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Modern Slavery and Trafficking: Guidance for Nurses and Midwives
More than 40 million people are trapped in modern slavery across the globe. This guidance (previously in pocket guide format) has been reviewed and updated to help nurses and midwives identify victims of slavery and help people find the assistance and support they need.
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Fair Pay For Nursing Representative Information Leaflet
Information for RCN representatives about the RCN Fair Pay For Nursing campaign.
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Guidance for Nurses and Midwives to Support Those Affected by Domestic Abuse
Domestic abuse is a significant safeguarding issue in all societies and is a challenge for everyone. This guidance has been reviewed and updated (previously in pocket guide format) in response to the recognition by the RCN of the need for nurses, midwives and health care support workers and all health care professionals to have an understanding of the impact of the domestic abuse of patients, clients and colleagues.
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Gender and Nursing as a Profession
This report explores and critiques the gendered construction of value within the nursing profession and evaluates how value is attributed to nursing, the value placed on individuals and the status of the profession. This work was commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing and undertaken as a collaboration between Oxford Brookes University and the RCN.
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Menopause: RCN Guidance for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors
To provide support and advice to women it is important that health care professionals understand the changes that women face at the time of their menopause and the issues related to improving health after menopause. This updated publication aims to help health care professionals gain awareness of the menopause and the safety and efficacy of modern therapy options available. This publication is endorsed by the British Menopause Society.
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Recognising World IBD Day - 19 May 2023
IBD is a significant disease and most nurses working in GI will have contact with patients with IBD, often at their most vulnerable. Nurses working within IBD care have an important role within the care and management of people living with IBD providing holistic, advanced care.
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The 3 L's: Listening Learning and Leading
The RCN Gastrointestinal (GI) Forum Annual Strategy Day is upon us once again and my first as Chair of this great Forum.
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Nursing confirmed as ‘most trusted profession’ as strike risk grows
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “This huge vote of confidence from the public will boost the morale of nursing staff as we head for strikes in December. The profession at the bottom of the list should be careful how it speaks to and about the one at the top."
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First strike dates announced by Royal College of Nursing after UK government declines NHS pay negotiations
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: "Ministers have had more than two weeks since we confirmed that our members felt such injustice that they would strike for the first time. My offer of formal negotiations was declined and instead ministers have chosen strike action. They have the power and the means to stop this by opening serious talks that address our dispute".
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Royal College of Nursing responds to the Prime Minister's comments about pay for nursing staff
Responding to the Prime Minister's comments that "we have enormous gratitude for our nurses" but that the RCN's pay claim is "unaffordable", RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: “Gratitude is not enough – it doesn’t pay the bills and it doesn’t stop nursing staff leaving the profession because they can no longer afford to be a nurse."