Blogs
Read the latest opinions from the RCN in Wales
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blog posts
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12 Feb 2024
Bed 19
Sandy shares how her daughter was referred to as her bed number throughout her hospital stay and discusses the importance of communication in patient care.
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19 Jan 2024
Bringing festive cheer to Wales’s most vulnerable
Homeless outreach nurse, Matthew Tovey, shows what can be achieved when a community pulls together to bring a little Christmas spirit to the most vulnerable in society.
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18 Jan 2024
January is Love Your Liver awareness month
Tara Rees, lead nurse practitioner for the hepatology service at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and RCN Wales Nurse of the Year 2023, explains why better understanding of our liver and taking care of it is so important.
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3 Dec 2023
“It is essential when working with children with additional needs that they are given a voice”
Leanne Evans, a nursing team leader at a special school tells us how awareness of and support for disabilities has changed for the better.
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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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1 Nov 2023
How becoming a Learning Disability Nurse really can exceed your expectations
Did I know what a career in learning disability nursing would be like? Did I know the rewards it would bring and what I could achieve before I started over 26 years ago?
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1 Nov 2023
What do learning disability nurses do?
Professor Ruth Northway OBE FRCN, Learning Disability Advisor at RCN Wales, tackles the lack of awareness around learning disability nursing.
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29 Jul 2023
Get ready to vote in the consultative ballot on the new Welsh government offer
Nicky Hughes, Associate Director of Nursing (Employment Relations), talks about the importance of using your vote.
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22 Jun 2023
How a nursing home placement shattered my preconceptions about social care and care home nursing
Bangor University mental health nursing student, Sioned Jones, reflects on her placement in a mental health nursing home.
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18 May 2023
Member power: reflections from the picket lines
As RCN Congress considers how members can build on the undeniable collective power of their voices to further strengthen their influence and positive public opinion, Nicky Hughes, RCN Wales Director of Nursing (Employment Relations) shares strike day highlights from members who were on the picket lines in December.
