Tuesday

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Tuesday 8.15-8.45am
Fit for Congress: gentle stretch and tone
Meet at the front of the Bournemouth International Centre

Combine stretching and toning to give the body a lift. Explore the different stretching and toning techniques that you can add to any activity.

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10.35-11.10am
Sponsored educational seminar
Cancer survivorship: workforce challenge or opportunity?
Hosted by: Macmillan Cancer Support
BIC, Tregonwell Hall, Seminar Room One (RCN Lounge)

Historically, cancer has been seen as a fatal disease. However, as medical treatments have improved, so have the treatment outcomes. Many more people will survive cancer, which offers a clear challenge to us all to understand and support the multiple needs of those living beyond a cancer diagnosis.
Macmillan Cancer Support is co-chairing a National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI) with the Department of Health. A think tank in March 2008 brought together key individuals and organisations to consider the needs of people living with or beyond cancer. Working with NHS Improvement, Macmillan and the NCSI are piloting new models of follow-up to provide better post-treatment support.
Hear about these new initiatives and how they could impact on the delivery of care within your workplace. Enjoy free refreshments whilst you attend this seminar.

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Tuesday 10.35-11.10am
Sponsored educational seminar
A different way of nursing
Hosted by: NHS Direct
BIC, Tregonwell Hall, Seminar Room Two (RCN Lounge)

Come along to the NHS Direct educational seminar to find out more about how we provide professional health care on the phone and online.
This event will show you the career opportunities we have available, including new roles we’re opening up for student and qualified nurses. The seminar will also describe our exciting proposals for new ways of rostering which will help our front line staff have more control over their work/life balance.
Join us for elevenses and find out if we could be part of your future.

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Tuesday 12.40-1.15pm
Sponsored educational seminar
Chickenpox and Shingles – one virus, two diseases
Hosted by: Sanofi Pasteur MSD
BIC, Tregonwell Hall, Seminar Room One (RCN Lounge)

Join in the discussion about the relationship between chickenpox and shingles (herpes zoster). It will address the epidemiology and incidence of shingles and post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) in the UK and how they may impact patients’ quality of life.
Learn about the prevention of shingles (herpes zoster) and PHN through vaccination, including updates regarding the recent recommendation from the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) for a vaccination programme against shingles and explore the role of nursing staff in a potential national programme. Enjoy free refreshments whilst you attend this seminar.

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Tuesday 12.45-2pm
Advanced nursing practice: raising standards or status?
Nursing Standard, RCN and NMC
Connaught Hotel, Connaught Suite

Nursing Standard, the NMC and the RCN will host a debate on the regulation of advanced nursing practice (ANP), providing the opportunity to challenge the experts and to take part in a workshop-style discussion on the issues raised by the RCN Emergency Care Association’s Congress resolution.
Is ANP regulation necessary to safeguard the public? How would regulation impact across the four UK countries, the independent sector and with the military? Which nurses should be allowed to call themselves advanced practitioners? Do we need regulation to end the confusion caused by the huge number of job titles in nursing? These are just some of the questions to be addressed at this event.
Free lunch will be provided.

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Tuesday 12.45-2pm
Getting better in hospitals? The experience of people with learning disabilities and their families
RCN Learning Disability Nursing Forum
Supported by the Department of Health
BIC, Branksome Suite

Come along to this event to learn about and discuss the care and treatment of people with learning disabilities and their families in hospitals. Practical advice on how to overcome poor care and attitudes will be generated from and within the debates.
The event will look at how community and acute colleagues can work effectively together to improve the dignity and care of this client group and their families. It will also show participants how to effect small, practicable and achievable change.

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Tuesday 12.45-2pm
International health care partnerships: how to get involved
RCN International Department and South West Region
BIC, Westbourne Suite

If you’ve ever felt inspired to get involved in workplace projects which support health care in developing countries this event will show you how to do it. It will highlight how members in the UK can work with peers in developing countries to improve the health and wellbeing of nursing staff.
Topics covered by speakers will include information on Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) funding, International Health Links Centre (IHLC), the RCN South West Collaboration and the RCN International Humanitarian Community.

