Tuesday 12 April
- Health and wellbeing: Waterfront morning walk
- Health and wellbeing: Healthy at home zone
- Health and wellbeing: Live cookery demonstration
- Sponsored educational seminar: Bloating... distension... IBS, a matter of food and mood: why what you eat can affect how you feel
- Activate your career
- Benefits of elective placements in pre-registration nursing education
- Meet the CNO for Wales
- Developing the district nursing workforce in the next five years
- Equality Act 2010 and you: The Tony Grayson memorial lecture
- Learning from the past – setting out the future: Developing learning disability nursing in the UK
- Managing acute faecal incontinence (AFI) in critical care patients in four European countries
- RCN Principles of Nursing Practice: Promoting and implementing the Principles
- Restraint and breakaway techniques – are they fit for purpose?
- Should vulnerable nurses be allowed to care for vulnerable patients?
- Health and wellbeing: Bowen complementary therapies technique taster sessions
- Health and wellbeing: Tai Chi with Howard Richmond
- Sponsored educational seminar: The role of plant sterols in a cholesterol lowering diet
- Health and wellbeing: Meditation with Howard Richmond
- Sponsored educational seminar: Nurse management of xerostomia and oral mucositis
- Diversity champions interactive session
- Information for quality: Completing the evidence, practice, quality improvement cycle
- Legal, governance and membership reviews – latest
- Systematic assessment in child protection: Learning from drug errors and other adverse events
- Agenda Committee Elections – meet the candidates
- John Goodlad Memorial Lecture – Workplace stress: 21st century plague by Professor Cary Cooper CBE
- Celebratory reception for stewards, safety and learning representatives
- Comedy Night
- RCN Student Night
Tuesday, 8.15-8.45am
Health and wellbeing: waterfront morning walk
Meet outside the Cityside entrance of the ACC
Looking to get fit, lose weight or just want some early morning fresh air? Then join us at Walk for Health Liverpool on a 30-minute morning walk to set you up for the day. *Please wear sensible clothing and footwear; all participants must complete a health questionnaire prior to the walk for insurance purposes. Questionnaires will be available from the information hub.
Tuesday, 9am-5pm
Health and wellbeing: healthy at home zone
ACC, Upper Galleria
Come and visit our healthy at home zone where you can relax in a living room environment and utilise fitness equipment that is affordable, compact and easy to use.
Tuesday, 12.40-1.15pm
Sponsored seminar: Bloating... distension... IBS, a matter of food and mood: why what you eat can affect how you feel
Sponsored by Danone
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 14
The symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be particularly distressing for patients and have a profound impact on their wellbeing. In this insightful and interactive session, Dr Nick Read, consultant gastroenterologist at the Gut Trust, will examine the importance of diet in patients with IBS, explore how food can impact on mood and look at the latest NHS evidence on the management of IBS, including dietary options such as introducing a probiotic.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.35pm
Health and wellbeing: Live cookery demonstration
NHS Liverpool Community Health Team
ACC, Lower Galleria, Exhibition demonstration area
Aiming to provide awareness of the link between diet and long-term health by working with local people in the community and partner agencies the team will be providing evidence-based nutrition publications and healthy tasters.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.45pm
Activate your career
RCN Diversity Unit
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 13
Activists/Governance
Taking an active role within the RCN can be both rewarding and career enhancing. In this interactive session you will hear from successful BME members who hold a variety of RCN roles. Come along to find out more about how you can improve your career prospects. This event is being delivered by the RCN Diversity Unit in partnership with the RCN South East Region.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.45pm
Benefits of elective placements in pre-registration nursing education
RCN Education Forum and Liverpool University
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 10
Nursing Education
As more nursing students get the opportunity to undertake elective placements, often overseas, this event looks at the benefits of these placements. We will look at how placements abroad help students develop a more meaningful understanding of public health and gain skills which can be transferred into their final year and beyond. We will also consider placements in the context of the NMC Standards for pre-registration nursing education 2010 and the RCN Council priorities of internationalisation and diversity.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.45pm
Meet the CNO for Wales
RCN Wales Board
Hilton, Room 7
Partnership Working
A chance to meet the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales, to raise questions about Welsh nursing issues and to find out more about how the Welsh Assembly Government works in the area of health and health services. This is an important Congress event intended to enhance communications between the CNO and nurses in Wales.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.45pm
Developing the district nursing workforce in the next five years
RCN District Nurses Forum
Hilton, Room 6
Positioning of Nurses/Campaigning
The need for a skilled community nursing workforce is increasing as more people than ever before live with long-term conditions and the number of early hospital discharges rises. Meanwhile, the Government White Paper (England) has set out plans for GP commissioning consortia, emphasising the need for services that serve local populations. But with the number of district nurses falling and a significant proportion due to retire in the next five years, how can we ensure we develop sufficient district nurses for the future? Join this discussion facilitated by an expert panel to have your say, and hear speeches from an educationalist and a commissioner in this area. The event is aimed at district and community nurses working in all four countries of the UK.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.45
