Blogs
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blog posts
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17 May 2023
‘Just’ Anxiety?’ - Mental Health Awareness Week 2023
Jenifer French, RCN Wales Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurse Adviser, talks us through this year's focus for Mental Health Awareness week and stresses the need for those with severe mental illness to not be left behind.
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16 May 2023
Improving equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace is everyone’s responsibility
As RCN Congress discusses how it can support and improve awareness of unconscious bias within health care, Kokila Swamynathan, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Inclusion and Diversity Manager and new RCN Wales Board member, reflects on her personal and professional experience of unconscious bias.
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12 May 2023
Nightingale and Empire: time for a rethink
Now is an opportune moment to consider the implications of Florence Nightingale’s legacy.
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11 May 2023
Together we can combat loneliness
Emma Bird, the Eastern region's RCN Student Committee member, suggests nursing students should combat loneliness by helping each other.
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11 May 2023
At the Sharp End
Chukwudubem (Chuks) Ifeajuna, RCN South East Safety Rep Committee Member looks at the RCN’s work to protect members from sharps injuries.
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11 May 2023
Forever grateful for my YTS experience
I’ve been a qualified nurse for 31 years. I originally wanted to be a policewoman, but I hated sixth form as all my friends had left school, so I left too and joined a Youth Training Scheme (YTS) working in a nursing home.
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9 May 2023
Further reflections on grief during COVID-19 from a personal & professional perspective
There are ongoing consequences of the pandemic with the full impact yet unknown. One of the most distressing consequences is on bereavement. The aim of this blog is to raise awareness of the need for good bereavement support with nurses being in a crucial position to help.
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5 May 2023
Strength. Unity. Resolve
Our Chief Executive Pat Cullen considers crucial next steps in our campaign for fair pay and patient safety.
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5 May 2023
75 years of the NHS - Nursing then and now
This blog reflects on the content of an issue of the Nursing Times from July 1948, days before the NHS was launched. The blog identifies some nursing issues from that year that remain current today e.g. pay, but also highlights areas of positive change within the profession i.e. it is more diverse.
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26 Apr 2023
International Workers’ Memorial Day – Organising for safer workplaces
In her second blog as Chair of the RCN UK Safety Representatives’ Committee, Elspeth Caithness looks at why we need to get organised on health and safety in the workplace.
