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Managing Unacceptable Behaviour
This new publication outlines how RCN staff, reps and members should approach working with each other. It highlights what steps will be taken when the standards aren’t met; provides guidance for reps who are subjected to unacceptable behaviour; and outlines what support is available to them.
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The Value of Reps: In Our Own Words
This book showcases the work of RCN accredited representatives. In the summer of 2017, a group of reps from all four corners of the UK were invited to share their experiences and feelings. This book features their stories, told in their own words. One half of the book focuses on the many ways in which reps help members and organisations, while the other half looks at how being a rep has changed their own lives for the better.
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RCN Ethical Impact Assessment Tool
This RCN ethical impact assessment tool will help you decide on a course of action or planning a piece of work by answering a series of questions.
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Key messages from the RCN’s response to the NMC consultations on pre-registration standards and education
This is a summary of key messages from the RCN's response to a series of NMC consultations (publication code 006447). These consultations focus on changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards to ensure future nurses are fit for practice at the point of registration.
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RCN position on the substitution of mental health nurses in inpatient mental health wards across the UK
RCN position on the substitution of mental health nurses in inpatient mental health wards across the UK
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Understanding Benchmarking
Updated guidance that explains the advantages of benchmarking, provides a model of benchmarking to help get you started and includes an example of benchmarking in practice.
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Royal College of Nursing responds to NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report
Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: “Nursing staff are being stretched to their limit, and the public deserves better care. Bed occupancy is at its highest level this year, and is now higher than this time last year. This will inevitably lead to unsafe and undignified patient care. In some trusts, one nurse could be left caring for 10, 15, or more patients at a time, and patients are being treated in the back of ambulances, in corridors, and on chairs and trolleys."
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the UCAS End of Cycle data
Royal College of Nursing Deputy Chief Nurse Dr Nichola Ashby said: “The government’s NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is falling off course before it’s even begun. For the plan to succeed, we need to see significant increases in the numbers choosing to study nursing and we’re going in the wrong direction."
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RCN position on the role and scope of practice of the Nursing Associate
RCN position on the role and scope of practice of the Nursing Associate
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's mid-year registration data report
Royal College of Nursing Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger said: “The headline findings of this report don’t reflect what nurses are seeing on the NHS frontline. Since 2019, the NHS waiting list has grown four times faster than the nurse workforce, meaning there aren’t enough staff to provide the outstanding care patients deserve."
