RCN congress 2019
Thousands of nurses are gathering in Liverpool for the annual RCN congress, which takes place between Sunday 19 and Thursday 23 May.
In the main hall nurses will be debating big issues including pay, uniforms, sepsis, sexual harassment, decriminalisation of prostitution and how to tackle loneliness.
Fringe events will also cover safe staffing, gang violence, suicide awareness and nurse-led social prescribing.
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Cancer nurses must embrace the power of the #
Nikki Morris on the benefits social media can bring to the nursing community
Loneliness has become a social epidemic and it’s harming health, RCN congress hears
College members want RCN to work with ministers to tackle loneliness
Lobby politicians to act against child poverty, RCN members tell college
Nurse activists highlight effects of socioeconomic disadvantage on children and families
Congress applauds fire chief over trauma support
RCN members applaud London’s fire chief for supporting staff affected by traumatic events
Youth violence charity finds people often more prepared to open up in emergency settings
Redthread’s violence intervention programme provides hospital-based support for young people
‘Urgent action needed to safeguard human rights of people with learning disabilities’
Nurses urge RCN council to lobby government, after BBC programme shows alleged abuse
Measles outbreaks in Europe prompt call to vaccinate children
Parents urged to ensure those who have missed MMR vaccine receive it before they travel
Congress demands better healthcare in rural areas
RCN council told to lobby for better healthcare in rural areas amid ‘unsustainable pressure’
Sexual harassment of nurses is too often ‘brushed aside as a misunderstanding’
Congress wants employers to provide more protection for staff
Demands to show ‘resilience’ put greater pressure on nurses, congress told
Nurses struggling to cope in stressful workplaces are pressured by demands to show resilience
Congress demands mandatory sepsis training
RCN members back call for mandatory sepsis training after hearing survivor’s account
Multitude of nursing uniforms causing confusion in England
Congress discusses whether a national uniform should be introduced