As an RCN rep you are a vital link between the RCN and its members. You are the RCN's ambassador in the workplace, helping to influence policies, assist members and shape the nursing profession. Use this guide to find information resources about working as an RCN rep and how RCN library services can support you.
Reps are entitled to free postal loans, please be aware you are responsible for the cost of returning the books. Reps also have extended loan periods of 8 weeks, any renewals are for 4 weeks.
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LRD Publications: booklets
Marangozov, R., Huxley, C., Manzoni, C. and Pike, G. (2017) Royal College of Nursing employment survey 2017, Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies.
Royal College of Nursing (2017) Making the case for facilities time and facilities agreements in the NHS, London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2015) Ask. Listen. Act. Questioning and influencing to improve workplace conditions, London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2015) Healthy workplace toolkit: health workplace, healthy you, London: RCN.Nursing and Midwifery Council and General Medical Council (2015) Openness and honesty when things go wrong: the professional duty of candour, London: GMC/NMC.
Nursing and Midwifery Council and Cygnor Medyggol Cyffredinol (2015) Gweithredu mewn ffordd agored a gonest pan fydd pethau yn mynd o le: dyletswydd broffesiynol gonestrwydd, London: CMC/NMC.
Ash, A. (2016) Whistle blowing and ethics in health and social care, London: Jessica Kinglsey.
Barsky A E (2016) Conflict resolution for the helping professions: negotiation, mediation, advocacy, facilitation, and restorative justice (Third edition), New York: Oxford University Press.
Burchill F (2014) Labour relations (4th edition), Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cotton E (2017) Surviving work in healthcare: how to manage working in health and social care, London: Routledge.
Johnstone S and Ackers P (2015) Finding a voice at work? New perspectives on employment relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mitchell B and Gamlem C (2015) The essential workplace conflict handbook: a quick and handy resource for any manager, team leader, HR professional, or anyone who wants to resolve disputes and increase productivity, Pompton Plains, N.J.: Career Press.
Price A and Scowcroft A (2012) Essential skills for influencing in healthcare: a guide on how to influence others with integrity and success, London: Radcliffe.
Rowell, O. (2018) A guide to employment law: the easyway, (Updated 2018 edition), Brighton: Straightforward Publishing.
Simms, M. (2013) Union voices: tactics and tensions in UK organizing, Ithica: Cornell University Press.Trades Union Congress (2011) The TUC pocket guide to organising and campaigning, London: TUC.
Use these links to see details of journal articles on each topic.
Royal College of Nursing (2018) Being a modern, progressive, professional trade union: the value of reps and active members, London: RCN.TUC150: 150 years of changing the world of work for good
The Trades Union Congress presents a set of trade union stories from the past 150 years, snapshots of trade unionists.
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Royal College of Nursing (2017) Raising concerns, London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2018) Becoming an RCN representative, London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2017) The value of reps: in our own words, London: RCN.