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Dosage for liquid medicines
Find out more about how to calculate the right amount of liquid medicine to give a patient. Use practice examples to help you with your approach and explore the two main ways of calculating dosage, using mental arithmetic or a formula.
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Flow rate and IV drugs
Increase your knowledge when it comes to calculations relating to giving fluid medicines over a period of time (continuous infusions), for example, drugs provided intravenously through an IV line.
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The need for ethical thinking when working with risk of suicide
This blog explores the complex nature of working with people who may be recurrently suicidal and present to mental health services in crisis. These situations create ethical tensions between safety and autonomy, and the ‘action/consequences model’ offers some food for thought.
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Safety in numbers
Understand how to improve your confidence and competence when using maths as part of your nursing role. Use this resource to learn more about the importance of having sound maths skills for the provision of safe nursing care.
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Tackling number problems
Develop your maths skills with this step-by-step method to facing number challenges at work. Using the acronym ‘PEACE’, learn how to plan, estimate, approach, calculate and evaluate your answer.
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Metric units
When administrating medication to patients in small doses, prescriptions are commonly written in grams and milligrams. Use this resource to build your knowledge and confidence when it comes to converting metric units accurately.
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Educational programmes and services
RCN's Educational programmes and services provide a range of tools which can help organisations to improve patient care and patient experience in the UK
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COVID-19 Inquiry: how we made the voice of nursing heard in Module 3
Rose Gallagher shares how the RCN has represented our members during Module 3 of the COVID-19 Inquiry and held former decision makers to account.
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RCN Defence Forum Nurse Honours War Heroine Edith Cavell in Commemorative Ceremony
Corporal Rebecca Crisp from the Royal College of Nursing Defence Forum joins Chief Executive and esteemed colleagues in wreath-bearing tribute to Edith Cavell’s legacy of courage and sacrifice.
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Survey of RCN Members’ Experiences of Long COVID 2024
It is widely recognised that health care workers, including nursing staff, are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 and subsequently long COVID. This RCN survey report gives a snapshot of our members’ experiences of long COVID from a personal and professional perspective, including snapshots that illustrate the life changing financial, emotional and physical consequences of long COVID and at times is a difficult read. The report includes recommendations which are not only informed by these findings, but by the current experiences shared by our members and the support we’ve given them.
