Blog
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6 Apr 2022
Nurses in Red - an online project to document nursing history
HONF has partnered with the Welcome Library to undertake a project to upload the career history of significant nurses who were the trailblazers of their day. The Welcome Library will train members who volunteer of how to develop digital skill; write for a broad audience base; and learn how to edit Wikipedia in order to harness the power of the web.
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8 Feb 2022
Tracing nurses
Tracing Nurses: A new guide to British nursing sources for researching family and local history.
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14 Jan 2022
One hundred years of insulin and the role of the Diabetes Specialist Nurse
One hundred years ago insulin was first used to treat people with diabetes. We should celebrate not only its discovery but also the role of nurses in educating and supporting people with diabetes.
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6 Jan 2022
Nursing Web Archive Collection Update
During International Year of the Nurse and Midwife 2020 the History of Nursing Forum worked with the British Library to create a collection of over 100 nursing websites and twitter accounts. This is a review of progress in 2021 to encourage the nominations and copyright permissions to strengthen this key history of nursing collection.
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27 Jul 2021
Can art save lives?
Can Art save lives? There may not be a straight answer to this question but art has definitely saved my life. It has also helped me deal with challenging moments, and has greatly enriched my nursing career.
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15 Jul 2021
RCN/UKAHN event: 'The Politics of Nursing History: Identities and Boundaries'
This excellent panel of internationally renown historians of nursing reflect on their key texts and discuss what inspired them.
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20 May 2021
Honouring the contribution of nurses to society
The work of pioneering and leading nurses is often not visible. This blog invites RCN members to be involved in a project to record the lives and contributions of those nurses who have made an outstanding contribution to society.
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16 Mar 2021
British Library Nursing Web Collection
During International Year of the Nurse and Midwife 2020 we worked with the British Library to create a collection of almost 200 nursing websites.
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5 Mar 2021
Supporting diversity in the nursing profession: The case of Jewish refugees in the twentieth century
Supporting diversity in the nursing profession: The case of Jewish refugees in the twentieth century
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15 Feb 2021
Celebrating 20 years of the London and South East History of Nursing Group
Dianne Yarwood talks about the London and South East History of Nursing Group and how you can join.