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Prescribing in pregnancy
As nursing practice advances to encompass prescribing, this resource offers signposting to further information about the principles of good practice when caring for and prescribing medication to pregnant and postnatal women.
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Patient Specific Directions and Patient Group Directions
Learn more about Patient Specific Directions (PSD), which is a written instruction signed by a prescriber for medicines to be supplied and/or administered to a named patient after being assessed.
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Student loan forgiveness would keep nurses in profession for up to a decade longer
Nursing education must see investment from ministers, as an RCN report reveals the positive impact funding could have on staff numbers and patient care
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Royal College of Nursing responds to health secretary’s pledge to ‘rebuild the health service’ ahead of NHS 10 Year Plan launch
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger, said: “A fundamental shift from hospital to community is crucial, but the reality is that today’s NHS simply does not have the nursing numbers to deliver it. Without new investment, the number of community nurses will stay on track to be half what it was two decades ago."
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Fixing the Leaking Pipeline
In this RCN Policy report we assess the gaps in the domestic nursing supply pipeline which (1) limit the potential output (2) cause nursing students to leave their studies and (3) lead to early career nurses leaving. Based on this, we recommend a package of interventions to fix the pipeline and resolve issues of high attrition and low output.
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RCN Professional Leads for nursing practice
Our Professional Leads provide guidance and support to RCN Forums, which are made up of ordinary members with a passion for improving practice in their specialism.
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Raising the voice of the specialist nurse
UK Professional Lead Long Term Conditions, Callum Metcalfe-O'Shea, explains how on behalf of the Diabetes Forum, his attendance at vital conferences can help raise the voice of specialist nursing to promote roles and improvements in care.
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Nurses would stay in the NHS for up to 10 extra years if their student loans were ‘forgiven’, major report finds
NHS nurses would stay in their jobs for between 7-10 extra years if the government forgave their student debt, new research has found.
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Pathways into nursing: recruitment and retention
RCN President Bejoy Sebastian reflects on a visit from His Majesty King Charles III and the RCN’s new report into recruitment and retention.
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Determination to speak out: My Journey as an ethnic minority union representative in NHS Scotland
On international day for the elimination of racial discrimination, one RCN Scotland Steward shares their personal experiences of speaking up for members within NHS Scotland.