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Tuesday 12.45-1.45pm
Meeting with Chief Nursing Officer Wales
RCN Welsh Board
Hermitage Hotel, Clifton Suite

Are you a Welsh member who would like to put questions to your Chief Nursing Officer? If so, come along to this event and discuss issues relating to the field of nursing in Wales and find out how the Welsh Assembly Government for health and health services works.

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Tuesday 12.45-1.45pm
Preceptorship: the transition to a new way of working learning from the Scottish experience
RCN Education Forum
Connaught Hotel, Franklyn Suite

Come to this event to explore current issues around preceptorship and the development of newly qualified staff in response to significant policy shifts.
With the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s decision to move to an all-graduate profession, preceptorship is likely to become mandatory. With the recent publication of the Preceptorship Framework for Nursing (DH, Nov 2009) lessons need to be learned from the places where preceptorship has been applied in a more sustained way.
This fringe event will discuss preceptorship issues and consider the need for a structured development plan for the whole of the UK.

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Tuesday 12.45-2pm
Quality nursing counts: what nursing staff need to know about the CQC
RCN Learning and Development Institute
Hermitage Hotel, Hardy Suite

Within the nursing profession it is important that high quality care is provided to all and those who use health, mental health and social care services in all settings such as hospitals, care homes or the community: nursing staff play a key role in this.
From April 2010 the regulation of health and social care will change with legislation bringing in a new registration system. The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator for health and social care in England. This session will offer the opportunity to learn about the new registration system and explore issues on regulating health and social care.
Lunch will be provided giving the opportunity to network.

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Tuesday 12.45-2pm
Question time session: have we got clinical leadership right? The role of ward managers in ensuring quality patient care
RCN Publishing
BIC, Meyrick Suite

Ward managers often lack the authority to match their level of responsibility, according to a recent survey by Nursing Standard magazine.
Its Power to Care campaign has been calling for ward managers to have greater authority and status as well as the time and resources to oversee care standards. This echoes the thrust of a report published by the RCN last year Breaking Down Barriers, Driving Up Standards, which argued for an urgent review of the role. With the sponsorship by the Health Foundation, Nursing Standard is running a Question Time style fringe event with an expert panel to address nurses’ views on this vital issue. Come along to hear about Robert Hill’s experiences as special adviser to former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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Tuesday 12.45-2pm
RCN Membership Review
RCN Governance Support Team
Royal Bath Hotel, Gladstone Suite

RCN Council is reviewing the RCN’s membership framework – asking whether or not RCN membership categories reflect the current nursing workforce, and exploring what those categories might look like in the future, given the changing nature of nursing. Come along to find out more, ask questions and contribute your thoughts and ideas to this exciting piece of work.

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Tuesday 12.45-1.45pm
"What can they put on my CRB certificate and can I get it changed?"
RCN Legal Department
Marriott Highcliff Hotel, Dorchester Suite

Guest speaker: Mr Stephen Cragg, Barrister - Doughty Street Chambers

This seminar will explain the new vetting and barring scheme which will affect all health care workers in the private and public sectors whether they are paid staff or volunteers.
The scheme implements the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 introduced following the Soham murders and will be the largest scheme of its kind in the world.
The session will describe the registration process, the way forward for this new regulatory system, the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), the scope and implications of the scheme and its interplay with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) proceedings.
It will also explain the appeals mechanism, legal redress through the courts and the need to obtain urgent legal advice if referred to the ISA in case of an adverse Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check. The effects of being barred are draconian resulting in a 10 year bar from working with vulnerable groups before a review is permitted.

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Tuesday 12.45-2pm  
Skills and competencies for all nurses working within emergency care settings
RCN Children and Young People: Acute Care Forum
Premier Inn, Connect 2

Children and young people’s care in emergency and unscheduled care settings is increasingly recognised as being of paramount importance. Recent studies by the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) titled Why Children Die and the Care Quality Care Commission highlight the paucity of knowledge and skills by frontline practitioners in these key areas.
This event will explain the skills and competencies required of all nurses working with children and young people in emergency care settings and inform delegates of a new publication undertaken between the Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health detailing the core competence required of all nurses working within this field, including recognition of a sick child, safeguarding children, pain management and communication.
The primary audiences for this fringe event are:
llall nurses caring for children within emergency and unscheduled care departments
lemergency department managers and lead nurses
lthose working in urgent care centres, walk-in centres, minor injury and illness units.
The nursing skills required in caring for children and young people within emergency and unscheduled care are also transferable to other health care environments and this fringe event will also benefit nurses caring for children in other specialist areas of acute care.

