Exhibition: UNMASKED: Real Stories of Nursing in COVID-19
30 Nov 2023 - 16 May
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The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the personal and professional challenges that nursing and healthcare professionals face every day. The public looked to them as masked heroes but many felt they were just doing their job.
Yet this pandemic, like others before it, exposed the risks taken by nursing professionals at work. Over 850 healthcare workers are thought to have died after contracting COVID-19 in 2020. The pandemic was not equal, impacting on some staff more than others, particularly those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
The risk of infection occurred everywhere that nursing took place: whether in the community, in care homes, in mental health or in maternity wards.
This exhibition looks behind the masks, to explore the thoughts, feelings and experiences of nursing staff during COVID-19 and past pandemics.
The exhibition is open Monday to Thursday 10am – 4pm.
Alongside the exhibition, we're inviting RCN members to be part of Humans Not Heroes, a co-creation project that has brought healthcare workers together to collectively and creatively reflect on their experience of COVID-19 pandemic. These stories will inspire audio artworks written and recorded by professional artists.
RCN Scotland Headquarters (Edinburgh)
42 South Oswald Road
Edinburgh
EH9 2HH
2.5 miles from Edinburgh Waverley Station
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