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.
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3 Nov 2017
Understanding Benchmarking
Publication Code : 006333Updated guidance that explains the advantages of benchmarking, provides a model of benchmarking to help get you started and includes an example of benchmarking in practice.
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3 Nov 2017
Managing Unacceptable Behaviour
Publication Code : 006272This new publication outlines how RCN staff, reps and members should approach working with each other. It highlights what steps will be taken when the standards aren’t met; provides guidance for reps who are subjected to unacceptable behaviour; and outlines what support is available to them.
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25 Oct 2017
Healthy Workplace Toolkit for an Agency Workforce
Publication Code : 006120This essential RCN toolkit provides a clear framework for employment agencies and host organisations, both in the NHS and the independent sector, to address the issues identified by the agency nursing workforce and provide a healthy and safe working environment for staff and the patients they care for. The toolkit also supports individual nursing staff carrying out agency work to meet their responsibilities to practise safely.
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19 Oct 2017
The Value of Reps: In Our Own Words
Publication Code : 006238This book showcases the work of RCN accredited representatives. In the summer of 2017, a group of reps from all four corners of the UK were invited to share their experiences and feelings. This book features their stories, told in their own words. One half of the book focuses on the many ways in which reps help members and organisations, while the other half looks at how being a rep has changed their own lives for the better.
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11 Oct 2017
RCN Ethical Impact Assessment Tool
Publication Code : 006499This RCN ethical impact assessment tool will help you decide on a course of action or planning a piece of work by answering a series of questions.
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1 Oct 2017
Key messages from the RCN’s response to the NMC consultations on pre-registration standards and education
Publication Code : 006505This is a summary of key messages from the RCN's response to a series of NMC consultations (publication code 006447). These consultations focus on changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards to ensure future nurses are fit for practice at the point of registration.
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29 Sep 2017
Safe and Effective Staffing: Nursing Against the Odds
Publication Code : 006415Following on from the publication of Safe and Effective Staffing: the Real Picture in May 2017, the RCN launched a survey of nursing and midwifery staff in the UK. The survey asked people about their last shift or day worked in health or social care. Over 30,000 responses were received in just two weeks, providing insight into staff experiences and staffing levels across the UK. The findings provide a strong voice from nursing staff, clearly describing the impact that poor staffing has on both patient care and their own wellbeing. Some of the experiences and stories shared via the survey have been included throughout the report.
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1 Sep 2017
Accountability and Delegation
Publication Code : 006465Guidance on accountability and delegation for the nursing team.
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1 Aug 2017
Courageous about Equality and Bold about Inclusion
Publication Code : 006212Equality, inclusion, diversity and human rights provide a foundation for a modern and forward looking profession where nurses, health care support workers, and students, regardless of the sector that they work in or their field of practice, can continue to transform their working environments and the care they deliver to patients.This new equality and inclusion strategy will enable us to scope, plan and begin delivery in new priority areas that will become increasingly important for our members in the coming years and beyond.
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18 Jul 2017
Improving Digital Literacy
Publication Code : 006129The effective use of information and digital technologies is a key enabler in delivering health and social care now and in the future. The impact of technology and the potential that it has to transform care is a professional issue touching on care delivery, practice, education and research. Developed by Health Education England and the RCN, the publication outlines why digital capabilities are so important in the provision of the best care; why the right digital knowledge, skills, behaviours and attitudes are important and relevant to each and all of us working in health and care; and what those digital capabilities are. It details the work undertaken to date on the digital literacy programme of work and also highlights the RCN’s focus on developing digital capabilities in the nursing and midwifery workforce and why this will bring tangible benefits to citizens and patients.
