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One of the hardest jobs a manager has to do is discipline a worker for poor performance. This is especially difficult if the erring nurse is ‘quite a nice person, really’, and you believe you have tried your hardest to remedy areas of concern. But the crunch has come and it all boils down to two main things: Firstly, the nurse has a contract of employment that states what they must do to earn their wage, and secondly, one of your tasks as a manager is to manage poor performance.
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