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Equality for black nurses
Agency nurse Neomi Bennett BEM has launched a grassroots movement to support black nurses who experience racial discrimination at work
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The race for COVID-19 immunity
Nursing staff are not only caring for the nation during the pandemic, they’re also a vital part of the COVID-19 vaccine trials
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Minimising the use of restrictive practice is your business too! Three Steps to Positive Practice
So, you might be asking yourself – what has restrictive practice got to do with me? I don’t work in any type setting where this might happen, anything I do is in the person’s best interests and anyway, it’s important to keep people safe.….
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10 Unsustainable Pressures on the Health and Care System in England
Members of the RCN working across health and social care in England dispute statements that the current situation in health and care is sustainable. Action needs to be taken to retain as many nursing staff as possible in light of serious staffing vacancies, as well as high levels of exhaustion and burnout. On top of this, the system is currently dealing with the immediate challenge of rising COVID-19 cases, intensified pressures as winter approaches and clearing the growing backlog of undelivered care to people in need. The RCN has identified ten areas that currently demonstrate unsustainable, untenable conditions within the health and care system across England. All of these are reliant on nursing.
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Dementia Care Principles for People in Prison
A diagnosis of dementia is profound. It affects the person, their circle of support, and the wider community - particularly if that community is a prison. The Royal College of Nursing has adapted its long-established SPACE principles in order to promote dementia care in prisons. This document sets out the five principles, based on evidence gathered from people living with dementia, carers and practitioners, that form a shared commitment to improving dementia care in prisons. The related spider gram tool (Transforming Dementia Care in Prison) can be used to benchmark current practice and completed again at intervals to monitor progress.
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Facing COVID-19
This publication comprises of a number of case studies detailing the powerful and inspiring work that has been undertaken by our reps since the start of the pandemic.
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Catheter Care
Publication aiming to encourage widespread adoption of the National Occupational Standards across all NHS and independent health care sectors, by enabling a full understanding of the standards and providing quality care for patients. This edition replaces 007 313 This publication is supported by B. Braun, BD Medical, Coloplast and Wellspect.
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Traction Principles and Application
This updated guidance provides information on applying traction and caring for patients safely whilst traction remains in place. It also reflects the variation in the application of traction across the UK.
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Why you don’t always need gloves when giving vaccines poster
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is designed to protect you from harm. When giving vaccines, you must assess your risk of harm and decide whether gloves are needed once you’ve reduced risks through good hand hygiene. Here’s our advice.
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Blood and Body Fluid Exposures in 2020
More than 7,500 members responded to our sharps survey in 2020. This report outlines the 2020 survey methodology and results, compares results with other databases where available, and makes recommendations on how the RCN can assist and lobby employers for safer sharps in the workplace. This research project was enabled by an educational grant from Sharpsmart UK Ltd.
