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The Role of the Link Nurse in Infection Prevention and Control
This resource aims to support link nurses, specialist teams, and managers who may be using or considering a link nurse system and specifically outlines the benefits of implementing link nurse roles for infection prevention and control (IPC).
Updated: 14 August 2021 -
Staffing for Safe and Effective Care: State of the nation’s labour nursing market 2022
This report examines nursing workforce data from January 2020 through the COVID-19 pandemic, to the present day. In the past two years, the complex external context has only highlighted and exacerbated existing, long-standing issues with health and care workforce supply and retention in the UK. This...
Updated: 5 July 2022 -
RCN Submission to the NHS Pay Review Body: 2022/23 Pay Round
This year’s submission from the RCN to the Pay Review Body sets out the case for a substantial, restorative, pay rise above inflation to address the nursing workforce crisis and the long-term reduction in the value of nursing pay.
Updated: 11 March 2022 -
Implementing the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016
The passing of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016, the first of its kind in Europe, stands as a testament to the ability of the organisation to campaign effectively, to engage in political and legislative processes with evidence, and to support both the introduction and passage of key legisl...
Updated: 26 July 2022 -
Raising the Bar
In November 2021, the RCN commissioned an independent review to identify and compare international definitions and guidance used to describe standard and transmission-based infection prevention control precautions and reflect on the implications of those for contemporary nursing practice and the int...
Updated: 12 September 2022 -
Thinking About Your Career
This leaflet outlines the support offered by the RCN's Careers Service and provides tips on putting together a CV, writing a supporting statement and preparing for an interview.
Updated: 20 August 2022 -
Tools of the Trade
Updated RCN guidance for health care staff on glove use and the prevention of work-related dermatitis. In collaboration with Molnlycke and SC Johnson
Updated: 27 September 2022 -
RCN Forums and Networks Review Report
The aim of the forums and networks review was to look at and recommend ways in which their function can be optimised, and their professional profile raised to greater effect. To help achieve this, the review set out to define the purpose and role of forums and networks, establish a framework to supp...
Updated: 30 October 2022 -
RCN Foundation Annual Report 2021
RCN Foundation Annual Report 2021
Updated: 11 October 2022 -
RCNi Annual Report 2021
RCNi Annual Report 2021
Updated: 11 October 2022