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RCN congress rejects call to create elected general secretary
Appeal to nurses: ‘stick by colleagues if they’re caught up in a social media storm’
RCN congress rejects call to oppose clinical supervision by non-nurses
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RCN congress rejects call to create elected general secretary
Some members believe high-profile role should be split from that of college chief executive
Appeal to nurses: ‘stick by colleagues if they’re caught up in a social media storm’
Staff in controversial care cases face abuse online – with even nurses joining in
RCN congress rejects call to oppose clinical supervision by non-nurses
‘Siloed thinking would mean nurses miss out on valuable expertise’
Congress fringe: ‘RCN’s dual role of professional body and union only makes it stronger’
But college is failing to be a trade union for nurse academics, meeting told
Members divided over whether college should rejoin ICN
International Council of Nurses ‘offers RCN a global seat’, but some question its function
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