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29 May 2024
Louisa’s Lament: where history meets fiction.
This book review explores the writing of 'Louisa's lament', a novel which sheds light on a group of pioneering nurses in 1880, and the trouble they experienced. For me it was a good read - a fascinating glimpse into history, with resonance for contemporary organisational conflict.
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30 Apr 2024
Looking to trace a nurse from the past? Start here
Are you interested in tracing a nurse from the past? Maybe a family member, someone important to your field of practice, or who nursed at a significant point in our history? Are you wondering where to start looking? This updated guide is there to help you and is an excellent starting point.
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24 Apr 2024
Remembering Daphne Steele
The first blue plaque outside London has recently been unveiled and recognises a pioneering Black nurse and midwife, Daphne Steele.
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28 Feb 2024
Gaslight
This blog has been submitted by a member who wishes to remain anonymous, for reasons that will become clear as you read it. Bullying is a common phenomenon for nurses, with around a quarter of the nursing family experiencing bullying in the past year. This blog highlights my personal experience of “gaslighting” - a specific type of bullying, and how I am gradually recovering from this.
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21 Feb 2024
History of Nursing Forum volunteers receive the Wikimedia UK, Partnership of the Year Award
History of Nursing Forum volunteers for the 'Women in Red’ project, which uploads nursing history to the Wikipedia website, received the above award at the annual Wikimedia UK community on-line meeting in November 2023.
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17 Jan 2024
More nurses in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
This blog highlights the cooperation between the History of Nursing Forum and the editors of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography to document the lives and contributions of nurses who made an outstanding contribution to the profession and society.
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14 Jun 2023
Nurses in red - An online project to document nursing history
This blog pays tribute to a nurse who deserves recognition for her hard work and compassion during her nursing career. Kathleen Robb was a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, from Northern Ireland.
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5 May 2023
75 years of the NHS - Nursing then and now
This blog reflects on the content of an issue of the Nursing Times from July 1948, days before the NHS was launched. The blog identifies some nursing issues from that year that remain current today e.g. pay, but also highlights areas of positive change within the profession i.e. it is more diverse.
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17 Apr 2023
A nurses' badge and medal led to a PhD
Ill health led to a change in my career, and a new passion in nursing history.
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6 Apr 2023
Tracing Nurses: A revised guide to research family and local history
This blog promotes the latest version of the History of Forum's guide to tracing nurses. It includes a wide variety of sources for people researching family and local history.
