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Council's Report to Members on Congress 2024
This report details the activities that have been carried out by RCN members and staff to push forward with the resolutions and matters for discussions passed at Congress 2024.
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Nursing Workforce Standards
The RCN’s Nursing Workforce Standards is the first national blueprint for tackling the nursing staff shortage in your workplace and across the UK.
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The RCN Activism Strategy 2025 - 2027
The RCN’s Activism Strategy, developed by our Activism Academy is grounded in the experiences of our members and addresses their top priorities: safe staffing levels, fair pay, and working conditions. The strategy’s ambitions will help us grow our activist community, to empower members to become influential in the decisions that affect the workforce and profession, and to teach and develop RCN activists.
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EDI Strategy: First year highlights and impact report
The RCN Group's first Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, launched in May 2024, outlines a commitment to embedding equity and inclusion throughout the RCN by challenging discrimination and promoting representation at all levels. Serving as a living document, the strategy sets 5 key priorities and establishes clear structures and accountability to drive lasting change and advocate more effectively for its diverse membership. Read our report to find out how we are progressing and the steps we’re taking to deliver meaningful change.
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Nursing at the helm
This report highlights the essential, strategic impact of nursing staff working in commissioning and oversight bodies in England, to protect against any risk to nursing functions within the context of cost-saving measures and reforms.
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Menopause: RCN guidance
Menopause impacts on most peoples’ lives, men and women, and it is important that all nursing teams have a good understanding of how different menopause can be for individuals, and their families. This updated publication aims to support best evidence-based practice for health care professionals to renew and update their understanding of the potential physical and psychological impact on daily living and work/life of the menopause. It includes guidance on advice and care recommended to best support women through the menopause, where required.
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RCN Research Strategy
The RCN Research Strategy sets out our vision to champion nursing research, and to empower all of our members to lead, engage with, and apply research findings, that not only benefits patient care and outcomes, but also helps to raise the profile of nursing research for generations to come.
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Ethical issues arising from the assisted dying debate
The assisted dying debate is complex, with confusion over definitions and the stance taken by professional bodies. It can also be challenging to make sense of the claims made by those who support changes in the law regarding assisted dying. End of life care is an important aspect of a nurse’s role and therefore understanding the ethical issues arising from the debate is useful for nurses in clinical practice. This article outlines the legal position in the UK and the bills currently before the Westminster and Scottish parliaments proposing changes in the law. It also considers major ethical issues arising from the debate, along with the nurse’s role in caring for patients requesting assisted dying.
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Focus on asthma 2: air pollution and its effects on children and young people
This article is the second in a series on asthma. The first article identified that the UK is experiencing an ‘epidemic’ of childhood asthma and one of the major culprits is air pollution. This article examines the main causes of air pollution and how they affect the lung health of children from before birth and onwards. It considers the contribution of indoor and outdoor air pollution, how these have changed over time and the unequal effect they may have on vulnerable populations. The nurse’s role is discussed, not only in terms of clinical care, but also as adviser to families and schools on what actions to take to limit their exposure and reduce their own emissions of pollutants.
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Biological basis of child health 7: growth, development and the reproductive system
This article is the seventh in a series on the biological basis of child health. It describes early developmental milestones, stages of growth, puberty and the development of the reproductive system. It also outlines the methods used to assess growth and development, and describes conditions that affect growth and development in infants, children and young people. Understanding childhood growth and development is crucial for children’s nurses, who need to be able to identify potential deviations from the norm, since these often reveal underlying conditions that require treatment.
