Blogs
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3 Dec 2023
“It is essential when working with children with additional needs that they are given a voice”
Leanne Evans, a nursing team leader at a special school tells us how awareness of and support for disabilities has changed for the better.
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1 Dec 2023
HIV – where are we now?
Consultant nurse and RCN Fellow Dr Matthew Grundy-Bowers reflects on the breathtaking advances in treatment – but warns that we must not become complacent.
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1 Dec 2023
Beating the winter blues in nursing
Nicola Ranger writes on the importance of fighting for nursing staff as winter pressures mount.
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24 Nov 2023
Fighting for the wellbeing of our nursing staff
Following her celebrations for Nursing Support Workers' Day RCN President Sheila Sobrany writes about how the RCN has spent this month fighting for the wellbeing of its members.
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23 Nov 2023
My RCN journey - the first twenty years
I was so proud in 2003 when I completed my NVQ 3. Not long after that day I was presented was an application form to join the Royal College of Nursing. I didn't think I could become a member of the RCN because I thought that you had to be a registered nurse (RN). Sadly, there are a lot of health care support workers and RNs who believe that this is true even today.
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23 Nov 2023
The student, the nursing support worker and the mysterious poly bag
Today is all about celebrating and recognising the contribution nursing support workers make across health and care services. I remember my first few weeks as a student nurse working in a medical ward.
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23 Nov 2023
Nursing support workers are here for us – and we’re here for them
Nursing support workers’ day is an important date in my calendar every year.
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22 Nov 2023
Does the title 'Registered nurse in learning disabilities' still reflect what we do?
This blog is intended to bravely raise a question about the title 'Registered nurse in learning disability'. It is intended to share opinion and spark discussion and debate.
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22 Nov 2023
Rebecca Watkins, Health Care Assistant
Rebecca Watkins, Health Care Assistant
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22 Nov 2023
Louise Devlin, Senior Health Care Assistant
Louise Devlin, Senior Health Care Assistant
