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.
Get in touch via: www.rcn.org.uk/library
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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
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🧵 Today, the governments in England and Wales have announced a 3.3% pay award for NHS staff for 2026/27. This is below inflation and far from what nursing staff deserve.
Read more ⬇️
Read more ⬇️
Westminster government announces Agenda for Change pay award in England | News | Royal College of Nursing
The RCN says the government’s below-inflation 2026/27 NHS pay award is an insult
www.rcn.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
🧵 Today, the governments in England and Wales have announced a 3.3% pay award for NHS staff for 2026/27. This is below inflation and far from what nursing staff deserve.
Read more ⬇️
Read more ⬇️
This Children's Mental Health Week, we invite you to read our subject guide on promoting children and young people's mental health in nursing.
Our guide brings together the latest peer-reviewed resources to foster strong support systems for children and young people.🧸📚
https://bit.ly/3Zq4eVO
Our guide brings together the latest peer-reviewed resources to foster strong support systems for children and young people.🧸📚
https://bit.ly/3Zq4eVO
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This Children's Mental Health Week, we invite you to read our subject guide on promoting children and young people's mental health in nursing.
Our guide brings together the latest peer-reviewed resources to foster strong support systems for children and young people.🧸📚
https://bit.ly/3Zq4eVO
Our guide brings together the latest peer-reviewed resources to foster strong support systems for children and young people.🧸📚
https://bit.ly/3Zq4eVO
❤️ #HeartUnions Week is all about the power of coming together. Fuel your activism with our curated reading list, packed with books to spark ideas and inspire action.
📚 Start reading: https://rcn.libguides.com/activism
📚 Start reading: https://rcn.libguides.com/activism
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
❤️ #HeartUnions Week is all about the power of coming together. Fuel your activism with our curated reading list, packed with books to spark ideas and inspire action.
📚 Start reading: https://rcn.libguides.com/activism
📚 Start reading: https://rcn.libguides.com/activism
Our library in Belfast will be closed on Friday 13 February 2026 due to essential maintenance. Our fantastic Northern Ireland librarian will be working remotely and we're ready to support you online!
📚 Our huge collection of ebook and ejournals will still be available from: www.rcn.org/library
📚 Our huge collection of ebook and ejournals will still be available from: www.rcn.org/library
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Our library in Belfast will be closed on Friday 13 February 2026 due to essential maintenance. Our fantastic Northern Ireland librarian will be working remotely and we're ready to support you online!
📚 Our huge collection of ebook and ejournals will still be available from: www.rcn.org/library
📚 Our huge collection of ebook and ejournals will still be available from: www.rcn.org/library
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🧵| Last year, RCN members working in the NHS in England voted to say: we deserve more.
We've been clear with the government – nursing staff need progress in both careers & through the annual pay award.
Today, we can announce that significant progress has been made on career progression. ⬇️
We've been clear with the government – nursing staff need progress in both careers & through the annual pay award.
Today, we can announce that significant progress has been made on career progression. ⬇️
Government funding to improve nursing career progression in England | News | Royal College of Nursing
After sustained RCN pressure, nursing staff will benefit from a package to tackle barriers to progression
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February 11, 2026 at 11:34 AM
🧵| Last year, RCN members working in the NHS in England voted to say: we deserve more.
We've been clear with the government – nursing staff need progress in both careers & through the annual pay award.
Today, we can announce that significant progress has been made on career progression. ⬇️
We've been clear with the government – nursing staff need progress in both careers & through the annual pay award.
Today, we can announce that significant progress has been made on career progression. ⬇️
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
❤️ 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
🌸 Smash your studies this spring 🌸
We're here to help you succeed this term (and the next) with training, resources, librarian support, cultural events and even yoga
🌷Start your refresh: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/time-for-a-spring-refresh
We're here to help you succeed this term (and the next) with training, resources, librarian support, cultural events and even yoga
🌷Start your refresh: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/time-for-a-spring-refresh
Time for a spring refresh | News | Royal College of Nursing
www.rcn.org.uk
February 6, 2026 at 9:37 AM
🌸 Smash your studies this spring 🌸
We're here to help you succeed this term (and the next) with training, resources, librarian support, cultural events and even yoga
🌷Start your refresh: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/time-for-a-spring-refresh
We're here to help you succeed this term (and the next) with training, resources, librarian support, cultural events and even yoga
🌷Start your refresh: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/time-for-a-spring-refresh
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
February 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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
🕵️Calling all handwriting sleuths🖊️
We need your help. We have this handwritten note in our 19th Century copy of Martin Chuzzlewit by Dickens. Can you work out what it says? We are stuck on the first word of the last line. And any thoughts on whose penmanship it could be?
