Blogs
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blog posts
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20 Sep 2023
Get active ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥“ what does that even mean?
I became ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥˜RCN activeÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ in about 2013 but what does ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥˜get activeÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ even mean? Well, for me it's been a rollercoaster of a journey. A journey through which I have made life-long friends and made a difference to colleagues in my workplace and across the profession.
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18 Sep 2023
Job evaluation raises pay and reward for nursing support workers in Bristol
In 2021 new job profiles were agreed by Staff Council, which includes the RCN and NHS Employers. The new profiles say that Band 2 staff should be undertaking tasks such as feeding, bathing, toileting, recording fluid balance and nutrition while any staff undertaking patient observations and clinical care such as monitoring heart and blood pressure rates, taking bloods, wound observation and urine analysis should be job evaluated to Band 3. This meant that many staff were entitled to a re-band.
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24 Aug 2023
Black History Month
I recently attended an internationally educated nursesÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ (IEN) event and was truly inspired by the amazing talent of our IENs.
