Mel Shilling, Meera Narandan, Ella Saltmarshe, Lina Prestwood, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Nadia Gilani
Woman's Hour
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Are You Not Surprised?
Nurses and midwives only ever go into this profession to help people. And if we're not able to do that, I can understand why people are leaving. The cost of living crisis at the moment is affecting everybody,. Whether that's nurses or people in other professions. It takes a toll on nurses working in a profession where you have to give such empathy to other people when your reserves are very low yourself. Whoever introduced this is to blame. An aging workforce, an elderly trainee can't sustain this lifestyle When you're so tired yourself, all you want to do is sleep. There is no work-life balance when working 12-hour shifts. She says she has two nie
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