Blog
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blog posts
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7 Jul 2022
High responsibility should be rewarded properly with fair pay
I’m an MSc nursing student in my second year and I've just joined the RCN and become a student ambassador. I’m looking forward to pushing myself out of my comfort zone; I grow the most when I’m uncomfortable. It really does help to push through your comfort zone. Moving past anxieties and fears can be hard, but it's worth it. I love the feeling of overcoming a challenge.
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11 Feb 2022
RCN Council February update to members
RCN Council members share their updates from the past month and detail how they are supporting members through their work. Vice-Chair of RCN Council, Mel Kerr, introduces this month’s update to members.
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7 Jan 2022
RCN Council January update to members
RCN Council members share their updates from the past month and detail how they are supporting members through their work. Vice-Chair of RCN Council, Mel Kerr, introduces this month’s update to members.
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11 May 2021
Resilience and redeployment during the pandemic
Like many health care staff, Janet drew on her courage and resilience while being deployed to new teams and settings several times during the pandemic.
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8 Mar 2021
I’m passionate about keeping my team safe
I’m the District Nurse Team Lead for Ulverston, Dalton and Millom, working out of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. It’s a band seven role and I started in June 2019; I was just finding my feet when the pandemic hit.
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8 Mar 2021
Use your power to empower people
I originally thought I wanted to be a teacher. As a teaching assistant I was assigned to a one-to-one role with a little girl with complex needs who didn’t yet have a diagnosis... This little girl changed my life and my career.
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21 Dec 2020
An end of year message to all members
Read Glenn Turp's seasonal message to members in Yorkshire and Humber and Northern regions.
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11 Dec 2020
It’s time for those in power to listen to our stories
I recently had a call from my local MP, Bridget Phillipson, MP for Houghton and Sunderland South.
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23 Nov 2020
The RCN isn’t just for nurses
I’m on the Nursing Support Workers Committee of the RCN and I get a lot out of being an RCN member. I don’t think many HCAs and APs, TNAs and NAs realise that the RCN isn’t just for nurses. Although the College is about the whole nursing team, not enough people know that.
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1 Oct 2020
Building resilience through the student experience
It’s been a busy time for students, and it certainly has for me with my role as student committee member representing the Northern region.
