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448 blog posts
  • Luke Evans Luke Evans 14 Feb 2024

    Voicing your passion

    Nurses often find it challenging to speak up due to lack of psychological safety. This blog seeks to share that even those in leadership still feel like an imposter and encourages nurses of all levels to give voice to their passion.

  • Hospital bed Sandy Harding Sandy Harding 12 Feb 2024

    Bed 19

    Sandy shares how her daughter was referred to as her bed number throughout her hospital stay and discusses the importance of communication in patient care.

  • Professor Nicola Ranger Professor Nicola Ranger 6 Feb 2024

    HIV Testing Week

    For HIV Testing Week, RCN Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger writes about why she's determined to be part of ending the HIV epidemic.

  • Professor Daniel Kelly Professor Daniel Kelly 4 Feb 2024

    Eliminating cervical cancer: closing the gap

    On World Cancer Day, RCN Fellow Professor Daniel Kelly takes stock of the significant progress made against this cancer – but says there’s more to do.

  • Sarah Dodsworth Sarah Dodsworth 1 Feb 2024

    Looking ahead to 2024

    Now that the year is in full swing, Regional Director for Yorkshire and the Humber, Sarah Dodsworth, looks ahead to what's in store in 2024.

  • Theresa Porrett Theresa Porrett 1 Feb 2024

    Nursing pay spine and safe staffing are key issues for year ahead

    A belated Happy New Year and I’m looking forward to the coming 12 months as we focus on key professional nursing issues.

  • Samantha Spence Samantha Spence 31 Jan 2024

    Being on Agenda Committee was the RCN experience of a lifetime

    Samantha Spence, former member of Agenda Committee, reflects on her experience and encourages members to apply.

  • Money Colin Poolman Colin Poolman 31 Jan 2024

    Long term investment needed to ensure safe staffing

    The reports of the level of efficiency savings or budget cuts that Scotland’s Health Boards are facing are extremely concerning, as are the reports of some of the approaches health boards are looking at to deliver these savings.

  • Professor Pat Cullen Professor Pat Cullen 31 Jan 2024

    A seismic shift for nursing: valuing our profession

    Nursing is not a calling. Or a vocation. Or ‘women’s work’. We are a profession; we are experts; we are leaders. There is an art and a science to what we do.

  • Sheilabye Sobrany Sheilabye Sobrany 26 Jan 2024

    A new year in nursing

    In her first blog of the year, RCN President Sheila Sobrany sets out her vision for the year ahead.