'We have to start seeing 'speaking up' as business as usual' Powerful keynote speech from Helenè Donnelly. How do we support our students to do this too? Everyone's voice is valid and is signposting to an 'escalating concerns' document enough?! RCN Education Forum The RCN #RCNED24

Delighted with another A grade in my final, and for me most challenging, exam. All assessments complete and only one placement left. I’ve LOVED the theory of nursing and can’t wait for more study 💙 (I admit loving essays is weird) UHI Nursing RCN Students

As nursing students you can help build better futures for nursing & patient safety by telling us about staffing levels last time you were on placement. Complete The RCN last shift survey
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💋 #InternationalWomensDay2024

(Been called all of these)

This #IWD24 , Vice Chair of the RCN Students Committee Lou Hyett-Collins shares her message to fellow nursing students.

🗣️Case studies needed

Help us highlight the financial pressures you face ahead of the Budget to push the Chancellor to invest in more funding for nursing student training.

Tell us how the cost of living is impacting you and your training.

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It’s just an IUD fitting
It’s just period pain
It’s just a heavy period
It’s just an early miscarriage
It’s just morning sickness
It’s just pregnancy
It’s just early labour
It’s just your age
It’s just one of those things
It’s just menopause

It’s. Not. Just.

We're working to establish a LGBT+ member network in Scotland with the aim of providing peer support and an opportunity to share experiences. Sounds like the network for you? Please get in touch by emailing [email protected] to register your interest

I’m an RMN and CBT therapist currently working with Veterans in a specialist service in Wales. If anyone based in a university is looking for a guest lecturer to speak about military related mental health, CAMHS or CBT then please let me know. I promise to make it interesting!

Nursing students, would you like to be included in a video campaign in February? The filming will take place online or at RCN HQ & you'll be fully briefed beforehand.

If you’d like to find out more about this exciting opportunity, please get in touch via [email protected]

A fantastic day at The RCN HQ for RCN Student Committee induction meeting all our new committee members. Proud to start my new role as Vice Chair supporting Alisha Kelly #FairPayForNursing as Chair and represent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with StN Shivonne RCN Students RCN Scotland

📅 Save the date for RCN Congress 2024, 2 - 6 June, in Newport, Wales.

Featuring the following:

🌌 Debates

🌌 Keynote speakers

🌌 Fringe events

🌌 Student-focused networking events

Follow our page for the latest updates.

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Social determinants of health ... and crime. People can't afford to eat. It means relying on charity or, increasingly, on stolen food. How about remembering: tough on the causes of crime.

Delighted with this result! Celebrated reaching Christmas with my course besties LN. I wouldn’t be surviving without them 🤩 #studentnurse #3rdyear #uhinursing

decolonization asks, are yall even gonna listen to the answers to these questions anyways?

This resonated with me as another ex teacher and mature StN. I’m proud to be a StN, but I also have life experience and a wide skill set to offer. Noone is ‘just’ anything. 💙 #studentnurse

Here’s a poem called ‘As I Grow Old I Will March Not Shuffle’.

‼️ Final day today to complete this survey‼️

#StudentNurses if you haven’t already, please take sometime to complete this survey!

Well done to our UHI_UCU members! Strike action called off to allow talks on recognition and redundancy avoidance policy to take place.