title: Nursing workforce. Skirting the issue.
abstract: A study of part-time nurses in three London trusts found that they were concentrated in lower grades and less likely to be involved in management than full-time nurses. While senior managers in the trusts were fully committed to flexible working, managers lower in the organisation felt that part-time working presented problems for continuity of care, and that part-time nurses were unwilling to work unsocial hours. A more strategic approach is needed to ensure that part-time nurses are employed most effectively at a time of acute nursing shortages.
authors.affiliation: School of Human Resource Management, Kingston University.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McLaren
authors.forename: Olive
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Whittock
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008131:London; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000600:supply & distribution; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000078329:Workforce