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Just About to Graduate
This booklet is a helpful guide for nursing students about to graduate and embark on their nursing career. It contains information on getting on the NMC register, preceptorship, revalidation and how the RCN can support members.
Updated: 17 August 2021 -
SenseMaker: the lived experience of nursing in Northern Ireland during a pandemic 2020/2021
This publication is a summary report of a qualitative survey commissioned by RCN Northern Ireland to identify nurses’ experience of delivering care and treatment across a range of settings during the period April 2020 to March 2021. Not only was 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, ...
Updated: 16 January 2022 -
FPFN A4 portrait public engagement poster
Showing you support nursing staff taking strike action has never been easier. Our print-at-home posters are a great place to start.
Updated: 24 April 2023 -
FPFN A4 landscape public engagement poster
Showing you support nursing staff taking strike action has never been easier. Our print-at-home posters are a great place to start.
Updated: 24 April 2023 -
Impact of the RCN independent critique (March 2021) of the evidence underpinning infection prevention and control for COVID-19 in the United Kingdom
In December 2021, the RCN commissioned a follow-up to its March 2021 independent review of the evidence underpinning infection prevention and control for COVID-19 in the UK. This latest critique suggests that the methodology adopted to conduct the rapid review of evidence (November 2021) underpinnin...
Updated: 13 December 2022 -
Library and Archive Service quarterly report: October-December 2021.
Library and Archive Service quarterly report: October-December 2021.
Updated: 18 January 2025 -
How to safely support and promote play within health care settings
This publication provides guidance to staff working across the health and care setting on the use of play materials and equipment to facilitate play. The importance of play cannot be underestimated and consideration of infection prevention and control elements is central to supporting its continuity...
Updated: 8 November 2022 -
Guidance on Pin Site Care
Infection in pin and wire site wounds remains a significant problem for patients being treated with external fixation. Many factors play a part in the prevention of pin site infection. This updated publication includes guidance on the practice of pin site care based on expert opinion.
Updated: 18 July 2022 -
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
