Meet the team
More information about the NRN Network committee
RCNNRN has a working group committee to help the network, and the RCN, achieve our aims of providing peer-to-peer support for newly registered nurses - ensuring their voices are heard.
Meet the team below.
Lucy Hayes
Field: Adult Nursing
Work: Acute Elderly Care
Fact: I was previously on the Student Committee and I’m now a committee member for my branch.
Joanna Rosa Mendes
Field: Adult Nursing
University: Buckinghamshire New University
Fact: I am bilingual and am able to speak two languages.
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Daniel Beglin
Field: Mental HealthWork: Currently a third year student at King’s College London.
Fact: I’m currently learning to swim.
Hayley Jennings
Field: Adult NursingWork: Community Nurse at Isle of Wight NHS Trust.
Fact: I took part in the Queen's Jubilee Pageant Parade dressed as a chicken!
Tony Longbone
Field: Mental Health NursingWork: Dementia Assessment & Treatment Unit (DHCFT)
Fact: I’ve received a commendation from the Chief Scout Bear Grylls for work I have done with a West Midlands Scout District on raising awareness of mental health and dementia.
Sam Palmer
Field: Children’s nursingWork: Currently a third year student at LSBU.
Fact: I spent 8 months in Nepal, most of which was spent sleeping in a tent and rebuilding schools in the hills.
Kate Suffolk
Field: Adult Nursing
Fact: Lover of animals, especially ones with big ears, and I have stroked an aardvark.
Always on the hunt for someone who will cage dive with me with sharks… apply on a postcard!