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What emotional qualities make the perfect nurse?
Our new exhibition explores how expectations of nurses have evolved over 150 years
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Nightingale's legacy
With Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday falling during the COVID-19 pandemic, the reforms she fought for feel more relevant than ever
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Celebrating Florence Nightingale
The Florence Nightingale Museum is going the extra mile to celebrate 200 years since the birth of Britain’s most famous nurse
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Five decades of debate
Newly digitised library and archive material is letting us relive Congresses past. Former RCN President Maura Buchanan helps us explore how the event has evolved
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Nursing history: the first male nurses
Who were the first men on the general nursing register? Dr Stuart Wildman, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, finds out
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Legal update: covert recordings
A recent case demonstrates why employees and employers should avoid secretly recording meetings or conversations at work
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Celebrating BAME nursing history
In recognition of the incredible diversity of our nursing workforce, the RCN Library and Archives team has uncovered stories of black, Asian and minority ethnic nurses from decades past
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Eliza’s lessons: infection control in 1887
How did nursing staff deal with infectious diseases in the 19th century? This nursing student’s notes reveal parallels with the COVID-19 pandemic
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Legal update: expressing religious beliefs
We look at a recent case in which a nurse was dismissed for expressing their religious beliefs inappropriately at work
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Nursing history at home
Explore the RCN’s online history exhibitions from the comfort of your sofa
