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#HelloMyNameIs Josie!

@biscuitnurse.bsky.social
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Registered nurse. RCN Agenda Cttee member & steward. Socialist, feminist, autistic. Interests: pre-reg education, biscuits, social model of disability and queer/trans health. Always trying to change the world, sometimes succeeding a little bit. She/her

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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
, or: how unions fight for working people to get fair recognition and treatment for the work that they do. Collective action gets results! Joining a union is one of the most powerful things you can do as a worker, not just in healthcare but in any field. Well done to @bma.org.uk ✊🏻
The Telegraph
How the BMA held a gun to the nation's head - and won
14 hours ago - From the first taboo-busting strike in 2023 to Labour's final capitulation this week, here is how the union won a 35pc pay rise for doctors.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
can confirm
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
But right that second policy is the one that says that even though I'm not a prescriber, I'm allowed to use my clinical judgement to select from a small list of medicines and order (not prescribe) them for my patient in certain circumstances. And then dispense and give them. It's so useful.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
There's only ever the thinnest veneer of professionalism on this account bsky.app/profile/bisc...
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It's a toss-up between the Invasive Clinical Skills for Pre-Registration Nursing Students Policy and the Administration and Supply of Medications Without A Prescription Policy.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Look I just love policies okay
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Today a student nurse heard a colleague talking about how much I love policies, asked to see my online directory of saved policies, then asked what my favourite policy is, and I still can't tell whether or not she was teasing me.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
On the other hand, I've never been more certain that my cranial nerves are normal.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I volunteer occasionally as an OSCE 'patient' for medical student exams. Today I have had my cranial nerves examined 31 times and now my eyes hurt.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Come and say hi! I'll be in my bright pink Agenda Committee t-shirt, either in the box in front of the stage or dancing around nearby whenever they play the musical sting at the start of each session 😁
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Going home after two days at RCN HQ, where I've been helping to select the debates for this year's Congress #RCN26. We've recommended some really interesting stuff for this year's agenda, and I'm looking forward to hearing what RCN members have to say about it!
A selfie of Josie on the train. Josie is a white woman with long brown/grey hair. She's wearing big headphones, a dress with small colourful hearts, and an RCN Central Manchester fleece.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
...but I don't really want to tell you about any of that, I just want to show you the nurse cat on a felt badge on my coat. She's a Christmas present from my best friend's pets (who I assume made it themselves).
A pink felt badge with a beige cat wearing a white nurse uniform, complete with small metal fob watch. The badge is pinned to a fluffy green coat.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Today I've done some good nursing, had some productive teamwork with fab colleagues and collected lovely feedback from patients I discharged, but...
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
I hope those of you in healthcare have had peaceful shifts or some well-earned time off, and that your patients (and yourselves!) are healthy, happy and merry 💜🎄
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Today I've been working the long day shift - bedside nursing, teaching a pre-reg nursing student, and assessing/delivering/evaluating nursing care for my patients. I love working in a 24/7/365 profession.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Good morning from a train whisking me across the beautiful Pennine countryside to @rcn.org.uk Joint Reps Conference! Looking forward to meeting reps from around the country, and learning about how we make our workplaces better for nursing staff everywhere 💙 #RCNJointReps
A selfie of Josie, a white woman with long brown wavy hair. She's wearing a dress with a rainbow snails print, an RCN Central Manchester fleece, glasses and a white peace poppy. The background is the inside of a train carriage in soft focus.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
@rrowanolive.bsky.social it's taken me a whole day to realise I sent this from the wrong account. I Am Good At Bluesky.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
@rrowanolive.bsky.social Important park feature (not my photo but park is near me)
A small wooden structure labelled "dog stick library" contains a couple of dozen fun sticks. A sleek black dog is selecting one.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Submissions are now open for the Congress agenda for #RCN26! If you've got an idea for a debate at Congress, take it to your branch/forum/committee to be agreed and then submit it here: www.rcn.org.uk/congress/Sub...
rcn.org.uk
Submit a Congress agenda item | Congress | Royal College of Nursing
The RCN is your organisation - this is your opportunity to have your say in setting its agenda and have your item debated at Congress.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
It's Freshers Week in Manchester and it's so busy! This does make it slightly more difficult to get down Oxford Road, but it also makes me happy because I'll be teaching some of them soon 🥰 Welcome/welcome back to all of the pre-reg nursing students, I can't wait to see you out in practice.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
BBC News - Nurses union to reject pay deal as strike vote looms - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... If you work or study in nursing and you're not a union member, join @rcn.org.uk to stand up for nursing and nurses. #FairPayForNursing #SafeStaffingSavesLives
bbc.co.uk
Nurses union to reject pay deal as strike vote looms
The Royal College of Nursing has been holding a consultative vote on their 3.6% pay rise.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Finished my 4th night shift in a row this morning. Delayed my journey home by half an hour in order to be able to drive past the @bma.org.uk picket and give resident doctors a honk of solidarity. Our medical colleagues need #FullPayRestoration and for their work and responsibility to be recognised.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Happy birthday Heather!
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
what, blood?
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
You've got to lean into it haven't you
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
tbf this has been the response of everybody I've told about it
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Today I said "enjoy your new blood!" to a patient as I started their transfusion, and honestly it's a wonder I'm allowed to talk to patients sometimes.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Solidarity with BMA members - your years of pay cuts don't reflect the value of the work that you do. Nursing staff should take note, because this is how we achieve #FairPayForNursing and safe staffing for patients.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Solidarity with student nurses protesting in Croydon and struggling for jobs across the country - you all deserve better. Student nurses left 'abandoned' and 'neglected' by NHS Trust insidecroydon.com/2025/07/04/s...
insidecroydon.com
Student nurses left ‘abandoned’ and ‘neglected’ by NHS Trust
As government launches its 10-year plan for the NHS, newly qualified nurses are being ‘abandoned’ and ‘neglected’ and turned down for jobs at the hospital where they have sp…
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This morning I've been out around my workplace with colleagues from @rcn.org.uk North West, making sure our members have voted in the pay consultation. Lots of people with very strong views - voting is the way to get them acted on! www.rcn.org.uk/MyRCN/Englan...
rcn.org.uk
Is the Westminster government's 3.6% pay award enough? | Royal College of Nursing
Is the Westminster government's 3.6% pay award enough?
