Conférences du Royal College of Nursing

History of nursing online events in Jan/Feb 2024

 

Nurses’ Voices from the Second World War: The Ireland Connection (online)

Thursday 18 January 2024, 5.30pm

Free, book online here: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events/nurses-voices-ww2-ireland-connection-180124

 

Seán Graffin, RCN Northern Ireland History of Nursing Network member, will discuss how he has collated a database of over 600 Irish nurses which will be available on the website of the Public Records office of Northen Ireland (PRONI). Margaret Graham will talk through the stories of some of these nurses from a new book, Nurses’ Voices from the Second World War: the Ireland Connection.

 

Children's experiences of the first children's wards in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century England (online)

Wednesday 31 January 2024, 5.30pm

Free, book online here: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events/experiences-of-first-childrens-wards-310124

 

Siân Pooley, from the Centre for the History of Childhood at Oxford University, delves into her research into children’s experiences of early children’s wards. While previous generations had been denied access to hospital, or occasionally treated on adult wards, find out what young people in the first children’s hospitals thought about their experiences of care.

 

Sharing Stories from the Archive: The History of Children’s Nursing (online)

Thursday 15 February 2024, 6pm

Free, book online here: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events/sharing-stories-from-archive-150224

 

Our exhibition was co-curated by a team of volunteers, many of whom are or were children and young people’s nurses. Hear from some of the team about the fascinating stories they uncovered – on mental health, hospital visiting, hospital history, nurse education and children’s rights – alongside their personal recollections of caring for, and learning from, children and young people.