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  • 13 Feb 2020 Activists Advice

    Enhanced support

    Trainee RCN steward Sammi shares her advice on making reasonable adjustments and explains how being deaf has helped her support colleagues

  • 23 Jun 2023 Nursing support workers Career

    Why work in a care home?

    As we celebrate Care Home Open Week, Lorita describes the privilege she feels working with care home residents during a career she’s built over the past decade

  • 11 Feb 2020 Activists Advice

    Legal update: is veganism a protected characteristic?

    We look at a case in which an employment tribunal has ruled that veganism can constitute a philosophical belief

  • 30 Jul 2021 Career Nursing support workers Mental health

    'It's good to stretch yourself'

    The nursing associate role in mental health is new but Angela and Francine say it's enabled them to expand their skills and grow in confidence

  • 12 Feb 2020 Activists Advice

    Branching out

    Getting members along to branch meetings can be a hard sell. But Diane says social media has helped improve engagement

  • 22 Jul 2021 Career Nursing support workers

    Moving learning and development online

    Lorraine McLauchlan, who represents members in Scotland on the RCN Nursing Support Workers Committee, answers questions on the RCN in Scotland’s new online learning programme

  • 27 Oct 2021 Career Students

    Clinical ambition

    You don’t need to take the management route to progress your career, says Shallini, as she reflects on her journey to becoming a trainee advanced nurse practitioner

  • 29 Jun 2020 Activists Congress Accredited Reps Greater Liverpool and Knowsley Action

    Get together

    Sisters Helen and Carmel O’Boyle organised a series of virtual events to bring branch members together during what would have been Congress week

  • 5 May 2021 Students Northern Ireland Workplace health and safety COVID-19 People

    Not chips again!

    Lynsey campaigned to get a social space for nursing students to prepare meals at her university

  • 17 Jun 2020 Activists COVID-19 Advice

    Legal update: Disciplinary and grievance procedures

    What are the key things employers should consider when deciding if a disciplinary or grievance procedure can continue during the COVID-19 pandemic?