Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum
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The RCN (@rcn.org.uk) Library and Museum is Europe’s largest nursing library. Use our services online or visit our libraries, exhibitions and events in person.
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Join us for the launch of Moved to Care: Stories of Nursing and Migration. Your chance for a first look around the exhibition. Enjoy free refreshments, an expert panel of speakers and activities.
📆 Thursday 5 March 2026
📍 London
✅ Book your spot: https://bit.ly/4pSGp4z
#MovedToCare #HistNursing
📆 Thursday 5 March 2026
📍 London
✅ Book your spot: https://bit.ly/4pSGp4z
#MovedToCare #HistNursing
Take some time to explore the RCN Archives. Here's a postcard from the Biley collection, showing a family connecting during difficult circumstances in 1914.
New Infirmary, Newcastle on Tyne, 3 May 1914 - front and back: https://bit.ly/4rcgohp
#ExploreYourArchive
#HistNursing
#EYAConnections
New Infirmary, Newcastle on Tyne, 3 May 1914 - front and back: https://bit.ly/4rcgohp
#ExploreYourArchive
#HistNursing
#EYAConnections
![Text transcription:
We were so pleased to hear Tom has arrived quite safe and that he got the
presents through safely. You will have got used to
him by this [?] Hope he is quite better. Sorry he had been so ill.
You will get quite conversant with English folk and their
ways but of course we have to adapt ourselves to the
situation we are placed in.
Hope you are […]
Grandpa and Grandma.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vcylvkgpxjfbwk6rn3fmfre4/bafkreihc6vrybmwo4ql5qemzfz6jtb7y7e5bo2xuy2dx4iqya2hvnljbam@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Take some time to explore the RCN Archives. Here's a postcard from the Biley collection, showing a family connecting during difficult circumstances in 1914.
New Infirmary, Newcastle on Tyne, 3 May 1914 - front and back: https://bit.ly/4rcgohp
#ExploreYourArchive
#HistNursing
#EYAConnections
New Infirmary, Newcastle on Tyne, 3 May 1914 - front and back: https://bit.ly/4rcgohp
#ExploreYourArchive
#HistNursing
#EYAConnections
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
❤️ It’s #HeartUnions Week! RCN reps make workplaces safer, fairer and better for every member. Explore our Reps Subject Guide for the key resources, training and support that help you make a difference every day.
🔗 Discover the guide: https://bit.ly/4reHfcA
🔗 Discover the guide: https://bit.ly/4reHfcA
February 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
❤️ It’s #HeartUnions Week! RCN reps make workplaces safer, fairer and better for every member. Explore our Reps Subject Guide for the key resources, training and support that help you make a difference every day.
🔗 Discover the guide: https://bit.ly/4reHfcA
🔗 Discover the guide: https://bit.ly/4reHfcA
Jumping (tardily) on the #MuseumSuperBowl bandwagon with this ornate bowl engraved with a female figure, maybe the sea nymph Amphitrite, sitting on a chimera-like animal.
It was given in 1925 to Annie Warren Gill, fourth founding member of the RCN who then became RCN President in 1927.
It was given in 1925 to Annie Warren Gill, fourth founding member of the RCN who then became RCN President in 1927.
February 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Jumping (tardily) on the #MuseumSuperBowl bandwagon with this ornate bowl engraved with a female figure, maybe the sea nymph Amphitrite, sitting on a chimera-like animal.
It was given in 1925 to Annie Warren Gill, fourth founding member of the RCN who then became RCN President in 1927.
It was given in 1925 to Annie Warren Gill, fourth founding member of the RCN who then became RCN President in 1927.
Object of the Month – Stethoscope and obstetric horn, 1950s-1980s
February is Heart Month to raise awareness of heart disease and promote healthy lifestyle choices.
In honour of that, here's the stethoscope and obstetric horn of Edith Johnson, nurse and midwife.
#ObjectOfTheMonth #HeartMonth
February is Heart Month to raise awareness of heart disease and promote healthy lifestyle choices.
In honour of that, here's the stethoscope and obstetric horn of Edith Johnson, nurse and midwife.
#ObjectOfTheMonth #HeartMonth
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Object of the Month – Stethoscope and obstetric horn, 1950s-1980s
February is Heart Month to raise awareness of heart disease and promote healthy lifestyle choices.
In honour of that, here's the stethoscope and obstetric horn of Edith Johnson, nurse and midwife.
#ObjectOfTheMonth #HeartMonth
February is Heart Month to raise awareness of heart disease and promote healthy lifestyle choices.
In honour of that, here's the stethoscope and obstetric horn of Edith Johnson, nurse and midwife.
#ObjectOfTheMonth #HeartMonth
From our fantastic and exciting new exhibition launch 🏛️ to yoga practice🧘, library skills🔍 and writing workshops🖊️, we've got loads of events for you over the next few weeks.
📔🎼🖼️💭🏥 Find our full programme and book your place: https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/Museum-and-Events/Library-Events
📔🎼🖼️💭🏥 Find our full programme and book your place: https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/Museum-and-Events/Library-Events
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
From our fantastic and exciting new exhibition launch 🏛️ to yoga practice🧘, library skills🔍 and writing workshops🖊️, we've got loads of events for you over the next few weeks.
📔🎼🖼️💭🏥 Find our full programme and book your place: https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/Museum-and-Events/Library-Events
📔🎼🖼️💭🏥 Find our full programme and book your place: https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/Museum-and-Events/Library-Events
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This #HeartUnions Week, we’re celebrating our members who organise, mobilise & grow our collective power every day.