Equality Act 2010 and you: The Tony Grayson memorial lecture
Kindly supported by Walker Smith Way Solicitors
RCN Legal Directorate
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 4A
Activists/Governance
Open to all RCN members and potential members, this important event will look at the new Equality Act 2010 and the significant impact it has on anti-discrimination law in Britain. The Act, which came into force on 1 October last year, will be considered against the background of previous legislation and case law.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.45pm
Learning from the past – setting out the future: Developing learning disability nursing in the UK
RCN Learning Disability Nursing Forum
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 11B
Positioning of Nurses/Campaigning
Get involved in this facilitated discussion that will inform the RCN’s position on learning disability nursing in the 21st century. It is aimed at all nurses, educators and researchers who have an interest in the health needs of people with learning disabilities, across all care settings. Its starting point will be the RCN’s recently-published UK position report on the future development of learning disability nursing, which focuses on education, workforce and leadership issues to ensure that all people with learning disabilities have access to learning disability nurses. The event provides an opportunity to discuss the national and local actions necessary to ensure the health needs of people with learning disabilities are met.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.45pm
Managing acute faecal incontinence (AFI) in critical care patients in four European countries
Kindly supported by ConvaTec
RCN Critical Care and In-Flight Nursing Forum
Hilton, Grace 1
Professional Knowledge
The management of acute faecal Incontinence (AFI) in the critical care setting has changed rapidly since the introduction of 'bowel management and containment systems' but it is not yet managed in a standardised or evidence-based manner. A survey across four European countries (UK, Spain, Italy and Germany) set out to review the differing management options and to try and identify the reasons for these differences. Infection control, tissue viability and patients’ dignity all need to be taken into account when deciding on a plan of action and these issues are discussed in detail. This seminar reports back those findings and discusses a European observational research study (FIRST) to be conducted throughout 2011 to further inform and advance practice in this very important area.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.45pm
RCN Principles of Nursing Practice: Promoting and implementing the Principles
Kindly supported by Care Quality Commission
RCN Learning and Development Institute
Jurys Inn, Room 3-5
Professional Knowledge
The RCN's Principles of Nursing Practice articulate what can be expected of nursing in any setting regardless of provider. Developed with a range of stakeholders, nurses, patients and service users, the Principles provide the basis for quality improvement and demonstrate the contribution of nursing to quality care. The event is an opportunity to learn about the subsequent work that is taking place to promote the Principles, and explore how they can be used in practice. The event features presentations giving perspectives from the Care Quality Commission and the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.45pm
Restraint and breakaway techniques – are they fit for purpose?
RCN Forensic Nursing Forum
Hilton, Room 4-5
Professional Knowledge
Are the current techniques used by nursing staff in the physical management of violence fit for purpose and worth the high cost of training? Whether you work as a mental health nurse, in a prison, in a learning disability setting or in any other area where you are required to train in and use restraint and breakaway techniques, you can benefit from this workshop. We’ll consider what’s on offer at the moment, alternative options to the current training, and possible solutions for the future physical management of violence.
Tuesday, 12.45-1.45pm
Should vulnerable nurses be allowed to care for vulnerable patients?
Nursing Standard
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 12
Positioning of Nurses/Campaigning
Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes, Chief Executive and Registrar Nursing and Midwifery Council and Reverend Professor Stephen Wright, Chairman of the Sacred Space Foundation in public conversation.
Significant numbers of NMC fitness to practise cases involve nurses who have received cautions or convictions for alcohol and drugs related offences. The NMC believes that such nurses are arguably more vulnerable than those patients for whom they care. Correspondents to Nursing Standard have expressed a variety of views ranging from the empathy argument - such nurses may well have insights in common with vulnerable patients - to arguments about the need for more rigorous risk management systems. How should the NMC improve guidance to educators and employers in order to protect the public?
Tuesday, 1-1.15pm and 1.15-1.30pm (two 15-minute sessions)
Health and wellbeing: Bowen complementary therapies technique taster sessions
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 9
The Bowen Technique is a natural complementary therapy, suitable for all ages, including babies and older people. It is appropriate for a wide range of acute and chronic conditions, including back pain, sciatica, neck, shoulder and knee problems, arthritis, asthma, migraine, sports injuries and stress. Fifteen minute taster sessions will be offered so that you can experience the therapy first hand, many find their aches and pains melt away! Places are limited; please pre-book this session onsite.
Tuesday, 1-1.30pm
Health and wellbeing: Tai Chi with Howard Richmond
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 8
The ancient Chinese soft martial arts of Tai Chi Chuan (supreme ultimate fist) and Chi Kung (energy cultivation) combine the benefits of meditation and aerobic exercise, and are very effective promoters of physical and psychological wellbeing. In this taster session you will be introduced to some standing Chi King postures and gentle Tai Chi exercises which are ideal to practice in short breaks at work to relieve stress and to recharge batteries. Places are limited; please pre-book this session onsite.
