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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25 Apr 2017
Nursing through time
Publication Code : 005736Nursing through time is a series of 12 cards which chart developments in nursing from the last 150 years, using key facts and historical images, many taken from the RCN archives.
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24 Apr 2017
RCN Council’s report to members on Congress 2016
Publication Code : 006022This report details the wide range of work, across all four countries of the UK, which hastaken place as a result of the debates in Glasgow last year.
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13 Apr 2017
Annual Report 2016
Publication Code : 005871Combined RCN Group annual report and consolidated financial accounts for year ended 31 December 2016.
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20 Jan 2017
Integrating health and social care across the UK: toolkit for nursing leaders
Publication Code : 005910New RCN UK-wide toolkit for members working in strategic decision-making roles or involved in forums around integrated care. The toolkit has a series of themed prompt questions for reflection and action. It will support members to provide confident nursing leadership to shape, deliver and monitor safe, quality and local integrated services.
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21 Dec 2016
When someone asks for your assistance to die
Publication Code : 005822This updated guidance was developed to support nurses, HCAs, and other health professionals in adult practice who may be asked by patients, or their families or carers, to become involved in assisting suicide. It covers the law on assisted suicide in the UK, as well as the law on advance decisions. Please note that this publication is under review (November 2021).
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12 Dec 2016
Standards for Infusion Therapy
Publication Code : 005 704*This edition is currently under review, please use with caution.* This updated edition includes sections which reflect changes in the delivery or commissioning of care since this guidance was last published in 2010. It features dedicated sections on patient safety and quality and patient experiences of infusion therapy. There is also a new section on service development, reflecting the role of commissioning in IV therapy and the continued development of outpatient/home parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPHAT) services.
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28 Nov 2016
Nursing staff using personal mobile phones for work purposes
Publication Code : 005705This updated publication focuses on the RCN's position on nursing staff using their own mobile phone for work-related purposes, drawing attention to issues such as: employer's policy; security and confidentiality of patient information; staff safety; and cost implications.
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18 Nov 2016
Valuing older workers
Publication Code : 005696A 10 step action plan for working in partnership to create a learning culture that supports staff who work later in life
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21 Oct 2016
The UK nursing labour market review 2016
Publication Code : 005779This is the 2016 report providing a review of the UK nursing labour market, looking at recent data and trends for nursing staff working in the health sector across the UK, drawing out differences, similarities and challenges across the four UK countries.
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11 Oct 2016
Formula feeds
Publication Code : 005694This new edition provides an overview of formula feeding to enable health professionals to support mothers who, for whatever reason, have made that choice of feeding. It provides information to enable safe formula feeding, whether in hospital or community settings, and details the different types of standard formula, and formula adapted for minor gastro conditions, that are widely available in the UK. The scope of the guidance is restricted to formula feeds suitable during the first year of life.
