Student information officers (SIO)
As a student member of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) there are real advantages to getting more involved in the RCN's work. You will get more information, more access to specialist groups and members, have more awareness of the support available to you and inevitably, become more ready for that all important first nursing job.
The student information officer nomination form (Word 124KB) is now available to download.
One of our recently qualified nurses was told he was appointed to his first job because he appeared to understand the wider political and social issues affecting nursing at the moment. He believes that was due to his involvement with the RCN.
Now there is a new way to get more involved without having to take vast amounts of time off your studies.
Why not consider becoming a student information officer and join our network of students who share information from the RCN with their fellow students? Let your class know about student events, tell them where to access the RCN e-library for that all important reference for assignments. Become the conduit through which the RCN will make sure that its student members are aware of all that their annual £10 membership fee gets them.
In return, we will ensure you have immediate access to all information affecting students. We will give you a pre-loaded memory stick with a vast range of information on it and will keep you up-to-date with all new developments and publications that you would find useful. You will be the first to know about upcoming events and training days, consultations that affect nursing students and we will facilitate you having your say.
Local events and issues will also be flagged up to you and there may be the opportunity for you to represent the RCN on various committees if you wanted to get even more involved.
We would like to see a student information officer in every university, every cohort and every class to make sure that all students get the most from their RCN membership. Come and join us.
All you need to do is download the nomination form below, ask two student colleagues who are also RCN members to nominate you by signing the form and then return it to us. Your local office will contact you to talk through your role, help you navigate your memory stick and become your RCN contact for the duration of your education. These are useful people to know.
What could be easier?