improved working conditions at the end of 1998. Support for the action would be widespread, as public sympathy for the plight of nurses increases. Nurses are seeking a equal pay structure, guaranteeing them salaries comparable to other public service wages, such as the police and teachers. There are up to 600,000 nurses registered in the UK in 1998, although a skill shortage threatens the health service due to poor working conditions and low pay.

United Kingdom, Human resource management

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Tug of war

Article Abstract:

There is considerable confusion regarding the accountability of nurses in the UK. Nurses struggle to strike a balance between their responsibility to their patients and their accountability to doctors and managers. In practice, nurses are only very indirectly accountable to patients because their direct and main responsibility is to management. Nurses are clearly accountable for their practice to various parties, while the medical profession appears to regard itself as accountable to nobody.

Practice, Nurses, Ethical aspects

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A bit of a do: tactical voting, late-night parties, exhibition junkies...there's much more to congress than meets the eye

Article Abstract:

The RCN's annual congress aims to set the agenda for the following year and features a varied nursing agenda, politics, tactical voting, exhibitionism, and skillful public speaking. There are many seasoned congress-goers, and activists who are seeking victory of defeat of certain resolutions and there are gifted public speakers. Voting on resolutions is an important aspects of congress and some resolutions appear frequently on the agenda after being overwhelmingly defeated.

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