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6 blog posts
  • Anonymous Anonymous 28 Feb 2024

    Gaslight

    This blog has been submitted by a member who wishes to remain anonymous, for reasons that will become clear as you read it. Bullying is a common phenomenon for nurses, with around a quarter of the nursing family experiencing bullying in the past year. This blog highlights my personal experience of “gaslighting” - a specific type of bullying, and how I am gradually recovering from this.

  • Victoria Richmond Victoria Richmond 14 Feb 2024

    What matters to you?

    Has anyone lately asked, ‘what matters to you?’ What matters to you as an individual? What matters to our patients? What about as a staff member?

  • Jason Cross Jason Cross 1 Feb 2023

    Responses to questions raised by members at Congress

    Responses by the RCN Perioperative Forum to questions raised by members at Congress 

  • Louise Dye Louise Dye 31 Jan 2023

    A day in the life of a Theatre based Clinical Education Facilitator

    How I support substantive staff to meet their CPD requirements and how I support learners and their supervisors / assessors in practice in my role as a clinical education facilitator within an orthopaedic operating theatre. 

  • Lynsey McLaughlin Lynsey McLaughlin 16 Jun 2022

    Being a newly registered theatre nurse in the pandemic

    Perioperative Nursing - the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the value/benefits that perioperative nurses bring for patients.

  • Joanna Holland and Oonagh McCloy Joanna Holland and Oonagh McCloy 27 May 2022

    How can we invigorate membership of our forum?

    The Perioperative Forum committee recently recruited a number of new members, each bringing their own diverse skill set and experience to the group. We are excited by the opportunity that this presents to re-focus the aim and priorities of the forum, expanding our reach to have maximum impact and benefit for our members.