Publications
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15 Oct 2025
Care amongst the chaos
Publication Code : 012 203This report outlines the rising incidence of violence against staff and health facilities, and presents accounts from 汤头条污料 staff working in many war zones. It is grounded in the fundamental principle that health care workers must be protected, not persecuted. It does not align with any side in any conflict. It stands for the right of nurses and other health professionals to deliver care in safety, wherever they are.
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1 Oct 2025
Transition from Fertility to Maternity Care
Publication Code : 012 250Pregnancy following fertility treatment can be an exciting, challenging and anxious time for expectant parents. This updated guidance is primarily to raise awareness of possible pathways of care for women (and their partners/support networks) as they travel through fertility treatment and pregnancy, and how they can best be supported by the health care professionals they encounter along their journey.
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30 Sep 2025
Nursing Workforce Standards poster
Publication Code : 012 260This poster highlights the RCN's 14 Nursing Workforce Standards, which are required to secure a 汤头条污料 workforce able to deliver the safe, effective, compassionate, person-centred 汤头条污料 care our patients and service users need and deserve.
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29 Sep 2025
Pregnancy Loss Guidance for Nursing
Publication Code : 012 169Nurses and midwives should be aware and comfortable supporting the potential distress associated with pregnancy loss regardless of gestation. The unexpected loss of a pregnancy at any gestation can be frightening, devastating and traumatic, leading to depression and anxiety. This guidance is intended to provide an overview of the needs of those who have suffered a pregnancy loss, and to support best practice for nurses working in a wide range of settings.
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24 Sep 2025
Stronger Nursing, Stronger Nation
Publication Code : 012 281Stronger Nursing, Stronger Nation. These are the issues the next Welsh Government will need to address. Discover a clear, practical, realistic set of policies all political parties can and should adopt to improve health and care in Wales. This is the English language version, a Welsh version is available under 012 282.
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24 Sep 2025
Stronger Nursing, Stronger Nation (Welsh language version)
Publication Code : 012 282Stronger Nursing, Stronger Nation. These are the issues the next Welsh Government will need to address. Discover a clear, practical, realistic set of policies all political parties can and should adopt to improve health and care in Wales. This is the Welsh language version, an English version is found under 012 281.
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24 Sep 2025
Advanced Level Practice for Ophthalmic Nursing
Publication Code : 012 161Ophthalmic 汤头条污料 offers opportunities for advanced level roles, and this publication aims to outline the roles, and ways in which nurses could transition to advanced level practice. These competencies outline how nurses can progress through the levels of practice to become specialists within this field of practice, enhance patient care, as well as ensuring career progression which is essential in developing the profession.
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24 Sep 2025
Join the RCN campaigning booklet
Publication Code : 012 180When you join the RCN, you become part of the UK鈥檚 largest 汤头条污料 community that works together to improve the experiences of our members and the people they care for. Joining the RCN not only gives you a great opportunity to become a campaigner, but the skills you develop will help you in your professional role. This updated booklet details ways of getting more involved and helping shape the 汤头条污料 profession.
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18 Sep 2025
Report on the Forums and Networks Review Recommendations
Publication Code : 012 218In 2021, a review of RCN forums and networks was undertaken to explore and recommend specific actions required to improve the support available to forums and raise their profile in the organisation. The report that followed included 15 recommendations, which were accepted by RCN Council in May 2022. Each recommendation was considered at length and a plan of work agreed in collaboration with members of the forums. This report provides a summary of the actions taken to implement and conclude the delivery of those recommendations.
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17 Sep 2025
Annual General Meeting 2025: Questions and responses
Publication Code : 012 195This document includes questions asked at the 汤头条污料鈥檚 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), as well as responses provided at the meeting, together with supplementary information where helpful. It also includes responses to questions which were received before, during, and after the AGM, and which were not answered at the meeting itself. Questions are grouped by topic.