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 12/05/2025
Professor Ranger told delegates the RCN is campaigning for the introduction of safe nurse to patient ratios right across the UK. We will bring together all of the evidence and advice, for every setting. To support every individual to work safely. #RCN25
Nicola Ranger quote card: “Safety is not an optional extra – it should be 
the standard.”
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 12/05/2025
Professor Nicola Ranger has said to delegates that student nurses need more support from governments across the UK if they are to complete their courses and join the profession. The education system needs fixing. #RCN25
Quote card from Nicola Ranger: “Give today’s final year students guaranteed jobs. Where they pay tuition fees, refund them.”
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 12/05/2025
Professor Nicola Ranger has told delegates at #RCN25 that for nursing to be properly valued as a profession, it must have a pathway to progression. Too many nurses start and finish their career on the same band.
Quote card from Nicola Ranger: “Nursing has more than earned a higher place in health care and in society. Newly registered nurses following a period of preceptorship, should progress to band 6 as the new minimum.”
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RCN Nursing Activism @rcnactivism.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
#RCN25, it’s been a blast! The energy this congress has been infectious. We’re gearing up to be a force to be reckoned with. Enough is enough. Let’s get loud! 📣
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 15/05/2025
Thanks to everyone who joined us this week in Liverpool and online! 🙌 Catch up on anything you might have missed ⬇️ #RCN25
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Listen, nobody else at Congress was in membership in 1916 so they're not in a position to confirm or deny.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Delighted to have been re-elected to @rcn.org.uk's Congress Agenda Committee for two more years. Thank you so much everybody who supported me, I can't tell you how much it means that a silly and colourful staff nurse gets to keep doing a role she loves for our wonderful College and members. #RCN25
Josie is a white woman with long brown hair tied back in a ponytail. She's wearing a pink polo shirt with RCN branding, an RCN Congress lanyard covered in badges and another RCN lanyard in trans flag colours (which she calls the tranyard, but that's a secret bonus for alt text readers). She also has a purple skirt and sparkly pink trainers. She's standing in front of a blue flag which reads "RCN - Nurses' Day 12 May" and a red union banner. The banner reads "1916 - 2016", with the RCN 100 logo, and a picture of a woman in a blue hat, coat and skirt, holding a ribbon which says "ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING - UNITY - STRENGTH".
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shaniepoo2000.bsky.social @shaniepoo2000.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
RCN North West members gather at Congress! @RCN25
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Thank you for coming, Library! I posted my first ever loan back to you just before Congress, what a great service 😊
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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
And in case you still want to read up on the issues, you can still access our #RCN25 Congress Reading list: rcn.libguides.com/congress2025
rcn.libguides.com
LibGuides: Congress 2025 - Reading Lists: Home
LibGuides: Congress 2025 - Reading Lists: Home
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I've got a bruise on my hand from dancing and clapping to the pre-session sting three times a day. It won't stop me doing it again tomorrow though. #RCN25
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Thank you so much for all your support, #RCN25. Voting for Agenda Committee is now closed. Results will be announced at the end of Congress tomorrow. See you at the party tonight!
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Thank you so much Sue!
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Agenda Committee elections are open until 6pm today for #RCN25 voting members! Go to the exhibition and vote Josie #1 for Agenda Committee ✨ you can rank candidates in preference order, so you can support all of the candidates you like!
An RCN graphic reading "Vote for me, RCN Agenda Committee Election" on a red background. Underneath is the RCN logo and the "Lead/Inspire/Govern" mark on a blue background.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I mean I can neither confirm nor deny that as well
media.tenor.com
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I'm not properly awake yet and was briefly surprised by Congress's role in this -- wrong Congress, isn't it? 😴
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
All of which is a long way of saying... Vote Josie #1 for Agenda Committee! 💖 #RCN25
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Good morning #RCN25! The Agenda Committee election opens at 8am for Congress voting members. Go to the Governance stand in the exhibition area to cast your vote - you can rank the candidates in order of preference, so I'd love your #1 vote for Josie but you can also support other candidates as well!
An RCN graphic reading "Vote for me, RCN Agenda Committee Election" on a red background. Underneath is the RCN logo and the "Lead/Inspire/Govern" mark on a blue background.
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#HelloMyNameIs Josie! @biscuitnurse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I should be asleep but I'm too excited about all the interesting debates and discussions lined up for #RCN25 delegates tomorrow! See you all bright and early for 9am - and if you're a voting member, please also remember to vote in the Agenda Committee election (preferably putting Josie as #1!)
An RCN graphic reading "Vote for me, RCN Agenda Committee Election" on a red background. Underneath is the RCN logo and the "Lead/Inspire/Govern" mark on a blue background.
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WHO @who.int · 11/05/2025
On #InternationalNursesDay, we honour the 30 million nurses who are the heart of health systems worldwide. WHO urges accelerated investments to avoid a projected 4 million #nurse shortage by 2030. Because when nurses are supported, everyone thrives 🔗 bit.ly/42SkqBL
A group of diverse nurses from around the world, including women and men, are smiling and working in different health care settings. The background features a light green globe design. Text reads: “30 million nurses are the heart of health systems worldwide.
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