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  • Professor Pam Smith Professor Pam Smith 17 Jul 2025

    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.

  • Esther Kuria Esther Kuria 15 Jul 2025

    Fibroid awareness month

    The purpose of this Blog is to shed light on fibroids, break the silence and emphasise the urgent need for greater awareness. By understanding the challenges women face and exploring innovative ways to support them, we can improve their quality of life.

  • Lawrence Whyte Lawrence Whyte 14 Jul 2025

    The everyday reality of acute in-patient care

    This Blog looks at the every day experience of working in acute in-patient mental health units.

  • Abigail Swindail Abigail Swindail Abigail Swindail 11 Jul 2025

    Speaking up, stepping forward: Advancing digital health in nursing

    How representing Wales at RCN Congress reinforced Abigail's commitment to advancing digital health in nursing.

  • Stacey Finlay Stacey Finlay 9 Jul 2025

    Focusing on frailty is key to reducing falls

    Falls and frailty are linked in a cycle of harm. In this blog, I share why to prevent falls in older people living with frailty, we need to shift our focus away from a sole focus on risk avoidance and towards preventing and reversing frailty.

  • Lyndsey Dunn Lyndsey Dunn 9 Jul 2025

    Time matters: embracing a person centred approach to discharge planning

    Discharge planning is a crucial component of patient care that often goes unnoticed until it becomes a pressing issue. This Blog looks at embracing a person centred approach to discharge planning.

  • Michael Fanning Michael Fanning 9 Jul 2025

    Get Out The Vote - taking time to invest in you and your colleagues

    Getting out the vote - time spent now is investing in the future,

  • Sally Bassett Sally Bassett 8 Jul 2025

    Don't waste your vote: why the RCN AGM matters

    Why your vote is important at the RCN AGM.

  • RCN Council member for the South West Ashleigh Taylor talking to RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger and a group of RCN members in front of an RCN Bath Branch stand Ashleigh Taylor Ashleigh Taylor 7 Jul 2025

    I have just three points to make…

    I was very sad to hear the news that the amazing Dame June Clark passed away in June this year. I met June several times at Congress, and she always gave sage advice. She used to be the head of the School of Nursing in Swansea and believe me, she was a force to be reckoned with. Whenever she came to the microphone at Congress she would always start with the words: "I have just three points to make". I dedicate this blog to her. 

  • Sue Campbell Sue Campbell 4 Jul 2025

    Raising the profile of pioneering nurses at the Glasgow Science Festival

    This blog highlights our experience of running two events at the Glasgow Science Festival which shared the stories of pioneering nurses from Glasgow - tabletop activities in a museum and a walking tour of the Glasgow Necropolis cemetery with Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.

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