Subject Guides
These guides provide key resources, books and journals related to nursing specialties. We produce them in collaboration with RCN Forums.
are also available on a range of topics including revalidation, study skills, neurodiversity, LGBTQ+ health and IELTS, OET and OSCE exams.
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Title | Synonyms |
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Advanced Nursing Practice | Nurse practitioner, Advanced clinical practitioner, Advanced nurse practitioner |
Bladder and Bowel | Incontinence, Catheter, Urinary, Urology, Bladder, Faecal |
Cancer Care | Cancer, Carcinoma, Tumor, Malignancy, Oncology |
Care Homes | Nursing homes, Residential care, Older people |
Care of Older People | Elderly services, Ageing |
Children and Young People: Endocrinology and Diabetes | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, Endocrinology, Diabetes |
Children and Young People: Medicines Management | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, Medicine, Drug administration |
Children and Young People: Mental Health Promotion | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, Psychiatry, Suicide, Self-harm, Emotional wellbeing |
Children and Young People: Palliative Care | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, palliative care |
Children and Young People: Sepsis | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, Sepsis, Septic shock, Meningitis |
Children and Young People: Transition to Adult Services | Paediatric, Adolescent, CYP, Transitional care, Complex health needs |
Critical Appraisal | Evaluation, Critique, Appraise, Research, Dissertation |
Critical Care and Flight Nursing. | Intensive care, Aviation medicine |
Defence Nursing Services | Military nursing |
Dementia | Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Care of older people |
Diabetes | Diabetes mellitus, Glycaemic control, Gestational diabetes, Type 1, Type 2 |
Digital Nursing | Informatics, Telehealth, Electronic patient records, Mobile technology, eHealth |
District and Community Nursing | District nursing, Community nursing |
Domestic Abuse | Domestic abuse, domestic violence |
Emergency Care | A&E, Urgent care, Paramedic practice |
End of Life Care | Palliative care, Death, Dying, Terminal care |
ENT and Maxillofacial Nursing | Ear nose and throat, Otolaryngology, Otorhinolaryngology, Rhinolaryngology, Maxillofacial nursing |
Fertility Nursing | Reproductive health, Infertility, Miscarriage |
Gastroenterology | Digestive system; Gastrointestinal; CrohnÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Stoma care; Colorectal cancer |
General Practice Nursing | GPN, General practice |
HCAs, APs and TNAs | Health care assistants, Healthcare assistants, Healthcare support workers, Assistant practitioners, Trainee nursing associates, Nursing associates, HCSWs |
History of Nursing | Nursing history, Medical history, Military nursing history, Defence Nursing history |
Infection Prevention and Control | Microbiology, Infection control, antimicrobial resistance |
Leadership | Clinical leadership, Nursing leadership, Political leadership, Nursing management |
Learning Disability Nursing | Intellectual disability, Safeguarding, Health inequalities |
Medicines Management | Medicines, prescribing, medicines management, Administration of medicines |
Mental Health Nursing | Psychiatric nursing, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Mental Health Nurse Practitioner |
Midwifery | Maternity care, Antenatal, Postnatal, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Neonatal care, Newborn |
Neurosciences | Neuroscience, Nervous system, Brain, Stroke |
Nursing in Justice and Forensic Health | Prison nursing, Criminal justice services nursing, Forensic nursing, Prisoner health, Offender health nursing, Mental health nursing, |
Occupational Health | Occupational health nursing, Employee wellbeing, Fitness for work, Fit for work, Health and safety at work |
Ophthalmic Nursing Services | Eye disorders, Eyes, Ophthalmology |
Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing | Orthopaedic, Orthopedic, Musculoskeletal, Trauma |
Pain | Pain; chronic pain; acute pain; neurological pain; pain and palliative care; pain management |
Perioperative Care | Theatre nursing, Surgical nursing, Surgery, Preoperative, Intraoperative, Postoperative, Recovery room |
Practice Based Learning | Practice supervision, Practice supervisor, Practice assessment, Practice assessor, Placements, Clinical placement, Mentoring, Mentorship |
Public Health | Health education, Health promotion, Preventing ill health, Health protection, Health inequalities |
RCN Reps | Trade union representatives, Learning reps, Safety reps, Stewards |
Rheumatology | Rheumatoid arthritis, Gout, Joints |
Safeguarding | Vulnerable adults, Children, CYP, Older people, Learning disabilities, Harm, Abuse, Protection |
Sepsis | Sepsis, Septic shock, care home, care homes, older people, nursing home, blood poisoning, |
Sexual Health | sexual health; reproductive health; contraception; HIV |
Staffing for Safe and Effective Care | Staffing levels, Nurse staffing, Safe staffing |
Sustainable Nursing Practice | Sustainability, sustainable development |
Travel Health | Travel medicine, Travel vaccination |
Using and Doing Research | Research, resources |
Wellbeing, Self Care and Resilience | Emotional resilience, Stress |
Women's Health | Women, Female, Gynaecological, Menopause, Pregnancy, Pregnant, FGM, Genital, |