Witness Panel - Friday 27 March 2009

History in the making

When Catherine Tate opened the Tardis and saw Mount Vesuvius in front of her, she turned to the Doctor with eyes of wonder: this is what it feels like to be present when history is being made. We can't give you Pompeii, or even David Tennant for that matter, but on Friday 27 March, history of another sort will be made. A Witness Panel will be held bringing together many of the original nurses who were involved in the earliest days of nursing research. These nurses produced some of the most seminal works in the nursing canon, works that are as widely read today as they were when they were published, including:

  • Information - a prescription against pain by Jack Hayward
  • Ready for report nurse? A study of nursing communication in hospital wards by Sylvia Lelean
  • The unpopular patient by Felicity Stockwell
  • The role of the nurse: views of the patient, nurse and doctor in some general hospitals in England, London by Evelyn Anderson
  • The teaching and practice of surgical dressings in three hospitals by Jenny Hunt

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go back in time to find out what nursing and nursing research was like at the start, how it has changed with time, and to meet the people who carry first hand wisdom from the earliest days of nursing research.

I can't think of any reason not to be there…can you?

Witness Panel members

The following people will be present at the Witness Panel on Friday 27 March 2009

  • Evelyn Anderson
  • Jacqueline Fawcett
  • Jack Hayward
  • Jenny Hunt
  • Sylvia LeLean
  • Jillian Maguire
  • Felicity Stockwell

RCN Study of Nursing Care Series

These 12 monographs were written between 1972 and 1975, and represent some of the most widely read studies in the nursing canon.

Website: RCN Study of Nursing Care Series

RCN Research Series

These reports, commissioned by the RCN, were written between 1973 and 1994

Website: RCN Research Series

History of the RCN Research Society

In 2009, we are celebrating 50 years of nursing research under the auspices of the RCN. To read more about the origins of the RCN Research Society, go to the History of pages