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  • 25 Sep 2023

    Fertility Care and Emotional Wellbeing

    Publication Code : 011 054

    This updated guidance has been developed as a resource for all health care professionals in all areas of fertility care and acknowledges the differences between emotional support and wellbeing, implications counselling and therapeutic counselling.

  • 17 Jul 2023

    Fertility Care Provision for the UK

    Publication Code : 010 990

    This updated publication details the RCN’s position on the provision of fertility treatment in the UK.

  • 25 Apr 2023

    Midwifery at the RCN: supporting midwives, student midwives and maternity support workers

    Publication Code : 010 836

    This updated leaflet explains how the RCN supports midwives, student midwives and maternity support workers. Membership gives you support in the workplace and access to online resources and the RCN Library and Archives Service, which can help with your continuing professional development. You can also join the Midwifery Forum, allowing you to connect with other members to help shape and influence policy and practice.

  • 9 Jan 2023

    Clinical Nurse Specialists in Early Pregnancy Care Consensus Statement

    Publication Code : 010 625

    This publication details further work following the impact assessment and subsequent report of the RCN’s Clinical Nurse Specialists in Early Pregnancy Care Standards in 2021. To address recommendations from that report, the project team worked with key stakeholders to clarify the way forward, ensuring the standards are fit for purpose and supporting implementation of the standards.

  • 28 Sep 2022

    Transition from Fertility to Maternity Care

    Publication Code : 010 338

    Pregnancy following fertility treatment can be an exciting, challenging and anxious time for expectant parents. This guidance is primarily to raise awareness of possible pathways of care for women and others (their partners/support networks) as they travel through fertility treatment and pregnancy, and how they can best be supported by the health care professionals they encounter along their journey.

  • 31 Aug 2022

    Nurse Specialist in Menopause

    Publication Code : 010 335

    The menopause happens to all women, however the degree of its impact on a woman’s quality of life and the symptoms experienced are very individual. The role of a specialist in menopause was included in the 2015 NICE guidelines on managing menopause, however the detail of how this role might be implemented in practice was less clear and subsequently the British Menopause Society (BMS) produced a guide for all health care professionals. This updated publication builds on the BMS agreed standards, focusing on the options for nurses who may choose a career pathway towards becoming a specialist practitioner in menopause.

  • 30 Aug 2022

    Menopause and Mental Health

    Publication Code : 010 330

    The menopause is a key milestone in women’s lives. This updated resource aims to help nurses provide women with information on living well and how to positively manage the menopause.

  • 16 Sep 2020

    Menopause: RCN Guidance for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors

    Publication Code : 009 326

    To provide support and advice to women it is important that health care professionals understand the changes that women face at the time of their menopause and the issues related to improving health after menopause. This updated publication aims to help health care professionals gain awareness of the menopause and the safety and efficacy of modern therapy options available. This publication is endorsed by the British Menopause Society.

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