Tuesday, 1.30-2.05pm
Sponsored educational seminar: The role of plant sterols in a cholesterol lowering diet
Sponsored by Flora Pro Active
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room TBC
Want to find out more about how to help your patients follow a heart healthy diet and lifestyle? Consultant nutritionist and state registered dietitian Jacqui Morrell is on hand to bring you up to date with all the latest information regarding a heart healthy diet, including the benefits of incorporating plant sterols into the diet to help lower cholesterol. Interactive case studies will bring the topic to life and help you to give effective cholesterol lowering dietary advice to your patients.
Tuesday, 1.35-2.05pm
Health and wellbeing: Meditation with Howard Richmond
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 8
The benefits of mindfulness based meditation in enhancing psychological and physical wellbeing are becoming increasingly apparent, both in clinical practice, and for personal use in daily life. In this taster session you will be invited to take part in a short recorded guided meditation, and will be introduced to some useful resources should you wish to explore mindfulness further. Places are limited; please pre-book this session onsite.
Tuesday, 3.40-4.15pm
Sponsored educational seminar: Nurse management of xerostomia and oral mucositis
Sponsored by IS Pharma
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 14
Oral problems in elderly and cancer patients are often ignored as unimportant or left to junior or untrained staff to manage. However, the impact of a dry mouth or oral mucositis on a patient’s ability to eat, their overall nutrition, social interaction and experience of pain can be significant. This presentation will review the impact of these treatment complications and consider how nurses can make effective assessments and provide management strategies that reduce discomfort.
The presentations will also look at treatment options and consider nursing roles that can facilitate multi-disciplinary team co-operation. If you are a nurse practitioner, manager or member of an MDT, this session will have something of interest for you.
Tuesday, 5.45-6.45pm
Diversity champions interactive session
RCN Diversity Unit
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 4A
Activists/Governance
This will be an interactive support session for RCN Diversity Champions. Delegates will learn about the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 and the implications for their practice. Participants will also gain techniques to improve their communication styles.
Tuesday, 5.45-6.45pm
Information for quality: Completing the evidence, practice, quality improvement cycle
RCN Learning & Development Institute
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 13
Positioning of Nurses/Campaigning
Imagine if nurses could have daily updates of how they measure up on key aspects of their jobs – they could make immediate changes, focusing effort on the things that really matter to them and their patients. In this seminar we will discuss the three things that need to be in place for this to happen: good quality indicators based on person-centred, safe and effective practice principles and standards; electronic records that fit with the way nurses work; and supportive environments in which nurses and managers work together. We will also review the work the RCN is currently doing with a number of partners to provide nursing leadership and contribute to the quality agenda.
Tuesday, 5.45-6.45pm
Legal, governance and membership reviews – latest
RCN Council
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 11B
Activists/ Governance
Every organisation needs to keep pace with its members. Discover and influence how the RCN is developing and evolving to meet the changing needs of the nursing workforce.
Tuesday, 5.45-6.45pm
Systematic assessment in child protection: Learning from drug errors and other adverse events
RCN Research Society
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 14
Professional Knowledge
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.
Tuesday, 6-7pm
Agenda Committee Elections - meet the candidates
ACC, Upper Galleria, Room 12
Activists/Governance
Voting for the four elected seats to the Agenda Committee takes place on Wednesday at Congress. So come along on Tuesday and see who is standing and why you should vote for them. Both voting and non-voting members are very welcome to attend. Light refreshments provided.
Tuesday, 6-7pm
John Goodlad Memorial Lecture – Workplace stress: 21st century plague by Professor Cary Cooper CBE
RCN United Kingdom Safety Representatives' Committee
ACC, Upper Galleria, Hall 1B
John Goodlad worked for the Royal College of Nursing as Labour Relations Officer from 1977 until his death in November 1991. This annual lecture was established as a tribute to him. This year's lecture will be presented by Professor Cary Cooper CBE, Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health and Pro Vice Chancellor at Lancaster University. He is recognised as a world-leading expert on stress and is the media's first choice for comment on workplace issues.
Tuesday, 7pm-8pm
Celebratory reception for stewards, safety and learning representatives
RCN Employment Relations Department
ACC, Upper Galleria,
Activists/Governance
Come along to a celebratory reception for stewards, safety and learning representatives, hosted by Employment Relations to acknowledge and showcase the work of our trade union representatives. Refreshments will be served.
Tuesday, 8pm-12am
Comedy Night
RCN Ayrshire and Arran Branch
Baby Blue, Albert Dock
The third comedy night at RCN Congress, following on from events held in 2009 at Harrogate and 2010 at Bournemouth. Compere Susan Morrison will introduce an evening of quality comedy, allowing members of the Congress community to socialise at an enjoyable and relaxed event.
Tuesday, 8pm ‘til late
RCN Student Night
Pan Am and Blue, Albert Dock
Having a hard day’s work, now have a hard day’s night. Choose your music in Pan Am or Blue and dance the night away.