Subject Guides
These guides provide key resources, books and journals related to nursing specialties. We produce them in collaboration with RCN Forums.
Reading lists are also available on a range of topics including revalidation, study skills, neurodiversity, LGBTQ+ health and IELTS, OET and OSCE exams.
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| Title | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| Advanced Nursing Practice | Nurse practitioner, Advanced clinical practitioner, Advanced nurse practitioner |
| Bladder and Bowel | Incontinence, Catheter, Urinary, Urology, Bladder, Faecal |
| Cancer Care | Cancer, Carcinoma, Tumor, Malignancy, Oncology |
| Care Homes | Nursing homes, Residential care, Older people |
| Care of Older People | Elderly services, Ageing |
| Children and Young People: Endocrinology and Diabetes | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, Endocrinology, Diabetes |
| Children and Young People: Medicines Management | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, Medicine, Drug administration |
| Children and Young People: Mental Health Promotion | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, Psychiatry, Suicide, Self-harm, Emotional wellbeing |
| Children and Young People: Palliative Care | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, palliative care |
| Children and Young People: Sepsis | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, Sepsis, Septic shock, Meningitis |
| Children and Young People: Transition to Adult Services | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, Transitional care, Complex health needs |
| Critical Appraisal | Evaluation, Critique, Appraise, Research, Dissertation |
| Critical Care and Flight Nursing. | Intensive care, Aviation medicine |
| Defence Nursing Services | Military nursing |
| Dementia | Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Care of older people |
| Diabetes | Diabetes mellitus, Glycaemic control, Gestational diabetes, Type 1, Type 2 |
| Digital Nursing | Informatics, Telehealth, Electronic patient records, Mobile technology, eHealth |
| District and Community Nursing | District nursing, Community nursing |
| Emergency Care | A&E, Urgent care, Paramedic practice |
| End of Life Care | Palliative care, Death, Dying, Terminal care |
| ENT and Maxillofacial Nursing | Ear nose and throat, Otolaryngology, Otorhinolaryngology, Rhinolaryngology, Maxillofacial nursing |
| Fertility Nursing | Reproductive health, Infertility, Miscarriage |
| Gastroenterology | Digestive system; Gastrointestinal; Crohn’s disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Stoma care; Colorectal cancer |
| General Practice Nursing | GPN, General practice |
| HCAs, APs and SNAs | Health care assistants, Healthcare assistants, nursing support workers, Assistant practitioners, Student nursing associates, Nursing associates, HCSWs |
| History of Nursing | Nursing history, Medical history, Military nursing history, Defence Nursing history |
| Infection Prevention and Control | Microbiology, Infection control, antimicrobial resistance |
| Leadership | Clinical leadership, Nursing leadership, Political leadership, Nursing management |
| Learning Disability Nursing | Intellectual disability, Safeguarding, Health inequalities |
| Medicines Management | Medicines, prescribing, medicines management, Administration of medicines |
| Mental Health Nursing | Psychiatric nursing, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Mental Health Nurse Practitioner |
| Midwifery | Maternity care, Antenatal, Postnatal, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Neonatal care, Newborn |
| Neurosciences | Neuroscience, Nervous system, Brain, Stroke |
| Nursing in Justice and Forensic Health | Prison nursing, Criminal justice services nursing, Forensic nursing, Prisoner health, Offender health nursing, Mental health nursing, |
| Occupational Health | Occupational health nursing, Employee wellbeing, Fitness for work, Fit for work, Health and safety at work |
| Ophthalmic Nursing Services | Eye disorders, Eyes, Ophthalmology |
| Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing | Orthopaedic, Orthopedic, Musculoskeletal, Trauma |
| Pain | Pain; chronic pain; acute pain; neurological pain; pain and palliative care; pain management |
| Perioperative Care | Theatre nursing, Surgical nursing, Surgery, Preoperative, Intraoperative, Postoperative, Recovery room |
| Practice Based Learning | Practice supervision, Practice supervisor, Practice assessment, Practice assessor, Placements, Clinical placement, Mentoring, Mentorship |
| Public Health | Health education, Health promotion, Preventing ill health, Health protection, Health inequalities |
| RCN Reps | Trade union representatives, Learning reps, Safety reps, Stewards |
| Rheumatology | Rheumatoid arthritis, Gout, Joints |
| Safeguarding | Vulnerable adults, Children, CYP, Older people, Learning disabilities, Harm, Abuse, Protection |
| Sepsis | Sepsis, Septic shock, care home, care homes, older people, nursing home, blood poisoning, |
| Sexual Health | sexual health; reproductive health; contraception; HIV |
| Staffing for Safe and Effective Care | Staffing levels, Nurse staffing, Safe staffing |
| Sustainable Nursing Practice | Sustainability, sustainable development |
| Travel Health | Travel medicine, Travel vaccination |
| Using and Doing Research | Research, resources |
| Wellbeing, Self Care and Resilience | Emotional resilience, Stress |
| Women's Health | Women, Female, Gynaecological, Menopause, Pregnancy, Pregnant, FGM, Genital, |
