Blogs
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29 Feb 2024
鈥楧elivering transformational change won鈥檛 always be easy or comfortable鈥
RCN President Sheila Sobrany outlines the work we鈥檙e undertaking to realise our ambition to become the truly representative union our diverse profession demands and deserves.
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29 Feb 2024
Nurses supporting social care staff and residents鈥 wellbeing through gardening and gardens
The Elsie Wagg Innovation Scholarship funded by the Queen鈥檚 Nursing Institute and the National Garden Scheme gave us the opportunity to deliver a project that showed the positive effects of gardening on the health and well-being of social care staff and residents. Additionally, the project emphasised the role of nurses in health promotion and helping people to live and age well. Furthermore, it showed how we found a common ground in gardening, which created a meaningful connection between my nursing colleagues, social care staff, residents and I.
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29 Feb 2024
Listening event on the Hughes report publication
The Hughes report follows a review by Baroness Cumberlege (鈥楩irst do no harm鈥 2020), commissioned by Mr Jeremy Hunt when he was Health Minister, that separately reviewed outcomes of three historical health interventions - pelvic mesh, sodium valproate & Primodos. One of the outcomes from the Cumberlege report was to appoint a Patient Safety Commissioner who would take forward the recommendations from the Cumberlege review.
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28 Feb 2024
The dream of true recognition for our profession.
Introducing our new NW Professional Nursing Committee Rep.
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28 Feb 2024
Gaslight
This blog has been submitted by a member who wishes to remain anonymous, for reasons that will become clear as you read it. Bullying is a common phenomenon for nurses, with around a quarter of the nursing family experiencing bullying in the past year. This blog highlights my personal experience of 鈥済aslighting鈥 - a specific type of bullying, and how I am gradually recovering from this.
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28 Feb 2024
Do you ever wonder what your RCN South West Regional Board does?
As your South West RCN Regional Board Chair, I wanted to share key messages from our Board meeting this month. Did you know that all RCN members in the South West can attend the open part of the board meeting via MS teams and participate in the discussions?
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22 Feb 2024
Male Factor Fertility publication
This blog explores the recent publication from the Fertility Nursing Forum focusing on male factor fertility. We also focus on the collaboration of specialist team members to write the document.
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21 Feb 2024
History of Nursing Forum volunteers receive the Wikimedia UK, Partnership of the Year Award
History of Nursing Forum volunteers for the 'Women in Red鈥 project, which uploads nursing history to the Wikipedia website, received the above award at the annual Wikimedia UK community on-line meeting in November 2023.
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21 Feb 2024
Celebrating Mental Health Nurses鈥 Day
The 天美传媒鈥檚 Mental Health Forum wants to acknowledge and thank all mental health nursing staff across the UK and beyond for everything they do to support the care, treatment, and recovery of people from all walks of life.
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14 Feb 2024
What matters to you?
Has anyone lately asked, 鈥榳hat matters to you?鈥 What matters to you as an individual? What matters to our patients? What about as a staff member?