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Keeping safe when working alone
This pocket guide will help prepare you for lone working. It provides a checklist to run through before a home visit, along with what to look out for whilst on a visit and what to report afterwards. Remember, The NMC Code states that you should take account of your own personal safety as well as those you care for
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Personal safety when working alone: guidance for members working in health and social care
This short guide has been developed for members who work alone. It also contains a checklist for RCN safety representatives who work on negotiating improvements to workplace safety for members and nurse managers who manage lone working staff. For those wanting more in-depth information on lone working, there is a list of sources of further information in the back of the guide
Updated: 4 February 2021 -
Regulation and recognition
Lindsay Cardwell says it’s time for assistant practitioners to be regulated
Updated: 15 October 2021 -
How to support staff off sick with work-related stress
RCN steward Phil Noyes shares his advice on how to make sure members experiencing work-related stress get the sick pay they're entitled to
Updated: 15 October 2021 -
From Congress to constitution
RCN members have influenced a new law in England and Wales to better protect nursing staff from assaults
Updated: 17 May 2021 -
Intensive care: My first day in the numbers
Newly qualified nurse, Michael, talks us through his first shift in the numbers in intensive care.
Updated: 24 August 2021 -
Spotlight on Amie Spiller, Student Nurse
This month we caught up with Student Nurse, Amie Spiller, who is just finishing her nurse training. Amie spoke very passionately as she reflected on what inspired her to train, her experiences as a student nurse and what the future holds for her.
Updated: 15 October 2021 -
Having a family toolkit
This maternity toolkit is designed to provide you with all the information you need about maternity leave, pay, changing employment and your rights on returning to work. This resource is to be used in conjunction with the pregnancy toolkit which covers all our pregnancy related FAQs.
Updated: 30 May 2022
