Careers
Mental health and dementia lead
Senior staff nurse on a general psychiatric, female-only ward
Advanced nurse practitioner in personality disorder
Career advice
SAD: What to do if winter brings you down
Winter can take an emotional toll, particularly for those who experience seasonal affective disorder, but there are ways to manage it
‘I was offered a job at the RCN Bulletin Jobs Fair’
When mental health nurse Kellyann Anderton-Kay visited the RCN Bulletin Jobs Fair in Manchester the last thing she expected was to be offered a job on the spot.
Delivering person-centred care in police custody
From seeing a detainee who has collapsed in a cell to assessing someone’s fitness to be interviewed for murder, it's all in a day's work for police custody nurse Matt Peel.
Caring for yourself when you are the patient
Being a nurse doesn’t give immunity from long-term illness: points to consider after being diagnosed
Study highlights link between unfairness and staff sickness
Work dissatisfaction can affect health, recruitment and retention
Rediscover your passion by setting fresh career goals
Work motivation can be kick-started by redefining your ambitions
My job
Mental health and dementia lead
Gill Drummond reflects on her career and what makes a good mental health nurse
Senior staff nurse on a general psychiatric, female-only ward
I have an instinctive desire to provide care and support to people, says Risq Animasaun
Advanced nurse practitioner in personality disorder
Jodie Alder explains why she chose to work in secure services for men
Children and young people’s care pathway lead and matron
RCNi award-winning team leader Rebekah Bewsey: 'I don’t think I chose nursing; it chose me'
‘It is a privilege to work with people who are at their most vulnerable’
Advanced nurse practitioner Ann Collins talks about her work with older people
I am proud of the nurses my ex-students have become
'I want to see more mental health nurses doing research and building their own evidence base'