Early career nurses network events

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), where do nurses fit in?

AMR is a global health emergency and a growing inequality issue. I attended an RCN hosted AMR Summit which explored how nurses can lead through stewardship, infection prevention, and public advocacy to protect antibiotics for future generations.

Health Care Careers for Displaced People Scheme - Official Launch

The RCN King's Nursing Cadet team are proud to announce the official launch of their Health Care Careers for Displaced People Scheme, funded by Health Improvement and Education Wales

Bedfordshire Hospitals - your rights to pay for additional hours

The RCN has become aware of a pay discrepancy for staff who work voluntary additional hours in their contractual role - overtime in the traditional sense.

Gender Pay Gap Report 2022

A report outlining the statistics of the gender pay gap at the Royal College of Nursing, 2022.

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.

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 mean...

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.

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.

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.