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Publications

RCN publications cover a wide range of topics varying from clinical guidance to employment relations issues to advice on bullying. To reproduce RCN publications please complete the copyright request form and we’ll be in touch.



  • 13 Mar 2020

    Fertility care and emotional wellbeing

    Publication Code : 007 770

    This guidance has been developed as a resource for all health care professionals in all areas of fertility care and acknowledges the differences between emotional support and wellbeing, implications counselling and therapeutic counselling. The HFEA has supported the publication of this title.

  • 6 Mar 2020

    Guidance on Prescribing, Dispensing, Supplying and Administration of Medicines

    Publication Code : 009 013

    This publication provides information on the Royal College of Nursing and Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s position on the prescribing, dispensing, supplying and administration of medicines.

  • 5 Mar 2020

    Safe staffing handwashing guide

    Publication Code : 009 177

    Safe staffing handwashing guide. We recommend laminating this poster if displaying in wet areas.

  • 26 Feb 2020

    Corridor Care: Survey Results

    Publication Code : 009150

    This document records the findings of an online survey sent to 7,106 members of the RCN’s Emergency Care Association network exploring their experiences of corridor care.

  • 24 Feb 2020

    Understanding Aseptic Technique

    Publication Code : 007928

    Aseptic technique is recognised as an essential component of all infection prevention programmes but terminology used to define it varies. This publication is an RCN investigation into clinical views to guide the practice of aseptic technique. BD have funded this report. BD has had no influence on, or involvement in its content.

  • 31 Jan 2020

    Staffing for Safe and Effective Care in the UK

    Publication Code : 008 067

    This report provides an overview of progress made against the safe staffing campaign principles during 2019. It includes country-specific updates as well as a look ahead to priorities during 2020.

  • 30 Jan 2020

    Living in the Red

    Publication Code : 009 012

    This report investigates how London’s cost of living impacts on nursing staff working in the capital. It showed that London’s high cost of living is forcing nursing staff out of the capital due to high accommodation and travel costs. Our members told us they feel less financially secure compared to 12 months ago and 57% said they are considering or planning to leave London in the next five years - up 17% from 2016. We have set out three recommendations to help address the problem.

  • 29 Jan 2020

    Gender and Nursing as a Profession (Executive Summary)

    Publication Code : 009 033

    This is a short summary of Gender and Nursing as a Profession, a report which explores and critiques the gendered construction of value within the nursing profession and evaluates how value is attributed to nursing, the value placed on individuals and the status of the profession. This work was commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing and undertaken as a collaboration between Oxford Brookes University and the RCN. The full report is available on our website, publication code 007954.

  • 29 Jan 2020

    Gender and Nursing as a Profession

    Publication Code : 007 954

    This report explores and critiques the gendered construction of value within the nursing profession and evaluates how value is attributed to nursing, the value placed on individuals and the status of the profession. This work was commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing and undertaken as a collaboration between Oxford Brookes University and the RCN.

  • 28 Jan 2020

    TB Case Management Forms

    Publication Code : 009 040

    These forms were originally published as appendices in A Case Management Tool for TB Prevention, Care and Control in the UK in 2019 (006 194) and have now been extracted for download and use by nurses in managing and caring for patients with TB.