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J Buchan

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Job-sharing: the key to flexible working?

Job-sharing appears to be on the increase in nursing and may represent an important step in meeting equal opportunity goals for women. This article discusses the potential for this form of employment in the NHS.

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Empowering nurses in a practical way.

Practical approaches to increasing autonomy and participation will be required to underpin the rhetoric of 'empowerment', says James Buchan in his monthly column.

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Male nurses: losing their job advantage?

Though the overall population of nurses remains at the same level, the number of male nurses is on the rise. With male nurses traditionally being an advantaged minority, this may increase competition for jobs.

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Rewarding nurses for good attendance.

The costs of nurse absence to trusts can be high. As part of some trusts' pay offers, bonuses for good attendance at work are being suggested as a way of reducing the costs of absence. This article reviews the possible implications of such a move.

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Shifting the patterns of nurses' work.

Although most nurses tend to work a three shift pattern of 'earlies', 'lates' and 'nights', increasing interest is being shown in the use of 12-hour shift patterns. James Buchan outlines the advantages and disadvantages of this type of work for both patients and nurses.

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Incremental rises: a thing of the past?

This year's focus on a '3 per cent for all' pay rise may be a reflection of the fact that more and more nurses are reaching the top increments of their grade and are therefore unable to obtain a pay increase through the annual increment system. James Buchan looks at the implications of relying on the Review Body awards as the only way of securing a pay rise.

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Pension provision for staff in the NHS.

Changes in the health service and employment patterns are likely to affect pension provision in the future. As the principle of 'a job for life' for National Health Service staff becomes less tenable and the large numbers of nurses recruited in the Seventies and Eighties reach retirement age, the ease of transferring pensions will become increasingly important.

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Nursing by numbers.

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