ward sister


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ward sister

A female nurse who manages a ward in the UK; charge nurse.
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As a Ward Sister you are trying to keep patients safe but also to make a decent working environment for nurses.
Stark warning from NHS front line: We're drowning; REAL BRITAIN
I heard her loud and clear so I went to find her but the ward sister got to her first.
Some doctors lacking sensitivity
I prefer to use the title of Ward Sister because I feel that the title sums up my role; I belong to the ward and the ward belongs to me, with ultimate responsibility for its well-being and safe functioning.
Seeking the best in patient outcomes; Ward Sister Claire Harris, winner, Chief Nursing Officer for Wales Award and RCN in Wales Nurse of the Year 2015 talks about her role in the Royal Gwent Hospital
The Minister was addressing a delegation of approximately 100 Ward Sisters, Charge Nurses and District Nursing Sisters/Team Leaders during their annual conference where he highlighted that their profession not only delivers complex care but most importantly is a profession which places the patient at the centre.
United Kingdom : Poots addresses Ward Sisters, Charge Nurses & Team Leaders at NIPEC Conference
Its report reveals a drop of nearly 12% of experienced staff including, ward sisters, community matrons and specialist nurses between 2010 and 2013.
Nurses union hits out as hundreds leave NHS
Hayley joined Heartlands Hospital's ward 11, which looks after emergency surgery patients, working under the supervision of ward sister Tracey Tillotson.
Mum of four lands hospital nursing role
But, she had a fierce ward sister who would tear a strip of anyone who left a speck of dust, or whose starched uniform was even vaguely crumpled.
There's no excuse for dirty hospitals
John is pictured with Ward Sister Wendy Parry on the right and his wife Linda on the left with the nursing team in the background.
Remember When; In association with MACKS Solicitors
Each month, we had to read the report written on us by the ward sister and, after listening to it, had to sign it.
Looking back on nursing and four life-long friendships: although trainee nurses had to balance ward work with study, cope with the restrictions of life in the nurses' home and endure scant consideration of personal concerns, four nurses look back on their training in the late 1930s as a time of real character building
Amanda, 45, said: "I was told by a ward sister she probably contracted MRSA when she had a feeding tube removed.
Model hit by MRSA
And the ward sister who reported the allegations of abuse at Argyll and Bute Hospital, in Lochgilphead, has been on sick leave since.
NURSES IN PROBE ON OAP ABUSE
injured DEAD Five-year-old Ryland Ward Sister Brooke Ward, five
Boy's fight for life with dead family nearby

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