Blogs
405
blog posts
-
18 Jun 2024
Championing diversity in your workplace
Sanjay Dhrona discusses creating an inclusive environment and how he makes sure everyone feels welcome and supported at his care home.
-
17 Jun 2024
Let's bring incontinence out of the shadows
During World Continence Week, RCN Fellow Professor Nikki Cotterill shares how we all can help raise the profile of bladder and bowel leakage.
-
14 Jun 2024
Treating anxiety and depression in mesothelioma patients
Rachel Thomas discusses her work treating patients and families affected by a diagnosis of mesothelioma, a cancer that affects the pleura around the lung or around the abdominal cavity.
-
14 Jun 2024
Empowering nursing staff through coaching
Georgina Turner discusses how she became a coach and the benefits coaching can bring for nursing staff.
-
7 Jun 2024
The 5 best things about being a General Practice Nurse
Claire Blake discusses how she got started with her career in general practice nursing and what she loves most about it.
-
7 Jun 2024
Celebrating our amazing profession at RCN Congress
Acting RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the past week at Congress, including the launch of the RCN UK General Election Manifesto.
-
4 Jun 2024
The role of the specialist nurse in supporting patients with endometriosis self-management
March is Endometriosis awareness month, and this offers the opportunity to raise awareness of the condition and the impact it can have on women living with it. The specialist nurse is a key healthcare practitioner in providing expert care to all women with endometriosis.
-
31 May 2024
Putting EDI at the heart of the RCN
RCN President Sheila Sobrany reflects on the launch of the RCN's EDI strategy and how consideration, reflection and impactful action on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) will be embedded in the College.
-
31 May 2024
A meeting of minds: our first full Fellows event of the year
RCN Fellow Professor Daniel Kelly reflects on our recent Fellows’ event, where a dynamic group of nursing experts came together to share interests, opinion and ideas.
-
29 May 2024
Louisa’s Lament: where history meets fiction.
This book review explores the writing of 'Louisa's lament', a novel which sheds light on a group of pioneering nurses in 1880, and the trouble they experienced. For me it was a good read - a fascinating glimpse into history, with resonance for contemporary organisational conflict.
