RCN Congress 2011

10 - 14 April 2011, Liverpool, England

This year at Congress, the following people are representing the voting interests of the RCN Research Society, and/or speaking at RCN Research organised fringes

Dr Gerry Armitage
Dr Fiona Duncan
Professor Claire Hale
Professor Ruth Northway
Professor Julie Taylor
Professor Annie Topping

Resolutions and Matters for Discussion

This year the RCN Research Society has successfully submitted a resolution:

Public spending and vulnerable adults. That this meeting of RCN Congress urges Council to monitor the disproportionate effects that reductions in public spending may have on those adults who are most vulnerable to abuse and neglect.

Please see the main RCN 2011 Congress website for all other resolutions and matters for discussion.

RCN Research Society events

Monday 11 April 2011

12.45-1.45pm, ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 10

Driving up quality: recent advances in safety research and education

Event synopsis: Join the RCN Research Society and Education Forum annual joint event examining the important relationship between research, education and service improvement in the field of patient safety. Following two presentations from leading-edge nurse researchers and educationalists, you will have an opportunity to discuss ways in which best safety research and education can be embedded. We’d also like to hear your views on how the cascade of research, from findings through to education and then practice, can be accelerated in order to achieve greater impact.

Speakers: Professor Annie Topping, Dr Carol Hall
Presentation: to follow

17.45-18.45pm, ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 10

The role of policy, education and research in countering adult abuse and vulnerability

Event synopsis: Adults can be vulnerable to abuse and neglect within some health care settings and nurses may support people who have been abused elsewhere. Addressing such abuse should, therefore, be a concern of all nurses. While examples of good practice development and a policy framework exist there remains room for improvement. This seminar will provide presentations highlighting the role that policy, education and research can play in taking forward such an agenda. There will be opportunities for participants to share examples of good practice and also to identify priorities for future development. Recent reviews of policy frameworks in Wales and England and the development of a specific focus on safeguarding adults by the Nursing and Midwifery Council make this seminar timely. In relation to RCN Council priorities it has relevance to nurse leadership, taking forward the research, education and policy agendas as well as addressing issues relating to diversity and human rights.

Speaker: Professor Ruth Northway
Presentation: Countering Adult Vulnerability and Abuse fringe RCN Congress 2011 (PDF, 348KB)

Tuesday 12 April 2011

17.45-18.45pm, ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 14

Systematic assessment in child protection: Learning from drug errors and other adverse events

Event synopsis: This workshop will look at how a process developed by the military and now used extensively in engineering and manufacturing can help nursing staff protect young patients. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a method of anticipating potential process failures, evaluating risk priorities and determining remedial actions to avoid identified problems. Used in healthcare, it allows the techniques learned from drug medication errors to be applied to the complexities of child protection. It should be used wherever failure would mean harm or injury to the patient. This workshop will be of interest to those who are working in both health and social care settings, especially for those where complex decision making and assessment are crucial.

Speakers: Professor Julie Taylor, Dr Gerry Armitage
Presentation: Systematic assessment in child protection: Learning from drug errors and other adverse events (PDF, 1.7MB)

Wednesday 13 April 2011

17.45-18.45pm, ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 13

See no pain, hear no pain

Event synopsis: Vets get more teaching about pain management than nurses and doctors in the UK! In 2011, the Global Year Against Acute Pain, this seminar will educate you about acute pain through patients’ descriptions of their experiences, and provide you with useful resources to share with your colleagues. We will look at how pain after surgery and trauma is still poorly managed in the UK, despite major advances in research in the past two decades, while patients all too often don’t know what to expect and suffer severe pain without complaint. The drugs and technology to relieve pain and related suffering are available, yet the gap between evidence and practice is wide. Every nurse has a role to play in bridging that gap. Start here.

Speaker: Dr Fiona Duncan
Presentation: See no pain, hear no pain (PDF, 1.4MB)

Thursday 14 April 2011

12.45-13.45pm, ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 13

Frontline First: the innovations

Event synopsis: Nurse-led innovations are essential for high quality patient care and many of them could be rolled out across the NHS - but what financial impact could they have? In conjunction with the Office of Public Management we have costed up three Frontline First innovations. Join us as we talk to nurse innovators and unveil the results.