Nurses have no time to drink or take loo breaks "Inhumane" shifts and a lack of staffing are preventing nurses from "sipping water" or using the toilet, a new survey shows.
Eight out of ten nurses have gone an entire shift without a single drink of water, with more than half saying it happens at least once a week, the survey for Nursing Standard revealed.
Nurses responding to a survey cited a lack of staffing as preventing them from taking proper breaks, having a drink or even using the toilet, as they struggle to meet their patients’ needs.
The findings prompted a warning from the Royal College of Nursing that it is "inhumane" to leave staff without access to drinking water and in "danger of dehydration at work." OnMedica
Eight out of ten nurses have gone an entire shift without a single drink of water, with more than half saying it happens at least once a week, the survey for Nursing Standard revealed.
Nurses responding to a survey cited a lack of staffing as preventing them from taking proper breaks, having a drink or even using the toilet, as they struggle to meet their patients’ needs.
The findings prompted a warning from the Royal College of Nursing that it is "inhumane" to leave staff without access to drinking water and in "danger of dehydration at work." OnMedica
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