Blogs
Read the latest opinions from the RCN in Wales
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blog posts
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1 Nov 2023
How becoming a Learning Disability Nurse really can exceed your expectations
Did I know what a career in learning disability nursing would be like? Did I know the rewards it would bring and what I could achieve before I started over 26 years ago?
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1 Nov 2023
What do learning disability nurses do?
Professor Ruth Northway OBE FRCN, Learning Disability Advisor at RCN Wales, tackles the lack of awareness around learning disability nursing.
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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
ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥˜JustÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ Anxiety?ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ - 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 everyoneÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s 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.
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28 Mar 2023
What Nursing means to me
Nursing has been my life. From my experience as very young child undergoing multiple orthopaedic operations, I knew I wanted to be a nurse.
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19 Jan 2023
Strike action - past and future
Nicky Hughes, Associate Director of Nursing, reflects on her time on picket lines in Wales and England, and talks about upcoming strike action
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9 Jan 2023
Back to school
Student nurses, this back-to-school blog is for you!
