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Publications

RCN publications cover a wide range of topics varying from clinical guidance to employment relations issues to advice on bullying. To reproduce RCN publications please complete the copyright request form and we’ll be in touch.



  • 13 May 2022

    RCN Group Annual Report

    Publication Code : 010092

    The RCN Group annual report for 2021

  • 13 May 2022

    Draft minutes of the RCN Annual General Meeting 2021

    Publication Code : 010 205

    Draft minutes of the RCN Annual General Meeting 2021

  • 10 May 2022

    Progress and Challenge in Delivering Safe and Effective Care 2022

    Publication Code : 010 279

    This RCN Wales report looks at progress in the implementation of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016. It examines the implementation from an all-Wales perspective in each health board, based on publicly available documents, and indicates the challenges ahead. It follows RCN Wales’ 2019 report, Progress and Challenge: The Implementation of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016. Available in English and Welsh.

  • 29 Apr 2022

    Tools of the Trade

    Publication Code : 010 218

    Updated RCN guidance for health care staff on glove use and the prevention of work-related dermatitis. In collaboration with Molnlycke and SC Johnson

  • 14 Apr 2022

    Raising the Bar

    Publication Code : 010 232

    In November 2021, the RCN commissioned an independent review to identify and compare international definitions and guidance used to describe standard and transmission-based infection prevention control precautions and reflect on the implications of those for contemporary nursing practice and the introduction of a national infection control manual for England.

  • 22 Mar 2022

    Member Support Services leaflet

    Publication Code : 010 072

    This leaflet gives information about the free, confidential help and advice offered by RCN Member Support Services, including a careers service, telephone counselling, immigration advice and peer support.

  • 22 Mar 2022

    Thinking About Your Career

    Publication Code : 010 165

    This leaflet outlines the support offered by the RCN's Careers Service and provides tips on putting together a CV, writing a supporting statement and preparing for an interview.

  • 7 Mar 2022

    RCN Submission to the NHS Pay Review Body: 2022/23 Pay Round

    Publication Code : 010 168

    This year’s submission from the RCN to the Pay Review Body sets out the case for a substantial, restorative, pay rise above inflation to address the nursing workforce crisis and the long-term reduction in the value of nursing pay.

  • 22 Feb 2022

    Immunisation Knowledge and Skills Competence Assessment Tool

    Publication Code : 010 074

    *** RESOURCE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW *** Vaccination is a core public health provision and vaccines are clearly recognised by the World Health Organization as having a major impact in contributing to reduced mortality and improving health across the world. These competencies have been designed to help ensure consistency in the clinical standards of immunisers, and for immunisers to use their knowledge and skills to ensure all those eligible in a population get the vaccines they need in a timely, easily accessible and safe way.

  • 17 Feb 2022

    Guidance on Pin Site Care

    Publication Code : 009 907

    Infection in pin and wire site wounds remains a significant problem for patients being treated with external fixation. Many factors play a part in the prevention of pin site infection. This updated publication includes guidance on the practice of pin site care based on expert opinion.