Blogs
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15 Apr 2021
Here's to nursing coming of age
Gloria writes how she feels nursing has begun to come of age through the years and distinctly in the past year, making 2020 “Year of the Nurse” so appropriate.
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14 Apr 2021
Why nursing staff must organise for change
Dame Donna Kinnair explains to members what the RCN is calling for as services start to return to ‘normal’ and encourages members to engage on the issues that matter most to nursing staff.
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14 Apr 2021
Remobilisation must prioritise staff wellbeing and safe staffing
As Scotland progresses along the route-map for easing COVID-19 restrictions, focus on the remobilisation and recovery of health and care services is increasing.
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13 Apr 2021
Redeployment within the current pandemic - Part 4
Blog four: A continuation of my personal account of redeployment within the current pandemic. This is my experience of redeployment to set up and manage a COVID-19 unit during the first lockdown; sharing my thoughts, feelings, successes, and learnings from this very unique experience.
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13 Apr 2021
Meet RCN Students Committee member for Yorkshire and the Humber, Samantha Kitchen
Sam Kitchen represents the Yorkshire and the Humber region on the RCN Students Committee.
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12 Apr 2021
Challenges experienced in transporting COVID-19 patients by fixed-wing air ambulance
Facing extreme temperatures in full PPE, heavy lifting, confined spaces for hours on end and complex logistical issues are some of the challenges that have been highlighted when transporting patients with COVID-19, by fixed-wing air ambulance within Africa.
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12 Apr 2021
Done and dusted: my vaccination as a needle-averse nurse
I have never been a fan of needles and I used to avoid them at any cost. This is quite an irony given the number of injections I have given to others in my nursing roles.
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12 Apr 2021
The future for international travel: key considerations
A novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in China in 2019. This is the virus responsible for COVID-19 disease, which has a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Infection may be asymptomatic, mild to moderate or severe and for some critical and life threatening.
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11 Apr 2021
Meet RCN Student Ambassador, Victoria Udeh
My name is Victoria Udeh and am a first year mental health nursing student studying at the University of Hertfordshire.
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7 Apr 2021
Challenges in transportation of Patients with ECMO on Air-Ambulance Flights
Flights with patients on ECMO is challenging due to insertion of the system, the ground transportation from hospital to the aircraft and inflight treatment of mostly pulmonary and circulatory unstable situations.
