Nursing students community
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Welcome to the RCN nursing students community. We hope that this area of the website will give you lots of information and point you to all that the RCN has to offer to support you through your studies.
Message from your Student Adviser, Gill Robertson
21 July 2008
Well, congratulations to all those of you who have graduated recently, or are about to do so, and welcome to the world of nursing - its a great career!
This week the government in England launched its "End of Life Care Strategy" with £368m investment.
Since almost all nurses will deal with end of life care at some point in their career I felt it was important to highlight this - and while this document is England only it does highlight some good practice for all countries. It can be found on www.dh.gov.uk
For those of you who want to explore some more, listen to the Radio 4 Today programme in which Maria Gleeson describes caring for her husband at home and the impact and involvement of her young daughters.
There are also many resources on the National Council of Palliative Care website on www.ncpc.org.uk
Scotland launched its e-health strategy 2008 - 2011 and this is something that RCN Students are very involved in, for further info email us on ans@rcn.org.uk and we will put you in touch with the student leading on this. We are also liaising with the BMA Medical Students Committee in a joint quest to ensure that all students have proper, discrete access to systems while on placement.
The Welsh Assembly has announced a report on supporting people with dyslexia www.assemblywales.org and Northern Ireland has produced a consultation on the guidance around the termination of pregnancy which you can find on www.dhsspsni.gov.uk
The holiday season is coming up and whatever you are doing make sure you find some time for yourselves to relax and enjoy the break.
Take care
Gill
RCN Student Adviser
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RCN Student Roadshows 2008/9
"Dare to care : hope to cope"
This year's roadshow programme is now almost complete and bookings are flooding in. With topics such as learning disability, adolescent mental health issues, patient care through hydration, and to help your career, CV and interview tips and how to make ends meet we believe we have an extremely packed and useful day lined up for you.
For further information on dates and an application form please see our Events section.
European Nursing Students Association (ENSA)
AGM 2008
The European Nursing Students Association AGM has now taken place but all news from ENSA will be available on our Events page
Do you have a story to tell?
Are there things happening in your University which you would like to share - maybe some very good practice or maybe a problem that you have managed to solve so that everyone benefits.
If so, Gill Robertson, the RCN's student adviser would like to hear from you on tel: 07711 808509 or email: gill.robertson@rcn.org.uk