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RCN Reps
RCN Reps subject guide from the Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum. Highlights key information resources.
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The role of the specialist nurse in supporting patients with endometriosis self-management
March is Endometriosis awareness month, and this offers the opportunity to raise awareness of the condition and the impact it can have on women living with it. The specialist nurse is a key healthcare practitioner in providing expert care to all women with endometriosis.
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Looking beyond the seizure: Why epilepsy care is everyone’s business
Exploring why epilepsy care extends far beyond managing seizures and why every nurse, regardless of specialty, has a role to play. With World Epilepsy Day and Purple Day prompting renewed awareness, it highlights the wider challenges people with epilepsy face and how nursing practice can make a meaningful difference.
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How the Nursing Cadet Programme confirmed my health care desire - Malayka Qureshi
Hi! My name is Malayka and I am now 20 years old. I’m based in west Reading I joined the RCN King’s nursing cadet programme (then the RCN Prince of Wales nursing cadet scheme) when I was 17 years old, the opportunity came to me when I was studying Health and Social A level at sixth form.
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Meet Nikki Dawson: Championing paediatric diabetes care
Nurses play a vital role in supporting children and young people with diabetes. In this blog, I share my journey and why enabling nurses to provide safe, effective, and equitable care across all settings is so important.
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Curbs on bank use damaging staffing and morale, RCN survey finds
Cuts in the use of temporary staffing shifts and pay rates by four NHS trusts in the Black Country have worsened nursing shortages and damaged staff’s health and wellbeing, a survey by the Royal College of Nursing suggests.
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Menopause and Long COVID
Women are disproportionately affected by Long COVID, and as the peak incidence occurs between the ages of 35-49, there may be overlap with symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. This guidance, based on available evidence and clinical expertise, aims to outline principles of assessment, diagnosis, management and support to facilitate self-help and recovery.
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Fair Pay Agreement must have 'real teeth' and be implemented without delay, says Royal College of Nursing
RCN Director of Policy, Amber Jabbal, said: “Improving wages and workplace rights in social care are crucial to bolstering the sector’s workforce and easing pressure on the NHS. But desperately needed reforms have been continually kicked down the road."
