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Blogs

Read the latest opinions from the RCN in Wales



19 blog posts
  • Jenifer French Jenifer French 17 May 2023

    ‘Just’ Anxiety?’ - Mental Health Awareness Week 2023

    Jenifer French, RCN Wales Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurse Adviser, talks us through this year's focus for Mental Health Awareness week and stresses the need for those with severe mental illness to not be left behind.

  • Kokila Swamynathan Kokila Swamynathan 16 May 2023

    Improving equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace is everyone’s responsibility

    As RCN Congress discusses how it can support and improve awareness of unconscious bias within health care, Kokila Swamynathan, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Inclusion and Diversity Manager and new RCN Wales Board member, reflects on her personal and professional experience of unconscious bias.

  • Professor Donna Mead OBE Professor Donna Mead OBE 28 Mar 2023

    What Nursing means to me

    Nursing has been my life. From my experience as very young child undergoing multiple orthopaedic operations, I knew I wanted to be a nurse. 

  • University Hospital of Wales picket line Nicky Hughes Nicky Hughes 19 Jan 2023

    Strike action - past and future

    Nicky Hughes, Associate Director of Nursing, reflects on her time on picket lines in Wales and England, and talks about upcoming strike action 

  • Back to school Amy Fox-McNally Amy Fox-McNally 9 Jan 2023

    Back to school

    Student nurses, this back-to-school blog is for you!

  • Amy Fox-McNally Amy Fox-McNally 22 Dec 2022

    Misinformation: the meaning of 'average'

    As we continue the campaign for Fair Pay for Nursing, Amy Fox-McNally, RCN Wales' Information Specialist, takes another look at some of the misleading information that’s been circulating recently, concerning the 'average' salary of nursing staff. 

  • Professor Pat Cullen Professor Pat Cullen 16 Dec 2022

    We did it. Together we made our mark in history.

    In a week nursing will never forget, Pat Cullen considers what needs to happen next.

  • Professor Pat Cullen Professor Pat Cullen 9 Dec 2022

    Just days to go until our first UK-wide strike

    Pat Cullen shares the week’s news as plans ramp up for our first UK-wide strike action in 106 years.

  • RCN pay vote Amy Fox-McNally Amy Fox-McNally 16 Nov 2022

    Debunking disinformation around nurses' pay

    With RCN members voting to strike in many NHS trusts across the UK, RCN Wales' Information Specialist takes a look at some of the misleading information that’s been circulating recently.