RCN members vote for council to step down following Carr Review
Members of the Royal College of Nursing have overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in their governing council, it has been announced. Over 15,000
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Members of the Royal College of Nursing have overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in their governing council, it has been announced. Over 15,000
More training is needed at both pre- and post-registration level to ensure nurses feel “confident” to ask about and recognise the signs of violence
This week nurses highlighted that one of the most popular social media sites, Twitter, was perpetuating unhelpful and misogynistic stereotypes that have historically dogged the profession.
Social media site Twitter is being urged to remove sexist, misogynistic and “appalling” imagery of nurses currently available on its platform. Several
Top left to right: Zeba Arif, Sharon Fowler and Joyce Aldrige. Bottom left to right: Stacie May, Leanne Patrick and Ann Keen Sexual harassment against nurses at work has been “so normalised” that it appears little progress has been made in recognising it as a serious issue or supporting staff to report their experiences. These conclusions are evident from the accounts of five nurses – ranging from some who trained in the 1970s through to those who trained in recent years – with most of them describing times when they had been brushed off or met with a ‘just deal with it’ attitude ...