Blogs
Read the latest opinions from the RCN in Wales
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23 Dec 2024
Happy Holidays ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥“ reflections on a busy year for nursing at RCN Wales
Jackie Davies, RCN Wales Board Chair, looks back on her 2024 highlights for nursing and takes a moment to reflect for health care staff in Wales working over the festive period.
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26 Sep 2024
Impact matters in health care
Impact matters in health care. On the face of it, this seems like such an obvious statement. Of course it matters; itÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s why we do what we do. ItÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s only when we stop to think of human experiences that the word ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥˜impactÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ is meaningful.
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11 Jul 2024
A focus on school nursing in Wales
Majella shares the work the RCN Wales independent sector and community advisers have been doing with school nurses in Wales.
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3 Jul 2024
RCN Wales Library for independent health and social care
How RCN Wales members working in the independent health and social care (IHSC) sector can make use of all that our library and information service has to offer.
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2 May 2024
The power of connection
Pam shares how the RCN has been working to connect our members across independent health and social care 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 WalesÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s 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
ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥œIt is essential when working with children with additional needs that they are given a voiceÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥
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.