Blogs
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25 Aug 2023
Listening and engaging with our profession will be key
Your campaigning led Scotland’s First Minister to commit to a Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce and now you are being given the opportunity to help shape the work of that Taskforce.
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25 Aug 2023
Embracing dementia-friendly communities: spreading awareness during World Alzheimer's Month
To mark World Alzheimer’s Month throughout September 2023, the RCN Older People’s Forum will be sharing blogs about dementia. This blog talks about dementia-friendly communities and what we can do to support people living with dementia.
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25 Aug 2023
Oral care for dementia - 10 top tips
To mark World Alzheimer’s Month throughout September 2023, the RCN Older People’s Forum will be sharing blogs about dementia. This blog by Dr Gary Mitchell MBE and Professor Gerry McKenna talks about oral care for dementia: 10 top tips.
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24 Aug 2023
Black History Month
I recently attended an internationally educated nurses’ (IEN) event and was truly inspired by the amazing talent of our IENs.
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23 Aug 2023
Raising the voice of independent health and social care staff in Wales
Lisa Kieh, our Independent Sector and Community Adviser for Wales, discusses the challenges faced by members in independent health and social care and the work she’s been doing to support them.
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23 Aug 2023
Occupational Health Nurses: Cinderellas of the nursing profession
Professor Anne Harriss shines a light on occupational health – a safety-critical yet overlooked specialism.
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22 Aug 2023
Working with the RCN to provide placements for RCN nursing cadets
My name is Ffion, and I am the Placement Lead for Cardiff and Vale UHB.
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18 Aug 2023
Your nursing journey starts here
RCN President Sheilabye Sobrany congratulates those about to start their nursing degree and shares some insight into developments in simulation-based education.
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17 Aug 2023
Progressing our 2023 workforce report recommendations
In May we published our second annual Nursing Workforce in Scotland Report. If you haven’t already seen it, it’s worth a read.
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11 Aug 2023
How member experiences are helping shape guidance on implementing safe staffing legislation
At RCN Scotland, our Safe Staffing work programme is a key focus across all our teams. We’ve been helping shape the statutory guidance that will support implementation of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (or HCSA).
