RCN Wales Features
Learn more about ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ staff in Wales – including inspiring initiatives, career highlights and journeys into ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ.
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11 Jul 2024
From care home to recruitment agency: a nurse’s journey from health care support worker to director of ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ
Rhian Smith was 19 when, feeling a little lost after A-levels, she answered a newspaper advert for ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ home care staff in Guernsey. Fast forward another 19 years and her experiences along the way have led her to become Hoop Recruitment’s Director of Nursing & Healthcare in Wales.
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26 Jun 2024
Intergenerational friendships – the positive impact of a south Wales childcare provider’s weekly visits to a care home
Lakeside House is a family-owned care home in Cardiff. Each week, 2–5-year-olds from Blue Door Nursery and Blue Door Out of School visit Lakeside House to perform songs and stories, play games and talk with the residents.
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17 May 2024
Lecturing, numeracy and ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ in India with Nelson Selvaraj
Adult Nursing Lecturer, Nelson Selvaraj, tells us about his ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ career so far and what it meant to win the RCN Wales Nurse of the Year 2023 Nurse Education Award.
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2 May 2024
Engraining the principles of Safety-II to improve staff culture
How a South Wales hospital has successfully integrated the safety principles into its day-to-day working practices, creating a better culture and promoting greater stability within its staff teams.
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2 Feb 2024
Knocking down walls to enhance patient experience
How removing the walls of one ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ station in a south Wales hospital has transformed how patients engage with ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ staff.
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20 Dec 2023
Meet the patient experience team tackling loneliness during the festive period
During this time of year, families and friends get together to celebrate loved ones, reflect on times past and look forward to the year ahead. But the holiday season isn’t always the most wonderful time of the year for everyone.
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1 Nov 2023
Q&A with Catherine Davies, Primary Care Learning Disability Liaison Nurse
Catherine Davies explores the barriers to health care that her patients with learning disabilities face and the impact her liaison team has on improving outcomes.
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1 Oct 2023
Advocating for diversity and inclusion in the ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ profession
Black History Month is here! Swansea Bay nurse, Omobola Akinade, shares how she has advocated for diversity, inclusion, and equal representation in the ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ profession.
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7 Sep 2023
Q&A with Kokila Swamynathan
Meet Kokila Swamynathan, advanced nurse practitioner, diaspora engagement advisor and member of the RCN Wales Board.
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4 Jul 2023
Q&A with Professor Donna Mead OBE
Professor Donna Mead OBE has worked in hospitals and universities across Wales in roles which include clinician, researcher and educator. She was Dean of a large faculty of Life Sciences and education for 18 years. She has been a member of the ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ since student days and has served on the Research Advisory Group (now research committee) and its associated scientific committee and on the education committee. Most recently she was an elected member of RCN Wales Board. Donna is a very proud Fellow of the RCN
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