| Most
mental health nurses under excessive pressure, finds survey
August
8, 2007
by staff reporter
More
than 60 per cent of mental health nurses say they are under excessive
work pressure, according to a survey.
A
Royal
College of Nursing survey of 577 of its members found 61 per cent
agreed or strongly agreed with the statement “I am under too
much pressure at work”
The
survey of nurses working both in the community and in hospital also
found 51 per cent of mental health nurses, were too busy to provide
the level of care they would like.
Almost
three quarters of the nurses said a recruitment freeze and posts
left unfilled had been imposed in their work area over the past
12 months.
Read
for yourself:
The Royal College of Nursing
survey (pdf)
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