Welcome to an exciting new era Nursing Standard editor Graham Scott introduces rcni.com, a website that will inform, educate and inspire nursing staff A new website, a new brand and a new era for nursing – the launch of rcni.com will make it easier for nurses, midwives and healthcare support staff to keep up to date and engage with each other. We know from speaking to you how pressed for time you are. Yet there is greater pressure on you now than there has
ever been, not least due to the introduction of revalidation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) from next year. Soon you may have to demonstrate to the professional regulator that you are complying with its newly revised Code (see below), completing appropriate continuing professional
development (CPD) and reflecting on what you have learned in practice, while carrying out CPD or after receiving feedback from patients. How are you supposed to do all of that while still caring for patients and service users, and juggling all your other commitments outside of work?
‘USE THE CODE TO EMPOWER YOUR PRACTICE’ NMC chief executive Jackie Smith expains how the revised Code will be central to revalidation The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s revised code of practice – Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour for Nurses and Midwives – will land on your door mat soon, and will become effective on March 31. The Code is an essential document that contains the professional standards of practice and behaviour that all nurses and midwives must uphold. It will be central to the revalidation process, which will require you to declare you have obtained third-party confirmation, gathered feedback from peers and patients and reflected on your practice, professional development activities and the Code. Through these reflections you can provide
positive affirmation that your practice adheres to the standards set down in the Code. The NMC is confident that the Code will strike a chord with the hundreds of thousands of excellent nurses and midwives in the UK, whatever their scope of practice, employment setting, or level of seniority. We encourage you to embrace the Code as a set of standards that will, when referred to on a regular basis, empower you in your day-to-day practice. The various changes to the Code include: Updated, detailed guidance on medicines management. A greater degree of clarity around delegation. Guidance on the use of social media in a professional capacity. Direction on offering help if an emergency arises in your practice setting or elsewhere. When you receive your copy of the Code, tweet or post about it on Facebook. Show your pride in your profession by posting a code selfie on social media, using #newCode.
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much easier for you to access all the fabulous content that the RCNi team creates every day. We have created pages that bring together all our recent clinical articles on a particular subject, we shall publish news as it happens and issue fresh opinion articles, written by nurses, on a
The RCNi Portfolio is yours to update for as long as you subscribe to one of our journals, and should you cancel you can still download it and keep it. Under the banner of RCNi – the new name for RCN Publishing – we have also created a safe space where
Discussion forum
The Hub is yours to use as you see fit, although we have initiated a few discussions to get the ball rolling. Colin Parish, editor of Mental Health Practice and Learning Disability Practice, will be hosting a dedicated area where nurses from all specialties are welcome to participate. We have also set up an Off Duty section where you may like to discuss common interests outside of work, or pass judgement on Call the Midwife, Holby City or 24 Hours in A&E. The creation of rcni.com will make it
Let me know what you think by writing to [email protected]
SUMMARY
We hope that rcni.com will help you enormously by making the entire revalidation process as simple and straightforward as possible. We have created an RCNi Portfolio that is easy to maintain and will ensure you comply with the NMC’s requirements. You can store evidence of learning, write reflective accounts and monitor the number of hours of CPD you have completed. And should the NMC ask for proof when you re-register, you will be able to create a PDF with the click of a mouse and send it to them in an instant. Crucially, the RCNi Portfolio will be portable throughout your career. Almost all similar facilities are set up for and by employers, so you have to start from scratch if you move to a new organisation, for example.
you can discuss issues and share ideas with other members of the nursing family. Most other nursing chat rooms, online forums and the like are open to all and sundry, but the Hub on rcni.com will be different, because only the subscribers to RCNi journals will be allowed to take part. So you can be assured that only your professional colleagues will be able to read your contributions.
continual basis. Rest assured that we will still publish Nursing Standard every week, as well as our monthly specialist journals covering everything from primary health care and nursing older people, to specialties such as learning disabilities, emergency care and child health. The site will grow quickly over the coming months as we add content. Some will appear exclusively on rcni.com, while other content will appear online first before it is run in our journals. I hope that you enjoy the new site, make the most of the Hub and use the RCNi Portfolio to help you comply with revalidation NS
This week we launch RCNi, the new name for RCN Publishing, plus a new website for all nursing staff – rcni.com. Here we explain how the website is tailored to meet the needs of busy nurses who are passionate about their work. Its easy-to-navigate format offers comprehensive support with revalidation, exclusive news and information plus a discussion forum.
