R.C.N.
abbreviation
Royal Canadian Navy.
R.C.N.
American
Or
RCN
abbreviation
RCN
British
abbreviation
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Royal Canadian Navy
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Royal College of Nursing
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Last fall, when the tide turned in the Battle of the Atlantic, the R.C.N. and the Royal Navy sent 33 U-boats to the bottom.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Navy last week held a court of inquiry into the worst peacetime disaster in R.C.N. history: six men killed, five "missing," 16 hospitalized.
From Time Magazine Archive
The force that Vice Admiral Nelles will direct from London is vastly different from the R.C.N. as it was when Cadet Nelles signed up in 1908, the second of seven original officer candidates.
From Time Magazine Archive
He served in R.C.N. hospitals in Nova Scotia for three months last spring, and became a registered practitioner in Nova Scotia.
From Time Magazine Archive
But almost at once, he ran away and signed on with the R.C.N. as "Dr. Cyr."
From Time Magazine Archive
Ellen McNicholas, RCN South East Regional Director, said: "Investigations need be thorough but not drawn out and real, sometimes systemic change needs to be seen by everyone."
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Browes, who worked as a nurse before taking on his role at the RCN, said the health risks to patients of corridor care are well known.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Rita Devlin, director of the RCN in Northern Ireland, said MLAs must "do better" to justify their pay increase.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Colin Poolman, executive director at RCN Scotland, said the move was "absolutely the right thing to do".
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
The RCN has been calling for nurses to automatically move up to band six after working an initial preceptorship period, possibly 18-months.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
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