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Tuesday 12.45-2pm
Skin is everyone’s business…skin cancer awareness
RCN Dermatology Nurses Forum
BIC, Durley Suite

In 2006 the Improving Outcomes for People with Skin Tumours Including Melanoma report was published. This document pointed the way towards important changes in the structure and organisation of care for patients in this category (NICE February 2006). In 2006 Cancer Research UK identified that 81,600 non-melanoma skin cancers were registered in the UK.
Come along to this event to learn about the current prevalence of skin cancers in the UK, how to improve understanding of diagnosis, current treatments and management techniques, and explore the role of the nursing staff in skin surveillance.

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Tuesday 12.45-2pm
Support for learning representatives: what can you access in your region or country
RCN Learning and Development Institute
Marriott Highcliff Hotel, Shaftsbury Suite

Are you an RCN Learning Representative? Do you know the support and learning opportunities that are available to you in your region or country? Come along to this event and find out about the RCN’s Unionlearn project that has created a number of new learning and development opportunities for RCN Learning Representatives.
This event will help you explore what is on offer, explain how to sign up to workshops and help you get the most out of your role at the RCN.

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Tuesday 1-1.30pm
Fit for Congress: flat tummies – anywhere, anytime
BIC, Tregonwell Hall

Learn tips for getting a flatter tummy no matter where you are. You will leave the session with ideas on how to keep this problem area in trim whether you are on the ward or sitting at a desk.

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Tuesday 1.30-2.05pm
sponsored educational seminar
Supporting nurses on the front line
Hosted by: NHS Choices
BIC, Tregonwell Hall, Seminar Room One (RCN Lounge)

NHS.UK is not just the UK’s number one health information website for the public: every month, thousands of health professionals visit the site to access patient resources and to use the content to support their clinical practice. It’s evidence-based, completely free and you do not need to be a member or need a login to use it.
Come to this event to learn how this website could help you in practice. Please visitwww.nhs.uk to learn more. Enjoy free refreshments whilst you attend this seminar.

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Tuesday 3.45-4.15pm
Fit for Congress: get good vibrations with flexi-bar
BIC, Tregonwell Hall

Come along to learn how to use the very latest fitness equipment favoured by the celebs to trim, tighten, tone and improve your general fitness.

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Tuesday 3.50-4.25pm
Sponsored educational seminar
Role of plant sterols and stanols in a cholesterol lowering diet
Hosted by: Flora pro.activ
BIC, Tregonwell Hall, Seminar Room One (RCN Lounge)

Discover the benefits of plant sterols/stanols, their cholesterol lowering properties, clinical evidence and their role in dietary guidelines.
Come along and learn about this important advancement in health care with our interactive case studies which will bring the topic to life. Enjoy free refreshments whilst you attend this seminar.

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Tuesday 6-8pm
Recession: improving the quality of health care whilst facing economic challenges
RCN Nurses in Management and Leadership Forum
Royal Bath, Gladstone Suite

If you are a nurse manager, come along to this event to hear about the recession’s impact on health care, and what could happen to services in the future. Nurse managers will be able to debate the impact of the recession, network and share their experiences of the recession in practice. The event will also advise on influencing your trust’s board when making tough financial decisions.Guest speaker Robert Hill will add the central government’s perspective to the debate based on his experience as Tony Blair’s special adviser on health and political secretary during the run up to this turbulent time.

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Tuesday 5.45-7.15pm
Engaging HCAs and APs: now and the future
RCN Education Forum
Premier Inn, Connect 2

Following the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s decision to move nursing to an all graduate profession, an enhanced focus will occur in ensuring that safe practice is provided. This will acknowledge a need for a structured development plan for team work across and beyond the profession.  
This event will explore the current issues in relation to Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and Associate Practitioners (APs) and their future educational/training needs in response to significant policy shifts such as introducing an all graduate profession.

