Join the Royal College of Nursing
We represent nurses, midwives, nursing support workers and student nurses across the UK
Join our community of over half a million nurses, midwives, nursing support workers (including: health care assistants, assistant practitioners, nursing associates, student nursing associates) and nursing students.
Our services support you both professionally and personally, so that you can focus on what's important – helping patients.
As the world’s largest nursing trade union and professional body, we’re here by your side at every step of your nursing journey.
View the video to learn more about membership benefits.
Some of our services will be unavailable on Saturday, 18 October
We're carrying out maintenance work from 9am to 3pm on Saturday, 18 October. Unfortunately, this means some of our online services will be temporarily unavailable:
- Online joining
- MyRCN
- Event booking
- Reps Hub
- RCN Starting Out
- RCNXtra
- RCN Foundation donations
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused.
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How to become a member
Terms and conditions
Terms and conditions of membership are set out in the Definitions of Membership, and Membership Policy and Process documents. Visit our policies and processes page to find out more.
Visit our governance rulebook for further information on our Royal Charter, Standing Orders, regulations, policies and processes that ensure effective governance within our organisation.
