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  • Alison Paterson Alison Paterson 22 Apr 2024

    Safe staffing is vital to patient outcomes

    Alison Paterson, Eastern member of the Professional Nursing Committee, talks about the RCN’s crucial work on safe staffing.

  • Ian Graham Ian Graham 19 Apr 2024

    How You can help Unions resolve Stress in the Workplace

    April is Stress Awareness Month and to reflect on strategies for organising around stress, Ian Graham, RCN Health and Safety Rep for the East Midlands writes about his experience and frustrations dealing with excessive stress and how he and his co-workers organised their own risk assessment.

  • Nurses' Day 2024 graphic - blue background and orange swirls with a round nurses' day badge in the top right and 'The difference nursing makes' text in white font 800x400 Lucy Muchina Lucy Muchina 19 Apr 2024

    International Nurses' Day

    Every year in May, the world gets the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the nursing profession. International Nurses’ Day falls on 12 May each year, to coincide with Florence Nightingale’s birthday.

  • Colin-Baker-PNC-800x400 Colin Baker Colin Baker 10 Apr 2024

    Professional Nursing Committee report from your South West member

    It has been a busy start to the year in the Professional Nursing Committee (PNC). 

  • Sandra Blades Sandra Blades 8 Apr 2024

    Dancing and music therapy in the community

    Following my blog on the Teesside Community approach to dementia care my colleague Marie Kerr has written more information about the dances and music therapy to promote health and well being to clients in the South Tees area.

  • Regina Murphy Keith Regina Murphy Keith 7 Apr 2024

    Can we really end hunger by 2030?

    On World Health Day, RCN Fellow Dr Regina Keith calls on nurses to use their voice to help achieve global targets to end food insecurity and hunger. 

  • Nancy Ghansah Nancy Ghansah 4 Apr 2024

    Asbestos and your workplace

    Nancy Ghansah, RCN London Health and Safety Representative Committee Member, highlights the risks of asbestos in health and social care workplaces.

  • AFC-Review-Web-2 Julie Lamberth Julie Lamberth 28 Mar 2024

    We must make sure the opportunity is not missed

    I know I’m not the only RCN member working in the NHS who has been feeling frustrated at the delay in putting the Agenda for Change review recommendations into practice. Many of you have expressed your frustration to me and on social media.

  • Penny Sibthorp Penny Sibthorp 28 Mar 2024

    'I am not an imposter - I am a work in progress'

    This blog will identify the common feeling of imposter syndrome experienced by many nurses in any clinical setting - but that self-growth is a journey and that you need to enjoy the experience and embrace change.

  • June Andrews June Andrews 28 Mar 2024

    Why does dementia sometimes destroy family relationships? How understanding can help

    RCN Fellow Professor June Andrews reflects on her professional work supporting people with dementia and their families, from her view as a nurse and also as a family carer.