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Time to highlight the value of nursing in care homes
While the NHS is very much part of everyone’s life, most of us don’t engage with care homes until later in life. This may be during a crisis when a friend, relative or indeed we are in need of support and subsequently make contact with social care services.
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Our time to shine – nominate today
I cannot express how proud I was to be part of the first RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards. The shared passion and commitment to our profession filled the National Museum of Scotland in what was truly a night of celebration for nursing.
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Four years on from the passing of Scotland’s groundbreaking safe staffing legislation
Eileen Mckenna says that the Act’s implementation next year must deliver positive change.
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The student, the nursing support worker and the mysterious poly bag
Today is all about celebrating and recognising the contribution nursing support workers make across health and care services. I remember my first few weeks as a student nurse working in a medical ward.
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Celebrating Nurses’ Day the Care Home way
Earlier this month nursing staff across the world celebrated international nurses’ day, the anniversary of Florence Nightingales birth and an opportunity to recognise and showcase the important contribution nursing staff make.
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'It takes a lot of work to unlearn our own biases'
Kathrina Coronel, an internationally educated nurse from the Philippines who is working in Scotland, reflects on her journey to and experience of living in the UK.
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The pressures nursing staff are facing show no sign of relenting
On the face of it, the graphs might seem to be moving in the right direction, but there were still almost 12,000 people waiting more than four hours before being seen in Scotland’s A&E departments, according to the latest statistics for week ending 15 January 2023.
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Nursing support workers are here for us – and we’re here for them
Nursing support workers’ day is an important date in my calendar every year.
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How member experiences are helping shape guidance on implementing safe staffing legislation
At RCN Scotland, our Safe Staffing work programme is a key focus across all our teams. We’ve been helping shape the statutory guidance that will support implementation of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (or HCSA).
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Significance of work on pay system and nursing workforce can't be overstated
There's a lot at stake this summer, says Colin Poolman, and positive action needs to happen sooner rather than later to build the sustainable nursing workforce that Scotland needs.