Blogs
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                 31 Oct 2025 31 Oct 2025Celebrating National Learning Disability Nurses’ Day: Recognising this Vital Fielding of NursingOn 1st November, we proudly celebrate National Learning Disability Nurses’ Day – a moment to shine a light on the incredible work of learning disability nurses across the UK. 
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                 30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025Safety for nursing staff and patients goes hand in handRCN President Bejoy Sebastian reflects on the rise of complaints about racism at work, and the need for safe staffing legislation. 
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                 30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025Caring behind the walls: Youth prison nursingChildren and young people nurses advocate for young people's rights, promote health equity, and contribute to rehabilitation. The role of the prison nurse is not just about treatment—it's about trust, transformation, and hope. 
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                 30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025How to be prepared for the upcoming winter as a CYP NurseWith winter around the corner, Daniel gives some tips on how nurses can prepare for the upcoming winter. 
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                 27 Oct 2025 27 Oct 2025Supporting the future of nursing: preparing for the realities of multimorbidityCallum Metcalfe-O'Shea explores how a new resource is supporting student and early career nurses to deliver safe, person-centred care amid rising complexity and multimorbidity in health care. 
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                 27 Oct 2025 27 Oct 2025Fertility care at home: How digital nursing is empowering patientsFertility treatment can demand a lot of time from patients, all those appointments and endless forms can often make patients and their partners feel overwhelmed and anxious but is digital nursing changing the ways we can provide care for our patients. By taking expert care out of the clinic and into the comfort of people’s homes, digital technology is helping us stay connected with patients, simplify their treatment plans, and offer support that’s not just flexible, but can also be personal and compassionate. 
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                       27 Oct 2025 27 Oct 2025Collaborating with the Imperial War Museum and their exhibition 'Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict'At the end of August 2025, myself, Dr Liz Walsh (UK Professional Lead for Justice and Forensic Healthcare), Jess Davidson (RCN Fellow and Nurse Lead for Sexual Assault Referral Services in Scotland) and Thomas Matthews (one of our IT Audio Digital Engineers) visited the Imperial War Museum in London, to make a film in their exhibition, Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict. 
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                 24 Oct 2025 24 Oct 2025“I Wasn’t Going to Walk Away”: Standing Firm in Power and PrideRCN London Board Member and Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University, Dr Rosetta West shares her thoughts on what this year’s Black History Month theme means to her. 
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                 24 Oct 2025 24 Oct 2025The true value of nursingRCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger updates members on the importance of valuing nursing, standing against anti-migrant rhetoric and our Care amongst the Chaos report. 
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                 24 Oct 2025 24 Oct 2025RCN launches 4th edition of competency framework for nurses in liver disease and transplantationThis updated framework represents the hard work, expertise, and dedication of nurses from across the UK. A team of ten senior hepatology and transplant nurses, representing all four nations and covering every specialist area of liver care, collaborated to produce this evidence-based, clinically credible resource designed to support the entire nursing workforce. 
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