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Nursing is a rewarding, exciting career that can take you on many different paths and bring you many new opportunities.

You will also undoubtedly face challenges in your nursing role. UNISON knows that health and care services are under more pressure than ever before and that providing high quality patient care is often tough.

That’s why we have created our brand new online nursing ‘survival guide’. It’s full of helpful advice and top tips for members on how to thrive in your first registered nursing role.

It includes guidance on things like:

Northern Ireland Trade Unions in Health have met today, Thursday 22nd July, to consider the pay offer emanating from the Westminster government of 3% to Agenda for Change staff in the National Health Service in England.

All the Trade Unions expressed their disgust as this derisory offer falls well below the expectations of members who have delivered health services to all during the last very difficult eighteen months.

The government has led NHS workers a merry dance and ministers should hang their heads in shame at such disgraceful treatment (Wednesday), says UNISON.  

Despite a widespread expectation that the long-awaited pay announcement would happen today, ministers have cruelly dashed the hopes of thousands of exhausted and dedicated health workers, the union added.  

UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “The government has behaved disgracefully towards NHS staff.