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20 blog posts
  • Nikki Cotterill Nikki Cotterill 17 Sep 2024

    RCN Bladder & Bowel Forum Conference 2024

    Join us at the RCN's Bladder and Bowel Forum Conference 2024.  Bladder and bowel continence is a fundamental aspect central to all of us and our dignity. For those who experience bladder and bowel leakage (incontinence) accessing healthcare advice, education and treatment is critical to ensure symptoms are improved wherever possible and well managed where cure is not possible.

  • Francesca Murphy Francesca Murphy 8 Aug 2024

    Benefits of specialist nurses within maternal medicine

    The health issues in pregnant woman are becoming complex. More women with co morbidities are having babies and require specialist maternal medicine care. This blog looks at my role as an ANP within the maternal medicine team and what nurses can bring to improve care for these women.

  • Anne Howard and Nikki Konsta Anne Howard and Nikki Konsta 20 Jun 2024

    A guide to crafting and submitting research abstracts

    This blog aims to dispel fears that nurses may have around submitting research abstracts. We aim to empower nurses by providing a comprehensive guide on how they can confidently put together abstracts and contribute to the advancement of nursing knowledge. 

  • Emma Edwards Emma Edwards 29 Apr 2024

    Parkinson's specialist nurses - still crucial?

    The first Parkinson's specialist nurse (PSN) post was created in Cornwall in 1987, and 37 years later, there are around 515 PSN's in the UK. This blog takes a look at Parkinson's awareness month, and why, if you see a PSN post advertised, and you fit the criteria, you should totally apply.  

  • Esther Kuria Esther Kuria 29 Feb 2024

    Listening event on the Hughes report publication

    The Hughes report follows a review by Baroness Cumberlege (‘First do no harm’ 2020), commissioned by Mr Jeremy Hunt when he was Health Minister, that separately reviewed outcomes of three historical health interventions - pelvic mesh, sodium valproate & Primodos. One of the outcomes from the Cumberlege report was to appoint a Patient Safety Commissioner who would take forward the recommendations from the Cumberlege review.

  • Anonymous Anonymous 28 Feb 2024

    Gaslight

    This blog has been submitted by a member who wishes to remain anonymous, for reasons that will become clear as you read it. Bullying is a common phenomenon for nurses, with around a quarter of the nursing family experiencing bullying in the past year. This blog highlights my personal experience of “gaslighting” - a specific type of bullying, and how I am gradually recovering from this.

  • Anne Howard Anne Howard 22 Feb 2024

    Male Factor Fertility publication

    This blog explores the recent publication from the Fertility Nursing Forum focusing on male factor fertility. We also focus on the collaboration of specialist team members to write the document.

  • Niki Konsta Niki Konsta 23 Oct 2023

    ESHRE: Let’s dive into Fertility Wonderland

    ESHRE conferences bring together professionals from various disciplines. By attending ESHRE, fertility nurses equip themselves with the tools and knowledge necessary to provide the highest quality care to their patients, while contributing to the advancement of the field as a whole. 

  • Stephen Jones Stephen Jones 2 Oct 2023

    Potentially unlawful substitution of mental health and learning disabilities nurses in UK in-patient services –the realities on the ground

    The RCN has received reports from several members expressing concerns regarding the substitution of registered learning disabilities and mental health nurses with registered adult and children's nurses, as well as allied health professionals, in an attempt to fill nursing vacancies in in-patient mental health services.

  • Olajumoke Isaiah Olajumoke Isaiah 28 Sep 2023

    Awareness of mental well-being for nurses working in palliative care

    This blog raises awareness of the importance of promoting mental well-being, which is essential given the increase in work pressures in healthcare systems, high levels of nursing shortage and the impact on patient care and outcomes.