Health and safety
Glove use survey
The RCN would like to find out about members’ experiences on the issue of glove use in health care settings for two reasons. Firstly to find out what employers are doing about protecting members from latex allergies and skin dermatitis and secondly to find out about members’ knowledge and awareness of appropriate glove use and infection prevention and control.
Please try to be as honest as you can in answering these questions. This survey is completely anonymous and confidential and will not permit individual answers to be linked to a specific person. Your collective response will help to inform the RCN positions and to provide suitable advice and guidance on these issues.
The survey should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. It will close on the 26 February.
Work related stress
The RCN's membership survey (Holding On, 2006) showed that nurses are exposed to high levels of stressors in their jobs, particularly in terms of demands and change. In addition, more than four in five nurses see their workload as too heavy.
The RCN supports the Health and Safety Executive's Stress Management Standards and believes that they can be successfully implemented when there is local engagement with staff and partnership working with RCN representatives.