Blogs
Read the latest opinions from the RCN in Wales
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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.
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19 Jan 2024
Bringing festive cheer to Wales蜜桃直播檚 most vulnerable
Homeless outreach nurse, Matthew Tovey, shows what can be achieved when a community pulls together to bring a little Christmas spirit to the most vulnerable in society.
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18 Jan 2024
January is Love Your Liver awareness month
Tara Rees, lead nurse practitioner for the hepatology service at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and RCN Wales Nurse of the Year 2023, explains why better understanding of our liver and taking care of it is so important.
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3 Dec 2023
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Leanne Evans, a nursing team leader at a special school tells us how awareness of and support for disabilities has changed for the better.
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17 Nov 2023
The benefits of a roundtable discussion - and a care home provider success story
Why independent sector nursing staff should attend our roundtable discussions - and how one care home provider successfully negotiated funding for their health care support workers to study nursing with the Open University while continuing employment in their workplace.
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29 Jul 2023
Get ready to vote in the consultative ballot on the new Welsh government offer
Nicky Hughes, Associate Director of Nursing (Employment Relations), talks about the importance of using your vote.
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22 Jun 2023
How a nursing home placement shattered my preconceptions about social care and care home nursing
Bangor University mental health nursing student, Sioned Jones, reflects on her placement in a mental health nursing home.
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18 May 2023
Member power: reflections from the picket lines
As RCN Congress considers how members can build on the undeniable collective power of their voices to further strengthen their influence and positive public opinion, Nicky Hughes, RCN Wales Director of Nursing (Employment Relations) shares strike day highlights from members who were on the picket lines in December.
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17 May 2023
蜜桃直播楯ust蜜桃直播� Anxiety?蜜桃直播� - Mental Health Awareness Week 2023
Jenifer French, RCN Wales Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurse Adviser, talks us through this year's focus for Mental Health Awareness week and stresses the need for those with severe mental illness to not be left behind.
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16 May 2023
Improving equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace is everyone蜜桃直播檚 responsibility
As RCN Congress discusses how it can support and improve awareness of unconscious bias within health care, Kokila Swamynathan, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Inclusion and Diversity Manager and new RCN Wales Board member, reflects on her personal and professional experience of unconscious bias.
