Student Ambassador useful resources
Work within the parameters of your role
Signposting and support
Protect your own health and wellbeing by maintaining and health work/life balance. Ask for support when required. Act as a role model for student members:
- RCN Library subject guide - Wellbeing, self care and resilience
- The Student Nurse Handbook (available from the RCN Library)
Connecting and campaigning
Organise opportunities to be visible and share the scope of your role with local student members, branch, forum and the Students' Committee:
Questioning and influencing
Promote the RCN and recruit student members, encouraging them to become and remain active with the RCN throughout their nursing career:
Promote equality of opportunity and inclusion for all RCN student members
Signposting and supporting
Signpost student members to the RCN inclusion strategy and to seek expert RCN advice if they feel that they have been treated unfairly:
- RCN Diversity and Inclusion
- Get help from the RCN: Discrimination advice
- Get help from the RCN: Bullying and harassment advice
Connecting and campaigning
Connect with student members and give them the opportunity to share their experiences of equality and inclusion and contribute towards RCN campaigns:
- RCN Students Facebook page
- Get involved: campaign with us
- RCN Peer Support Service - information for students
- RCN Inclusion Café
Questioning and influencing
Share examples of good and poor practice and organisational culture with the local branch/office to influence the wider RCN inclusion agenda:
Organise student members to engage with the work of the RCN on local and national levels
Signposting and supporting
Support students to develop networks so that they can help each other through challenging aspects of their course and signpost to national events:
- RCN Students Facebook page
- RCN Bulletin: Ten top tips for using social media
- RCN news and events
- RCN membership information for Newly Registered Nurses
Connecting and campaigning
Encourage student members to engage in wider RCN campaigns and events. Organise groups of members, with the support of RCN staff, to attend RCN Congress:
- Get involved: campaign with us
- RCN Students magazine: Do not be afraid to use your voice
- RCN Fund our future campaign
- RCN Staffing for safe and effective care campaign
- RCN Students magazine: We can roar loudly
Questioning and influencing
Encourage student members to question and influence on student related issues by networking with local branches and forums to influence the Congress agenda:
Empower student members to access and use information and advice appropriately
Signposting and supporting
Direct student members to current and credible sources of information and resources to support their nursing education and practice experience:
Connecting and campaigning
Promote the professional services of the RCN Libraries and encourage student members to attend local events:
- RCN Library
- RCN Library subject guide: Critical appraisal
- RCN news and events
- Get involved with your country or region
Questioning and influencing
Use social media to encourage members to share their feedback on the value of RCN resources and generate ideas of how they could be developed further:
- RCN Students Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
- RCN Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
- RCN Libraries Twitter and Facebook
- RCN Knowledge Twitter
Most countries, regions, branches and forums also have their own social media accounts.
Develop and support partnership working between the RCN and other stakeholders, sharing intelligence and promoting effective communication
Signposting and supporting
Signpost student members to their local branch and professional forums to share experience and gain support from other members:
- Get involved with RCN forums
- Get involved with your country or region
- Follow and engage with relevant RCN social media accounts
Connecting and campaigning
Develop networks and connections with student members to enhance effective communication and work collectively:
- RCN Student Ambassadors network/forum (Facebook)
- Follow and engage with relevant RCN social media accounts
- RCN Students magazine: We can roar loudly
Questioning and influencing
Create a link between the university, local RCN office, branch and student members to share intelligence and promote positive partnership working:
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Page last updated - 27/07/2024