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RCN Library and Archive Service Review of the Year 2023
This review covers the work of the RCN’s Library and Archive Service during 2023 – from events and exhibitions to marketing and social media activity and collections development, it showcases the wide variety of work undertaken by the library teams.
Updated: 11 September 2024 -
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Early Pregnancy Care
This updated publication outlines the key skills and knowledge required to develop the role of a specialist nurse/midwife in early pregnancy care.
Updated: 18 February 2025 -
Nurses Performing Ultrasound Scanning in Fertility Care
This guidance has been developed to support best practice for nurses working at advanced level practice on performing and reporting on ultrasound scanning, specially in fertility care. Nurses are well placed to develop competency in ultrasound scanning, which cam improve continuity of care, patient ...
Updated: 23 September 2024 -
Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff
One of the most important principles of safeguarding is that it is everyone’s responsibility. Health care staff frequently work with people in their moments of greatest need and can witness health and social inequalities which have a direct impact on the lives of people they care for. This updated d...
Updated: 4 September 2024 -
Sexual and Reproductive Health Competency Framework for Women Cared for in Prison
This competencies framework has been developed for nurses, midwives, and those supporting nursing teams, who provide sexual and reproductive health care to women in prison. It takes account of nursing teams who may have limited experience caring for pregnant women.
Updated: 12 December 2024 -
Education and Career Progression Framework for Fertility Nursing
This updated framework highlights recommended education and training pathways for career development within fertility nursing. It can be used to facilitate a conversation and enable career development for all nurses and HCSWs in fertility services.
Updated: 28 February 2025 -
The Voice of Nursing: Exhibition
You are invited to explore how nursing has changed over the last 100 years. With stories from nurses themselves and items from our unique collections, discover how the RCN has developed from a small professional women’s organisation in 1916 to become the Voice of Nursing in 2016.
Updated: 14 August 2025 -
Now
Since we were set up by a group of hospital matrons, the Royal College of Nursing has seen great changes. Today we are an influential nursing community where equality, diversity, human rights and inclusion and fundamental to nursing care.
Updated: 14 August 2025 -
Who
From Victorian times to the present day, the image of the nurse has taken on many roles in our imagination.
Updated: 14 August 2025 -
What
Major advances in medicine, changes in the NHS and the growth of nursing specialisms and research have changed the role of nursing dramatically in the last 100 years.
Updated: 14 August 2025
