RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows
RCN Fellowship is the highest honour we can give to our members.
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Advancing the science and practice of nursing
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Directory of Fellows
Roll of honour
The role of a Fellow
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Hear from RCN Fellows
The Nursing Matters podcast regularly features RCN Fellows discussing nursing issues.
Meet the coordinating team
RCN Fellows 2023
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12 May 2023
Nightingale and Empire: time for a rethink
Now is an opportune moment to consider the implications of Florence Nightingale’s legacy.
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6 Apr 2023
Pessimism for specialism
How one report spearheaded a specialism revolution and why we must now protect the vital specialist roles it created.
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13 Mar 2023
Getting on with it
How this determined motto has guided one of our newest RCN Fellows, Joanne Bosanquet MBE, throughout an impressive career.
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13 Jan 2023
Meeting patient expectations
How the experience of one registered nurse highlights challenges faced across health care.
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16 Dec 2022
Research careers in nursing – better together?
RCN Fellow Professor Jane Coad had to challenge the status quo to pursue her dream of a research career in nursing. Now, she’s helping others in the field do the same.
'Being awarded a Fellowship was a highlight of my career’
Watch previous Fellows events
This RCN Fellows event explored how changes in health and medicine have affected the complex needs of young people, and how nursing research and practice has helped improve care. This event was chaired by Professor Sir Alan Craft. Speakers included RCN Fellows Professor Jane Coad and Ray McMorrow. This was a hybrid event, held both online and in person in June 2023.
In this RCN Fellows event, three pioneering speakers came together on World Mental Health Day 2022 to discuss the current landscape of mental health nursing.
The speakers on the panel were: Cecilia Anim CBE FRSA FRCN; Catherine Gamble FRCN; and Roland Dix FRCN. The event was introduced by Professor Danny Kelly OBE FRCN, and chaired by Simon Arday.
This session was held online and recorded on 10 October 2022.
This event, hosted by Jim Campbell of the World Health Organisation (WHO), was the third in a series highlighting significant contributions to nursing.
Hear from a panel of RCN Fellows – David Benton, Jane Salvage and Neslyn Watson-Druée – about the past, present and future of nursing and politics, and why nurses and the public should engage with the political context of healthcare. This event was held online in May 2022.
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson hosts a panel of nursing experts, to find out why patients need well-educated nurses. Hear from a panel of RCN Fellows – Hilary Chapman, Brendan McCormack and Sonja McIlfatrick - about the past, present and future of nursing education, and why patients need well-educated nurses. This event was held online in October 2021.
Nurse and author of The Language of Kindness Christie Watson hosts this event highlighting significant contributions to nursing.
Hear from three RCN Fellows – Jane Ball, Tara Bartley and Ruth Oshikanlu – about the challenges and opportunities the COVID-19 pandemic has presented for nursing.
This event was held online in May 2021.