What's in a smile? The emotional labour of nursing

RCN Fellow Professor Pam Smith explores the impact of emotional labour on nursing staff and patients.

RCN and SOM Occupational Health Nursing Conference 2025

Join us in-person or online - the choice is yours. Bookings now open.

Supporting our members who work in care homes

Resources for supporting our members who work in care homes

Research funding opportunities

Finding research funding

RCN 2019 research conference

3-5 September 2019, Sheffield, England, UK

Previous Winifred Raphael Memorial Lectures

The Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture (WRML) is one of the main events in the RCN Research Society calendar

Previous RCN research conferences

RCN 2018 research conference

16-18 April 2018, Birmingham, England, UK

A timeline of professorial inaugural lectures

This page is a growing list of lectures from the nursing and midwifery professoriate

Innovation in nursing

Nurses and health care professionals can benefit from using innovation in their practice.