RCN History of Nursing Forum

Any @TheRCN Member can join the History of Nursing Forum #HistNursing Find out more here: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/F…

#OTD in 1805, Mary Seacole was born. Mary nursed British soldiers at the height of the cholera and yellow fever epidemics. During The Crimean War she funded her journey to the frontlines where she bravely nursed the wounded and gained the sobriquet ‘Mother Seacole’.

This week we launched our NSW exhibition. Visit the exhibition in person or online and join us at our next event to celebrate their contribution throughout history, on #NursingSupportWorkersDay, and beyond bit.ly/3uNMZl5

Celebrating 50 years of postgraduate nursing education at @RCSI_FacNurMid this year with the release of newly digitised material from the archives for #WDPD2024. Now available online at RCSI Digital Heritage Collections🔗 tinyurl.com/cy35dv5x tinyurl.com/cy35dv5x

@theRCN You can browse past @TheRCN magazines Who remembers Lampada? 😊 #HistNursing rcn.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/…

A bit of #HistNursing in NZ of the Crimea war - I know nothing about this nurse - great she has been acknowledged facebook.com/share/p/14DSwZ…

The RCN Archives hold the most important collection of nursing history in the UK. We love the very striking cover of the RCN Committee for Northern Ireland conferences programme, Oct 1962 #HistNursing @rcnnilibraries For more info visit: rcn.org.uk/library/archiv…

Join us next week to learn more about Black British nurses as author Kandace Chimbiri launches her new book! The event will give a potted history of Black British nursing, and is open to all. 📆 27 Nov 2024 ⌚ 17:30-19:00 📌 20 Cavendish Square bit.ly/4et8BUY

This is part of our mission too. For example, nottinghamnursinghistory.wordpress.com/2023/07/18/ell…

Interesting blog about making invisible women, visible. womenslibrary.org.uk/2024/11/12/inv…

#HistNursing event in Mayo 🇮🇪

#RemembranceDay2024 #HistNursing

#HistNursing #RememberanceDay2024

Read in their own words the horrors of war .

Acts of Remembrance . Read the WW1 experiences of 9 nine nurses and one VAD in their scrapbooks ,digitised by volunteer members of the RCN History of Nursing Forum. rcn.org.uk/servicescrapbo…

Thanks to the RCN Historical Nursing Journal Collection .

The second 10 named nurses: Elizabeth Hughes, Florence Jones, Mary Marshall, Christian Mccombe, Catherine Miller , Helena Rowlands, Ethel Russell , Ethel Saxon, Dorothy Thwatte, Emillie Weatherilt.

Acts of remembrance. Memorial to the 20 Liverpool nurses killed in WWI placed in the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral 1929. Inscribed with their names.