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Tuesday 5.45-7.15
Making technology work for patients and practice ehealth in action
RCN Learning and Development Institute
BIC, Branksome Suite

Technology in health care is often referred to as eHealth; so what’s it all about?
Don’t be put off by the title – eHealth is not just about computers, it’s about finding, using, recording, managing, and transmitting information more effectively to support health care, particularly to help you make more informed decisions about patient care and to constantly improve your practice.
eHealth can help make your working life easier and improve patient care, so this event will be relevant for all those working in nursing teams, wherever you work and in whatever environment. Come and consider the future for your patients with us!
The RCN, with sponsorship from Intel Digital Health Group, is running this workshop where you will have the opportunity to see technology in action.

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Tuesday 5.45-6.45pm
Near misses and errors: improving practice through research and education
RCN Research SocietyRCN Education Forum
BIC, Meyrick Suite

This joint RCN Research Society/Education Forum will explore the significant strides that have been made in improving patient safety, and this event will showcase some of the exciting work that is contributing to that improvement.
Following presentations by experts we will engage delegates in discussing constructive ways to reduce medication errors and maximise patient safety. It is envisaged that participants will take away cutting edge research/practice from this event.

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Tuesday 5.45-7.15pm
Report writing for mental health nursing staff
RCN Forensic Nursing Forum
BIC, Westbourne Suite

Report writing is an integral part of the toolkit of a mental health nurse. There is limited guidance available on this topic, with the exception of Nursing and Midwifery Council material.
Come along to this event for valuable guidance on producing good quality reports. It will help you recognise the importance of using clear, factual, accurate and unambiguous information and understand the key components that make up a good report.

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Tuesday 5.45-7.15pm
Weight is a women’s health issue
RCN Midwifery and Fertility Nursing Forum and RCN Women’s Health Forum
Hermitage Hotel, Hardy Suite

How much do you know about how body weight and exercise can be both beneficial and harmful to women’s health?
Michael Dooley is a Consultant Gynaecologist and co-director of The Poundbury Clinic. He is committed to improving womens’ health and developing an integrated approach to female health.
Come along to this fringe event to hear about his experiences of advising world class athletes about their health.

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Tuesday 6-8pm
John Goodlad Memorial lecture
RCN Employment Relations Department
BIC, Main auditorium

Lawrence Waterman, Head of Health and Safety at the ODA, is one of the UK’s foremost authorities on accident and ill health prevention and will present the lecture which was established as a tribute to John Goodlad.
With the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games around the corner this is an exciting opportunity to find out about the UK-wide work of the ODA, specifically efforts to ensure that its workforce of more than 2,000 employees are kept healthy, safe and secure.
John Goodlad worked for the Royal College of Nursing as a Labour Relations Officer from 1977 until his death in November 1991.

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Tuesday 6pm-1am
RCN Student BBQ and Pink Party
Royal Bath Hotel, De Vere Suite

All students are welcome to come along to the Student BBQ from 6-8pm on Students’ Day – come and grab yourself something to eat and then dance the night away at the fabulous Pink Party!
Back by popular demand this year are MiXiT, the country’s first ever inclusive pop band, and they will be kicking off the evening with a bang! So hunt out all your pink gear and let’s show Congress that students are in the pink.
Vouchers for the free BBQ will be in the Congress Answer magazine available to all students from the Student Enquiry Point. All Congress delegates are welcome to the Pink Party – tickets not required.

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Tuesday 6.30-8pm
Equality and diversity representatives: which way now?
RCN Equality and Diversity Unit
Connaught Hotel, Franklyn Suite

The diversity, equality and human rights agenda is changing fast within health care settings. Is there a role for an activist with a special remit around equality and diversity issues and is it really everyone’s business?
Come along to this event and help the RCN discuss this important issue and hear about the progress which has already been made. Light refreshments will be served.

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Tuesday 8.30pm-1am
Greater Glasgow Branch comedy karaoke night
Marriott Highcliff Hotel, Dorchester Suite

This event builds upon the success of last year’s event at Harrogate where over 220 delegates enjoyed a night of laughter and song. It brought together members and activists from across the UK and the entire family of nursing.
It is our plan to this year host an event of equal success and in doing so provide delegates with an alternative to discos and students night – come along to laugh, sing and have lots of fun!

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