Blogs
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18 Mar 2026
Walking my Mum home: reflections on care, loss, and a new chapter
The last week of my Mum’s life was both the hardest and the most profound experience I’ve ever lived through. It was a week where time slowed, where every breath mattered, and where the boundaries between being a daughter and being a nurse blurred into something deeply human. I had always known that the fundamental skills I learned during my training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and beyond would shape my career, but I never imagined how much they would shape this final chapter with her.
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18 Mar 2026
Rising from the fire: How Myanmar’s Nursing Students Reached Graduation Against the Odds
Marcus Wootton, Associate Director of the RCN International Nursing Academy, recounts yesterday’s extraordinary graduation ceremony of student nurses in Myanmar who have, against all odds, completed their nursing degrees while Myanmar’s civil war continues. The programme, which the RCN has supported, is the first of its kind worldwide to provide a viable pathway to a new, high quality nursing workforce in a conflict zone.
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17 Mar 2026
Navigating organisational change in staff-side roles within an ICB
Organisational change is a constant in the NHS, and while it can bring important opportunities for reflection, collaboration, and growth, it also creates uncertainty for the humans involved.
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16 Mar 2026
Where science meets compassion: the power of Clinical Nurse Specialists in cancer care
This National Cancer CNS Day, Gynaecological Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Anouska Kuta reflects on how CNS connect science, compassion and leadership in modern cancer care.
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13 Mar 2026
Hot off the press: Updated NICE NG28 Guidelines for Type 2 Diabetes
Great news for everyone supporting people living with type 2 diabetes — the updated NICE NG28 guidelines landed in February, following the previous review in 2022, and they bring some genuinely positive changes.
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13 Mar 2026
World Kidney Day: caring for people, protecting the planet
To mark World Kidney Day which took place this week, Linda Nazarko reflects on early detection and the risks of chronic kidney disease.
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12 Mar 2026
When understanding matters: Building cultural competence from the start of nursing education
Cultural competence is not a tick-box exercise, it is the heart of person-centered nursing care. This blog shares how one experiential event at School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast is helping student nurses build the skills, confidence and self-awareness to care for an increasingly diverse population.
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11 Mar 2026
Talk to us, not about us: how we co-produced a dementia documentary
This blog is written together by two people with different but equally important perspectives: a practitioner working in older people’s and dementia care, and a man living with dementia who helped co-produce a documentary for health and social care staff.
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11 Mar 2026
From the Ward to the Web: Navigating the Challenges of eHealth in Nursing
Patients today rightly expect the best possible care, and that includes access to healthcare supported by cutting-edge technology. Modern nursing and midwifery are no longer just about bedside skills – they increasingly require strong digital capabilities to ensure care is timely, safe, and evidence-based. Digital tools have the potential to transform patient outcomes, but only if they are designed around clinical needs and integrated into daily practice.
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11 Mar 2026
What the recent Westminster government announcements for nursing mean for student nurses and newly registered nurses
Will Malcher, Professional Lead for Students, sets out the impact for members who have always been at the heart of the RCN.
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