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ever been, not least due to the introduction of revalidation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) from next year. Soon you may have to demonstrate to the professional regulator that you are complying with its newly revised Code (see below), completing appropriate continuing professional
development (CPD) and reflecting on what you have learned in practice, while carrying out CPD or after receiving feedback from patients. How are you supposed to do all of that while still caring for patients and service users, and juggling all your other commitments outside of work?
‘USE THE CODE TO EMPOWER YOUR PRACTICE’ NMC chief executive Jackie Smith expains how the revised Code will be central to revalidation The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s revised code of practice – Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour for Nurses and Midwives – will land on your door mat soon, and will become effective on March 31. The Code is an essential document that contains the professional standards of practice and behaviour that all nurses and midwives must uphold. It will be central to the revalidation process, which will require you to declare you have obtained third-party confirmation, gathered feedback from peers and patients and reflected on your practice, professional development activities and the Code. Through these reflections you can provide
positive affirmation that your practice adheres to the standards set down in the Code. The NMC is confident that the Code will strike a chord with the hundreds of thousands of excellent nurses and midwives in the UK, whatever their scope of practice, employment setting, or level of seniority. We encourage you to embrace the Code as a set of standards that will, when referred to on a regular basis, empower you in your day-to-day practice. The various changes to the Code include: Updated, detailed guidance on medicines management. A greater degree of clarity around delegation. Guidance on the use of social media in a professional capacity. Direction on offering help if an emergency arises in your practice setting or elsewhere. When you receive your copy of the Code, tweet or post about it on Facebook. Show your pride in your profession by posting a code selfie on social media, using #newCode.
20 march 4 :: volfrom 29 RCNi.com no 27 :: 2015 STANDARD Downloaded by ${individualUser.displayName} on Dec 10, 2015. For personal use only. NoNURSING other uses without permission. Copyright © 2015 RCNi Ltd. All rights reserved.
much easier for you to access all the fabulous content that the RCNi team creates every day. We have created pages that bring together all our recent clinical articles on a particular subject, we shall publish news as it happens and issue fresh opinion articles, written by nurses, on a
The RCNi Portfolio is yours to update for as long as you subscribe to one of our journals, and should you cancel you can still download it and keep it. Under the banner of RCNi – the new name for RCN Publishing – we have also created a safe space where
Discussion forum
The Hub is yours to use as you see fit, although we have initiated a few discussions to get the ball rolling. Colin Parish, editor of Mental Health Practice and Learning Disability Practice, will be hosting a dedicated area where nurses from all specialties are welcome to participate. We have also set up an Off Duty section where you may like to discuss common interests outside of work, or pass judgement on Call the Midwife, Holby City or 24 Hours in A&E. The creation of rcni.com will make it
Let me know what you think by writing to [email protected]
SUMMARY
We hope that rcni.com will help you enormously by making the entire revalidation process as simple and straightforward as possible. We have created an RCNi Portfolio that is easy to maintain and will ensure you comply with the NMC’s requirements. You can store evidence of learning, write reflective accounts and monitor the number of hours of CPD you have completed. And should the NMC ask for proof when you re-register, you will be able to create a PDF with the click of a mouse and send it to them in an instant. Crucially, the RCNi Portfolio will be portable throughout your career. Almost all similar facilities are set up for and by employers, so you have to start from scratch if you move to a new organisation, for example.
you can discuss issues and share ideas with other members of the nursing family. Most other nursing chat rooms, online forums and the like are open to all and sundry, but the Hub on rcni.com will be different, because only the subscribers to RCNi journals will be allowed to take part. So you can be assured that only your professional colleagues will be able to read your contributions.
continual basis. Rest assured that we will still publish Nursing Standard every week, as well as our monthly specialist journals covering everything from primary health care and nursing older people, to specialties such as learning disabilities, emergency care and child health. The site will grow quickly over the coming months as we add content. Some will appear exclusively on rcni.com, while other content will appear online first before it is run in our journals. I hope that you enjoy the new site, make the most of the Hub and use the RCNi Portfolio to help you comply with revalidation NS
This week we launch RCNi, the new name for RCN Publishing, plus a new website for all nursing staff – rcni.com. Here we explain how the website is tailored to meet the needs of busy nurses who are passionate about their work. Its easy-to-navigate format offers comprehensive support with revalidation, exclusive news and information plus a discussion forum.
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