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(46 items total, showing 11 to 20)
HCA and AP regulation and development are key Willis recommendations
Published: 27 November 2012
A major report on nursing education has called for regulation for health care assistants and assistant practitioners (HCAs and APs) as well as a meaningful career path for NHS staff in bands one to four or equivalent.
Meet your new Council members
Published: 20 September 2012
Brenda McIlmurray and David Cardwell have been elected to be the first health care assistant (HCA) or assistant practitioner (AP) members of RCN Council.
Regulation is a key part of This is nursing
Published: 20 September 2012
Training and regulation of health care assistants and assistant practitioners (HCAs and APs) is one of the seven key areas of work in a new high profile RCN initiative, called This is nursing.
Let’s talk about pain
Published: 20 September 2012
Health care assistants and assistant practitioners (HCAs and APs) are invited to attend the RCN’s national conference on the experience and management of patient pain, in London on 12 October.
Top tips from Tanis - Principle E
Published: 20 September 2012
In each of our e-newsletters we are focusing on each of the Principles of Nursing Practice, as they are such a fundamental part of good nursing care. Whether you are a health care assistant (HCA) or an assistant practitioner (AP), and whether you work in acute care, mental health, the independent sector or indeed anywhere, the principles will apply to you and your colleagues.
RCN: members should be vaccinated against flu
Published: 20 September 2012
The RCN is advising members to protect themselves this winter by having the flu vaccine.
Winning poster highlights Babs’s journey
Published: 29 May 2012
A poster which explains a maternity support worker’s journey through her nursing career so far has won the top prize in the RCN Congress HCA and AP poster display competition.
Looking back at RCN Congress
Published: 28 May 2012
Find out how HCAs and APs made a difference at the largest nursing event of the year
Making a principled promise
Published: 25 May 2012
Tanis Hand, RCN HCA and AP Adviser, looks back at a Congress seminar on the Principles of Nursing Practice
HSCW scores a bursary to encourage participation in sport
Published: 27 April 2012
A health care support worker is hoping to break down barriers in his trust through sport after an RCN bursary paid for him to do a Football Association level two coaching course.