Blogs
Read the latest opinions from the RCN in Wales
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blog posts
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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
‘Just’ Anxiety?’ - 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 everyone’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!
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22 Dec 2022
Misinformation: the meaning of 'average'
As we continue the campaign for Fair Pay for Nursing, Amy Fox-McNally, RCN Wales' Information Specialist, takes another look at some of the misleading information that’s been circulating recently, concerning the 'average' salary of nursing staff.
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16 Dec 2022
We did it. Together we made our mark in history.
In a week nursing will never forget, Pat Cullen considers what needs to happen next.
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9 Dec 2022
Just days to go until our first UK-wide strike
Pat Cullen shares the week’s news as plans ramp up for our first UK-wide strike action in 106 years.
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2 Sep 2020
Let’s talk about pay
Nicky Hughes, Associate Director of Nursing (Employment Relations) talks about the recently-launched RCN Fair Pay for Nursing campaign.