Through building solidarity in workplaces and turning member activism into real change, you ensure that the voice of nursing cannot be ignored.
Get involved: https://bit.ly/4hOpqNI
Through building solidarity in workplaces and turning member activism into real change, you ensure that the voice of nursing cannot be ignored.
Get involved: https://bit.ly/4hOpqNI
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
This #HeartUnions Week, we’re celebrating our members who organise, mobilise & grow our collective power every day.
Through building solidarity in workplaces and turning member activism into real change, you ensure that the voice of nursing cannot be ignored.
Get involved: https://bit.ly/4hOpqNI
Through building solidarity in workplaces and turning member activism into real change, you ensure that the voice of nursing cannot be ignored.
Get involved: https://bit.ly/4hOpqNI
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Enough is Enough! A talk on the history of nursing cartoons from 1900 to 1980. Join historian Dr Sue Hawkins, cartoonist Cath Jackson, graphic novel editor Corinne Pearlman and Holly Burrows (Cartoon Museum).
🕠5:30-7pm, 18 February
📍London
🎟️Free: https://bit.ly/3MefKR1
#ArtOfNursing #HistNursing
🕠5:30-7pm, 18 February
📍London
🎟️Free: https://bit.ly/3MefKR1
#ArtOfNursing #HistNursing
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 AM
For #HeartMonth we're highlighting the British Journal of Cardiac Nursing. Essential for all nurses working in cardiac care, you can access the latest accurate research with your RCN membership. Browse the latest issue here: http://bit.ly/3NZvc4b
February 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
For #HeartMonth we're highlighting the British Journal of Cardiac Nursing. Essential for all nurses working in cardiac care, you can access the latest accurate research with your RCN membership. Browse the latest issue here: http://bit.ly/3NZvc4b
Enough is Enough! A talk on the history of nursing cartoons from 1900 to 1980. Join historian Dr Sue Hawkins, cartoonist Cath Jackson, graphic novel editor Corinne Pearlman and Holly Burrows (Cartoon Museum).
🕠5:30-7pm, 18 February
📍London
🎟️Free: https://bit.ly/3MefKR1
#ArtOfNursing #HistNursing
🕠5:30-7pm, 18 February
📍London
🎟️Free: https://bit.ly/3MefKR1
#ArtOfNursing #HistNursing
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Enough is Enough! A talk on the history of nursing cartoons from 1900 to 1980. Join historian Dr Sue Hawkins, cartoonist Cath Jackson, graphic novel editor Corinne Pearlman and Holly Burrows (Cartoon Museum).
🕠5:30-7pm, 18 February
📍London
🎟️Free: https://bit.ly/3MefKR1
#ArtOfNursing #HistNursing
🕠5:30-7pm, 18 February
📍London
🎟️Free: https://bit.ly/3MefKR1
#ArtOfNursing #HistNursing
Good point! We'll see if we have some other marginalia from Nightingale.
February 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Good point! We'll see if we have some other marginalia from Nightingale.
United we shall go forward, disunited we shall be overwhelmed.
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
United we shall go forward, disunited we shall be overwhelmed.
I stand for progress-pledged to support any measure coming from whatever source that will lift the nursing profession supported as it is by the noblest tradition to the place where it should be, in the forefront, we should lead not follow...
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I stand for progress-pledged to support any measure coming from whatever source that will lift the nursing profession supported as it is by the noblest tradition to the place where it should be, in the forefront, we should lead not follow...
Thanks for your help! We think, and with all the contributions, this might be the passage:
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Thanks for your help! We think, and with all the contributions, this might be the passage:
We think this might be "lift the" which seems to make topical sense too. There was some suggestion this could be Florence Nightingale's hand - we'll dig out some of her letters to compare soon!
February 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
We think this might be "lift the" which seems to make topical sense too. There was some suggestion this could be Florence Nightingale's hand - we'll dig out some of her letters to compare soon!
Thanks Catherine! We like this suggestion - there seems to be a real consensus that this is the most likely.
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Thanks Catherine! We like this suggestion - there seems to be a real consensus that this is the most likely.
We think this makes sense too!
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February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
We think this makes sense too!
Thanks Susi! It is a tricky hand. We had to look up viccisitudes 🫣. But we think the traditions suggestion is most likely.
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Thanks Susi! It is a tricky hand. We had to look up viccisitudes 🫣. But we think the traditions suggestion is most likely.
Nice to have a palaeographer on the line! Expert hive minds here on Bluesky! 💯
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Nice to have a palaeographer on the line! Expert hive minds here on Bluesky! 💯
Thanks Madeleine! We think so too now - really helpful to get everyone's eyes on this 🌟
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Thanks Madeleine! We think so too now - really helpful to get everyone's eyes on this 🌟
Thanks Krisztina! We think this is it too :) And I think we largely in agreement about your whole passage now. It's been really helpful to get everyone's dis/united suggestions!
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Thanks Krisztina! We think this is it too :) And I think we largely in agreement about your whole passage now. It's been really helpful to get everyone's dis/united suggestions!
Thanks Brad! We thought it was something like levelled/desiccated - but disunited with a looped "i" makes more sense.
February 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Thanks Brad! We thought it was something like levelled/desiccated - but disunited with a looped "i" makes more sense.
Thanks Andy! It does look like an L - but a lot of helpful suggestions for traditions - which makes sense.
February 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Thanks Andy! It does look like an L - but a lot of helpful suggestions for traditions - which makes sense.
Makes sense paleographically, rhetorically and philosophically!
February 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Makes sense paleographically, rhetorically and philosophically!