Staff at a geriatric hospital have been criticised for failing to respect the dignity of patients by addressing them with over-familiar terms such as ‘sweetie’ and ‘darling’.
Recent research published in two journals, The American Journal of Nursing and Clinical Nurse Specialist, reveals that when nurses suffer, so do their patients.
A continuing gap in pay and benefits for nurse practitioners who choose to work in primary care compared to those who work in hospitals, limits recruitment and retention to community settings.
