RCN research - February 2013

A breakdown of activity related to research and innovation and the RCN Research Society

Website

• No. of hits: 129,703 (Feb 2012 = 117,092)
• No. of pages: 1,173 (Feb 2012 = 1,186)
• No. of documents (PDF and MS Word): 1,312 (Feb 2012 = 1,106)
• Website: www.rcn.org.uk/research

eBulletin

• Recipients: 4,328 (Feb 2012 = 3,876)
• Average open rate: 21%
• Average click-through (percentage):  34%
• Total number of entries: 52
• Most popular item (web hits): 145 (Florence Nightingale research scholarships 2013 - 2014)
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Twitter 

• No. of followers: 421
• No. followed: 63
• No. of tweets: 2
• No. of re-tweets: 0
• No. of favourites: 0
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Research Society membership 

• Members: 4,886
• Voting members: 1,067
• Students: 52
• HCAs: 15
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UK wide activity 

• RCN Frontline First - Lightbulb innovations. Lightbulb innovations published this month include:
  (a) Developing a Nurse Led Clinic and Independent Prescribing in a Specialist Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Team
• Building capacity to conduct economic assessments of nursing innovations (RCN/OPM/Burdett). Training day 2 for the first Wales cohort
• Capitalising on the Contribution of Nurses in Clinical Research.
  (a) 06 Feb 2013. HCA competency framework workshop.
  (b) 07 Feb 2013. Teleconference with subcommittee to analyse feedback from listening exercise and agree on next steps
  (c) 22 Feb 2013. Teleconference with Project Steering Group
• Research Society Steering Committee. Article in RCN Bulletin about Professor Ruth Northway, Chair of the RCN Research Society
• AUKUH Clinical Academic Careers Development Group for NMAHPs.
• Academy of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting Research. Meeting on 05 Feb 2013.
• RCN R&D refresh.  Research Assistant appointed

International activity 

• RCN 2013 Annual International Nursing Research Conference.   

Country and Regional activity

• RS Northern Ireland (NIRAQ).
• RS Scotland.
• RS Wales. 
• RS Northern. 
• RS Yorkshire and the Humber.
• RS North West. 
• RS West Midlands. 
• RS East Midlands.
• RS Eastern. 
• RS London. 
• RS South East. 
• RS South West. 

Marketing

• Article about Linda Harris' lightbulb innovation in Nursing Standard, Vol 27, No 23, 06 Feb 13. p6
• Article about Louize Ainsworth's lightbulb innovation in Nursing Standard, Vol 27, No 25, 20 Feb 13. p23
• Reference to RCN 2013 annual international nursing research conference in Nursing Standard, Vol 27, No 26, 27 Feb 13. p63
• Article about Professor Ruth Northway, Chair of RCN Research Society in RCN Bulletin, Issue 300, Feb 2013, p15