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Older People in Care Homes
This guidance has been developed to help nurses and care staff work effectively with issues of sexuality, intimate relationships, sexual expression and sex, particularly people living in care homes. Its aim is to facilitate learning, support best practice and serve as a resource to help nurses and care staff address the needs of older service users in a professional, sensitive, legal and practical way. This publication is currently under review.
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Sexual and Reproductive Health
Nurses and midwives who wish to work in sexual and reproductive health need further education and training to do so. It is a specialist area that requires post-registration education, training and development not covered on undergraduate programmes in enough depth. This publication has been developed alongside an online resource available at: rcn.org.uk/sexualhealtheducationdirectory and offers detail on the routes available to train in these areas and signposts nurses and midwives to valuable information. Produced with support from Health Education England.
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Transition from Fertility to Maternity Care
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.
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Stewards' Handbook
This A4 Handbook provides guidance on supporting and representing members, improving the working lives of members, creating and building workplace relationships and what the work of a workplace steward involves. Please also see the Stewards’ Pocketbook.
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Neurodiversity: Supporting neurodivergent members and creating inclusive workplaces
This resource is for RCN learning reps, safety reps and stewards to help them to support neurodivergent members through individual support/representation and by taking steps to create a more inclusive workplace culture. The guidance draws on the real experiences of members, reps and staff and is intended to sit alongside the neurodiversity guidance which is available on the RCN website and in print.
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Fair Pay for Nursing Placard A3 version 1
An A3 placard displaying Fair Pay for Nursing messaging. Different pay messages on each side.
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Flexible working
Flexible working can help everyone to strike a balance between the demands of employment and responsibilities outside of work, enabling ways of working that help you work at your best. This pocket guide will give RCN reps a quick overview of the benefits of flexible working and information to share with members who may need your support to gain access to flexible working. It can be used when you are out and about or as a reminder when preparing for meetings. This publication complements the more comprehensive document Working Flexibly to Support a Healthy Work-life Balance.
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Investing in Patient Safety and Outcomes
Addressing workforce shortages and ensuring that there are the right numbers of registered nurses and nursing staff with the right skills in the right place at the right time is vital to ensure everyone can access safe and effective health and care services. This report highlights how successive UK governments have failed to tackle the nursing workforce crisis and presents solutions for sustainable nursing recruitment and retention.
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Retaining Nurses in the Profession: What matters?
Many organisations have difficulty retaining their nursing staff, but some have had success in reducing the problem. Through a set of case studies, this report examines what successful approaches have in common and argues for a national nurse retention strategy for NHS Wales.
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Fair Pay for Nursing Pocket Guide
A6 pocket guide with tips for members on how to talk with colleagues about nursing pay.
