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Publications

RCN publications cover a wide range of topics varying from clinical guidance to employment relations issues to advice on bullying. To reproduce RCN publications please complete the copyright request form and we’ll be in touch.



  • 3 Oct 2019

    Parity of Esteem poster

    Publication Code : 007 870

    There are lots of small, but impactful changes you can make in the workplace to help make parity reality.

  • 2 Oct 2019

    Responding to climate change

    Publication Code : 007878

    As a UK-wide organisation, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) recognises that climate change undermines the very foundations of our health.

  • 18 Sep 2019

    Caring for People with Liver Disease including Liver Transplantation: a Competence Framework for Nursing

    Publication Code : 007 733

    This framework describes the professional standards expected of practitioners when caring for people with liver disease including liver transplantation. It includes competencies for liver transplantation and is supported by Norgine Pharmaceuticals Ltd. This publication is currently being reviewed; an update is planned for 2025.

  • 4 Sep 2019

    Pay Progression: Information for members

    Publication Code : 007 532

    From this year, staff who start a new job, or are promoted on or after 1 April 2019, will need to meet national standards in order to move up their pay band. This flyer briefly explains what the standards are, how Pay Progression works, what to do if someone doesn’t meet the standards, and explains how reps are working with employers to ensure that organisational policies and procedures are in place to make sure the new system operates as it should.

  • 8 Aug 2019

    RCN response to the NMC Consultation on Shaping the Future: The development of their next Five Year Strategic Plan

    Publication Code : 007 756

    This document has been collated in response to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) call for consultation on Shaping the Future: The development of their next Five Year Strategic Plan. The RCN membership have been engaged via forums and social media platforms across the UK to provide consultation. The NMC consultation process will be undertaken over a 12-month period and this document includes the responses gained at the first stage of the process.

  • 8 Aug 2019

    Library and Archive Service quarterly report April-June 2019

    Publication Code : 007775

    Library and Archive Service quarterly report April-June 2019

  • 10 May 2019

    Council's Report to Members on Congress 2018

    Publication Code : 007 255

    This report details the breadth and scope of work carried out by RCN members and staff as a result of decisions made at Congress 2018 in Belfast.

  • 1 May 2019

    The Role of Nursing Associates in Vaccination and Immunisation

    Publication Code : 007 565

    *** RESOURCE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW *** The RCN recognises that nursing teams are key to the safe and effective administration of large numbers of vaccinations to those who need them. The overriding principle is: health care professionals involved in the prescribing or administration of vaccines must be suitably competent and have the knowledge as well as the skills to ensure patient safety, and public trust in immunisation is maintained. In some clinical areas, it is likely that NAs will be involved in the delivery of the national immunisation programme.

  • 1 May 2019

    Health Care Support Workers Administering Inactivated Influenza, Shingles and Pneumococcal Vaccines for Adults and Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) for Children

    Publication Code : 007 441

    *** RESOURCE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW *** The RCN recognises that nursing teams are key to the safe and effective administration of large numbers of vaccinations to those who need them. This guidance has been developed as a resource and framework for health care support workers who undertake vaccinations as part of their role.

  • 26 Apr 2019

    Annual Report 2018

    Publication Code : 007 334

    The combined RCN Group Annual Report for 2018.