Blogs
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blog posts
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22 Apr 2024
Safe staffing is vital to patient outcomes
Alison Paterson, Eastern member of the Professional Nursing Committee, talks about the RCN’s crucial work on safe staffing.
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19 Apr 2024
How You can help Unions resolve Stress in the Workplace
April is Stress Awareness Month and to reflect on strategies for organising around stress, Ian Graham, RCN Health and Safety Rep for the East Midlands writes about his experience and frustrations dealing with excessive stress and how he and his co-workers organised their own risk assessment.
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19 Apr 2024
International Nurses' Day
Every year in May, the world gets the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the nursing profession. International Nurses’ Day falls on 12 May each year, to coincide with Florence Nightingale’s birthday.
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10 Apr 2024
Professional Nursing Committee report from your South West member
It has been a busy start to the year in the Professional Nursing Committee (PNC).
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8 Apr 2024
Dancing and music therapy in the community
Following my blog on the Teesside Community approach to dementia care my colleague Marie Kerr has written more information about the dances and music therapy to promote health and well being to clients in the South Tees area.
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7 Apr 2024
Can we really end hunger by 2030?
On World Health Day, RCN Fellow Dr Regina Keith calls on nurses to use their voice to help achieve global targets to end food insecurity and hunger.
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4 Apr 2024
Asbestos and your workplace
Nancy Ghansah, RCN London Health and Safety Representative Committee Member, highlights the risks of asbestos in health and social care workplaces.
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28 Mar 2024
Why does dementia sometimes destroy family relationships? How understanding can help
RCN Fellow Professor June Andrews reflects on her professional work supporting people with dementia and their families, from her view as a nurse and also as a family carer.
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28 Mar 2024
We must make sure the opportunity is not missed
I know I’m not the only RCN member working in the NHS who has been feeling frustrated at the delay in putting the Agenda for Change review recommendations into practice. Many of you have expressed your frustration to me and on social media.
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28 Mar 2024
'I am not an imposter - I am a work in progress'
This blog will identify the common feeling of imposter syndrome experienced by many nurses in any clinical setting - but that self-growth is a journey and that you need to enjoy the experience and embrace change.
