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Career advice
Career advice has a wide range of articles offering information and advice about subjects such as volunteering and working abroad, education and I.T skills, and communication and leadership. There is a section on specialisation with articles on specific areas of nursing, and guidance on legal issues. Advice for interviews and information on flexible working and retirement can also be found in this area.
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- Career development
Articles in this section offer advice on awards and scholarships, interviews, and managing portfolios. We also look at how volunteering can help your career choices, and there is a section on innovation detailing how ideas have improved practice. Articles also offer guidance with media attention - whether writing for publication or being interviewed on television. - In the workplace
This section groups together different issues you may come across in the workplace. There are articles that focus on bullying, on communication, and on the benefits of working in a team. Here you will also find articles on equality and legal issues, as well as health and safety. - Personal issues
Nursing is physically and emotionally demanding. This section looks at subjects such as stress and offers advice on ways to cope and ways to relax. It also has articles about flexible working and agencies, and what to do if you are planning a career break, or returning to work after starting a family. We also have articles on retirement, and how to budget your finances and ways to save money. - Specialisation
Specialisation has articles about cancer nursing, community nursing, emergency nursing, learning disability nursing, mental health nursing, military nursing, nursing management, nursing practice, nursing children and young people, palliative care nursing, nursing older people, research nursing, and surgical nursing. - Working abroad
Search for articles by continent - Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Enjoy and learn from others' experience of working in different countries.
Mentorship
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Mentorship enables student nurses to apply their theoretical knowledge and put it into practice in a clinical situation.
Working abroad
Read and learn from others' experience of working in different countries.
The RCN Publishing Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal College of Nursing, the world's largest organisation for nurses. RCN Publishing produces one weekly, eight monthly and two quarterly nursing publications. Nursing Standard, the flagship journal, is the UK's biggest selling weekly for nursing. It is produced by RCN Publishing Company along with a suite of specialist nursing journals - Cancer Nursing Practice, Mental Health Practice, Learning Disability Practice, Nursing Children and Young People, Nursing Management, Emergency Nurse, Nursing Older People, Nurse Researcher and Primary Health Care. RCN Publishing Company also produce the RCN Bulletin, a major source of up-to-the-minute information for RCN members in all specialities, grades and working environments. With the latest nurse vacancies from trusts nationwide, it has become the most cost-effective nurse recruitment magazine available.