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Publications

RCN publications cover a wide range of topics varying from clinical guidance to employment relations issues to advice on bullying. To reproduce RCN publications please complete the copyright request form and we’ll be in touch.



  • 8 Oct 2012

    Annual report and accounts 2011-12

    Publication Code : 004260

    Annual report highlighting key areas and achievements in the RCN's work during the financial year 2011-12, and focuses on the contribution made by members and staff to deliver a better deal for nurses and for patients. The report reviews the year's events. Includes the Report of Council and the full financial accounts for the review period.

  • 17 May 2012

    Human rights and nursing

    Publication Code : 004249

    Document sets out the RCN's position on nursing, health and human rights and also provides the legal and ethical background to the position.

  • 2 May 2012

    Council's report to members

    Publication Code : 004251

    Report detailing the work that has been completed over the last year on Congress 2011's agenda items.

  • 8 Nov 2011

    Guidance on pin site care

    Publication Code : 004137 ISBN : 9781906633851

    This publication is under review and is due to be republished early 2020. Publication produced as a result of the project and offers guidance for the practice of pin site care based on expert opinion.

  • 1 Nov 2011

    Making our voice heard

    RCN Scotland is the voice of nursing. We represent nurses, nursing students and health care support workers. We promote excellence in practice and influence Scottish Government policies.

  • 6 Oct 2011

    I am at the heart of health care

    Publication Code : 003997

    Comic book stories about the daily work of HCAs show how HCAs make a difference.

  • 10 Aug 2011

    The principles of nursing practice card

    Publication Code : 004141

    Card gives the background information on what the Nursing Principles are, why we need them, how they were put together, who put them together and what they can be used for.

  • 4 Aug 2011

    NHS agenda for change

    Publication Code : 004106

    RCN's pay scales card with clinical grades and Agenda for Change pay bands for the forthcoming year (2011-12).

  • 18 Jul 2011

    A decisive decade: Mapping the future NHS workforce

    Publication Code : 004158

    Interim report taken from the forthcoming Royal College of Nursing Labour Market Review (LMR) 2011. Looks at the challenges facing nursing and the nursing workforce across the UK in 2011 which we believe are the greatest for a generation.

  • 28 Apr 2011

    Guidance on safe nurse staffing levels in the UK

    Publication Code : 003860 ISBN : 9781906633608

    Report setting out the range of different factors that influence the total demand for staff and highlights the variety of methods for planning or reviewing staffing levels.