Blogs
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blog posts
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24 Nov 2023
Fighting for the wellbeing of our nursing staff
Following her celebrations for Nursing Support Workers' Day RCN President Sheila Sobrany writes about how the RCN has spent this month fighting for the wellbeing of its members.
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23 Nov 2023
My RCN journey - the first twenty years
I was so proud in 2003 when I completed my NVQ 3. Not long after that day I was presented was an application form to join the Royal College of Nursing. I didn't think I could become a member of the RCN because I thought that you had to be a registered nurse (RN). Sadly, there are a lot of health care support workers and RNs who believe that this is true even today.
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23 Nov 2023
The student, the nursing support worker and the mysterious poly bag
Today is all about celebrating and recognising the contribution nursing support workers make across health and care services. I remember my first few weeks as a student nurse working in a medical ward.
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23 Nov 2023
Nursing support workers are here for us – and we’re here for them
Nursing support workers’ day is an important date in my calendar every year.
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23 Nov 2023
Celebrating Nursing Support Workers' Day with Rebecca Watkins, Health Care Assistant
Rebecca Watkins, a Health Care Assistant for adults with learning disabilities, discusses what being a Nursing Support Worker means to her.
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23 Nov 2023
Celebrating Nursing Support Workers' Day with Louise Devlin, Senior Health Care Assistant
Louise Devlin, Senior Health Care Assistant at Aughnacloy Nursing Home, tells us what being a Nursing Support Worker means to her.
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22 Nov 2023
Does the title 'Registered nurse in learning disabilities' still reflect what we do?
This blog is intended to bravely raise a question about the title 'Registered nurse in learning disability'. It is intended to share opinion and spark discussion and debate.
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20 Nov 2023
Vital members of the nursing team
As years fly by and the weighing scale needle refuses to move in the direction I’d like, I have made the decision to have regular checks with my GP in addition to daily activities to keep myself fit and healthy.
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17 Nov 2023
The benefits of a roundtable discussion - and a care home provider success story
Why independent sector nursing staff should attend our roundtable discussions - and how one care home provider successfully negotiated funding for their health care support workers to study nursing with the Open University while continuing employment in their workplace.
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17 Nov 2023
'It takes a lot of work to unlearn our own biases'
Kathrina Coronel, an internationally educated nurse from the Philippines who is working in Scotland, reflects on her journey to and experience of living in the UK.
