History of nursing
Explore this section of Nursing Times for news and features about the history of nursing, including key figures from the profession’s past
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College exhibition explores nursing history and ‘challenges’
25 Jan 2024
The national chief nursing officer for England has praised a student art project for celebrating nursing and confronting the “challenging areas” of the profession.
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Nursing Times features in new series of Call the Midwife
12 Jan 2024
Nursing Times has featured in the latest series of Call the Midwife, spotlighting one of the first public campaigns by nurses to increase their pay.
New exhibition to open this week on history of children’s nursing
06 Nov 2023
The Royal College of Nursing is to launch a new exhibition dedicated to the history of children and young people’s nursing.
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NT Special Centenary Issue
100 years: The centenary of the nursing register
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Today marks landmark in nursing’s history as registered profession
The nursing community will today celebrate a major milestone in its history,…
2020: International year of the nurse and midwife
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Trust closes year of the nurse celebrations with cathedral service
A hospital trust has signed off its extended International Year of the…
Florence Nightingale
Mary Seacole
Edith Cavell
Ethel Gordon Fenwick
Betsi Cadwaladr