Blogs
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19 Jun 2023
Time for Pride
June is Pride Month, a time for the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate the progress over the years in our march to achieve equality and rights.
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16 Jun 2023
Equal treatment for all
Pat Cullen says it’s simple: all nursing staff deserve fair pay.
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14 Jun 2023
Nurses in red - An online project to document nursing history
This blog pays tribute to a nurse who deserves recognition for her hard work and compassion during her nursing career. Kathleen Robb was a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, from Northern Ireland.
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9 Jun 2023
My experience as a voting forum member at Congress 2023
If you like getting stuck into nursing debates and discussions, then RCN Congress is for you!
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9 Jun 2023
First time voting member at Congress
I attended Congress for the first time this year and was invited to be a voting member for the Pain and Palliative Care Forum. The following blog explains why I think every RCN member should attend Congress at least once in their career.
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9 Jun 2023
If not now, when? If not us, who?
Two consecutive days of strikes in Wales set the tone for a summer of action, as Pat Cullen explains.
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8 Jun 2023
A hydrated nurse is a safe nurse.
As the weather heats up, Chair of the RCN’s UK Safety Representatives Committee, Elspeth Caithness, highlights the importance of hydration for nursing staff.
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7 Jun 2023
Bringing members together
As the 2021 film Help highlighted, people working in care homes felt isolated and unsupported during the peak of the pandemic, especially at the beginning when they lacked even basic PPE to protect themselves and their residents.
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6 Jun 2023
Four years on from the passing of Scotland’s groundbreaking safe staffing legislation
Eileen Mckenna says that the Act’s implementation next year must deliver positive change.
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2 Jun 2023
Minimising the use of restrictive practice is your business too! Three Steps to Positive Practice
So, you might be asking yourself – what has restrictive practice got to do with me? I don’t work in any type setting where this might happen, anything I do is in the person’s best interests and anyway, it’s important to keep people safe.….
