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Video
In this section you can watch all our filmed interviews, webcasts, and special features.
Our latest film is an introduction to our flagship nursing journal, Nursing Standard, by the Editor in Chief of RCN Publishing, Jean Gray.
We also have the highlights from the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2012, which was held on March 22nd 2012 at London's Hilton Hotel.
We have the Care campaign's emergency meeting hosted by Nursing Standard and the Patient's Association to discuss the causes of poor care and its solutions.
Interviews include celebrated nurse researcher Felicity Stockwell, the RCN's student advisor Gill Robertson, and Reverend Professor Stephen Wright talking about spirituality in nursing.
We also have a film that discusses Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole.
Other videos of interest, such as our focus on Dysphagia, and 'Quiet Power' - the video from the campaign 'Nursing the Future' - are also linked below.
Latest video
Introduction to Nursing Standard
In this short coffee-break film we meet Editor in Chief of RCN Publishing, Jean Gray, who introduces our flagship journal, Nursing Standard. We also hear from fellow nurses who talk about the reasons why they choose to be Nursing Standard readers.
Interviews
Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes and Stephen Wright
Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes and Stephen Wright in conversation about whether vulnerable nurses should be allowed to care for vulnerable patients.
RCN Congress fringe, April 2011
Reverend Professor Stephen Wright
Stephen Wright, RCN Fellow and Spiritual Director of the Spiritual Space Foundation, explains why spirituality is an essential feature of high-quality patient care.
Interview by Adele Waters, March 2011
Gill Robertson
RCN student adviser Gill Robertson speaks about the many high points and challenges of training to be a nurse as well as some of the common concerns that students face.
Interview by Pooja Shah, August 2010
Felicity Stockwell
Felicity Stockwell, author of the seminal work 'The Unpopular Patient' uses our first webcast to call for better care for patients - and for nurses.
Interview by Adele Waters, January 2010
Focus on...
Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2012
Highlights from the Nurse Awards 2012 awards ceremony, Thursday 22nd March, London Hilton on Park Lane.
What causes poor care?
Nursing Standard and the Patients Association hosted an emergency meeting in London to discuss the causes of poor care and its solutions.
Elizabeth Anionwu asks 'What can Florence and Mary teach us about nursing today?'
Elizabeth Anionwu, Emeritus professor of nursing and vice chairperson of the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal, describes how Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole overcame personal battles to nurse in the Crimean war.
Sharing innovations
The RCN has launched a new animated video to highlight the importance of sharing innovation across the NHS.
Mental Health Nursing - Keep it in Mind
This video was produced by the RCN Mental Health Nursing Forum. It features members who speak about their work as mental health nurses, including Joanne McDonnell, who is head of nursing at Five Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and a member of Mental Health Practice's editorial advisory board.
The video also includes an interview with Marion Janner, the founder of Star Wards, in which she speaks about the importance of nurses and the often invisible but vital skills they bring to the care and treatment of services users.
Nursing Standard Nurse of the Year 2011
Fiona Murphy, clinical lead for bereavement and donation, at Royal Bolton Hospital, was announced as the Nursing Standard Nurse of the Year 2011 at a glittering award ceremony on 28th April 2011.
Dysphagia
A DVD about the experiences of people with dysphagia, their carers and nurses is now available on special offer to Nursing Standard readers. Watch highlights of the video here for free and read associated articles on dysphagia and medication administration.
Quiet Power
Our 2005 'Nursing the Future' campaign video, Quiet Power, shows eight ordinary nurses talking about the modern profession. All were campaign ambassadors, seeking to portray a realistic view of nursing.
Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2008
London's Royal Opera House was the scene for the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2008, recognising and rewarding excellence in nursing. Nurse consultant Karen Logan won the coveted Nurse of the Year award.
Audio
The future of mental health care in the criminal justice system
Mental Health Practice editor Colin Parish interviews Professor Louis Appleby, national clinical director for health and criminal justice and professor of psychiatry at the University of Manchester, and Calum Meiklejohn, Service Manager, Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Criminal Justice Liaison Services, a former chair of the RCN nursing in criminal justice forum, about the future of mental health care in the criminal justice system.
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.