Blogs

Goeffrey Walker, RCN Council member for the South West Region

Geoffrey Walker 28 Apr 2020

RCN Council meeting in spite of COVID-19

RCN Council met virtually by Skype on the 21 April. The meeting lasted all day and we discussed the many serious issues facing nursing at the moment, not least the COVID-19 outbreak.

RCN South West Regional Director Lucy Muchina

Lucy Muchina 22 Apr 2020

Caring for each other

As a career nurse working from home has never been a norm and in my relatively new role as Regional Director of the RCN in the South West region, I was only doing so occasionally but with the pandemic advice staying at home is what I and my team have had to do – maintaining our service to members from our homes across the region.

International Infection Prevention Week 2018

Geoffrey Walker 17 Apr 2020

Building resilience in difficult times

As we continue to live with COVID-19 and its impact on every aspect of our lives I thought it would be good to take a moment to consider our personal resilience. This period represents the toughest challenge of a generation, particularly for our profession, but despite demand, we cannot work around the clock. The new environment we find ourselves working in is beyond anything we could have imagined just a few short weeks ago, whether we are in primary or secondary care, private, home or nursing home care settings.

Lucy Muchina 16 Apr 2020

Behind closed doors

Over the weekend, and in line with the UK government’s guidance to take one form of exercise out of the home a day, I decided to take a walk. I was also keen to get to know my neighbourhood better while I have the chance.

Lucy Muchina, RCN South West Regional Director

Lucy Muchina 9 Apr 2020

Here for you

When I joined the RCN in February I couldn’t have envisaged the way the world would shift for us all, these past few weeks. Within weeks of taking up my position of Regional Director for RCN South West all of us, members and staff, have altered our lives to continue to work but in very different ways.