#HistNursing #HistBook
We need your help. We have this handwritten note in our 19th Century copy of Martin Chuzzlewit by Dickens. Can you work out what it says? We are stuck on the first word of the last line. And any thoughts on whose penmanship it could be?
#HistNursing #HistBook
![A 19th Century Cursive passage... we think it reads: "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 [unclear] to the place where it should be, in the forefront, we should lead not follow. Leveled we shall go forward [unclear] we shall be overwhelmed.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vcylvkgpxjfbwk6rn3fmfre4/bafkreibpknko6iq3yljv7eqx5jo5pcctfelandics5wgyo2r2hhongarby@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
🕵️Calling all handwriting sleuths🖊️
We need your help. We have this handwritten note in our 19th Century copy of Martin Chuzzlewit by Dickens. Can you work out what it says? We are stuck on the first word of the last line. And any thoughts on whose penmanship it could be?
#HistNursing #HistBook
We need your help. We have this handwritten note in our 19th Century copy of Martin Chuzzlewit by Dickens. Can you work out what it says? We are stuck on the first word of the last line. And any thoughts on whose penmanship it could be?
#HistNursing #HistBook
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"Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) bring a huge amount to any team - they’re used to handling complex situations and can spot when something isn’t quite right straight away." 💬
Learn more about ANPs, including how they work within a multidisciplinary team, in our magazine feature ⬇️
Learn more about ANPs, including how they work within a multidisciplinary team, in our magazine feature ⬇️
What I do at work: consultant nurse in critical care | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing
We hear from Suman on what ANPs bring to intensive care, and the future of advanced practice
www.rcn.org.uk
February 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
"Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) bring a huge amount to any team - they’re used to handling complex situations and can spot when something isn’t quite right straight away." 💬
Learn more about ANPs, including how they work within a multidisciplinary team, in our magazine feature ⬇️
Learn more about ANPs, including how they work within a multidisciplinary team, in our magazine feature ⬇️
On #WorldCancerDay, explore the Royal Marsden Manual - a trusted resource of clinical and cancer nursing procedures. The easy to use guide is written by nurses for nurses.
📽️ Watch our video tutorial: https://bit.ly/4aysmuL
📚 Access the manual online: https://bit.ly/45FeVaI
📽️ Watch our video tutorial: https://bit.ly/4aysmuL
📚 Access the manual online: https://bit.ly/45FeVaI
Access the Royal Marsden Manual as part of your RCN membership │ Royal College of Nursing
YouTube video by RCN
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
On #WorldCancerDay, explore the Royal Marsden Manual - a trusted resource of clinical and cancer nursing procedures. The easy to use guide is written by nurses for nurses.
📽️ Watch our video tutorial: https://bit.ly/4aysmuL
📚 Access the manual online: https://bit.ly/45FeVaI
📽️ Watch our video tutorial: https://bit.ly/4aysmuL
📚 Access the manual online: https://bit.ly/45FeVaI
#OTD Violetta Thurstan was born in 1879. Thurstan was nurse and writer who worked internationally, during wars and with refugees. For her bravery, she was awarded the Military Medal in 1917.
We have several books by, or about, Thurstan, which document her fascinating life.
#HistNursing
We have several books by, or about, Thurstan, which document her fascinating life.
#HistNursing
February 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
#OTD Violetta Thurstan was born in 1879. Thurstan was nurse and writer who worked internationally, during wars and with refugees. For her bravery, she was awarded the Military Medal in 1917.
We have several books by, or about, Thurstan, which document her fascinating life.
#HistNursing
We have several books by, or about, Thurstan, which document her fascinating life.
#HistNursing
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One to read - chimes with @rcnlibraries.bsky.social new exhibition and events launching 5th March - moving to care - nurses and migration #histnursing
Out now: Our special issue of the European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics (#ENHE) about Nursing and Migration.
All articles OA: www.enhe.eu/enhe/issue/v...
#nursinghistory #medhist
All articles OA: www.enhe.eu/enhe/issue/v...
#nursinghistory #medhist
February 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
One to read - chimes with @rcnlibraries.bsky.social new exhibition and events launching 5th March - moving to care - nurses and migration #histnursing
A huge welcome to Cathryn, our new Head of Library and Museum!🎉🎉
Cathryn joins us from Imperial College library services. Cathryn previously managed our Information team.
🏛️Favourite museum: @soanemuseum.bsky.social
😋Best study snack: lentil crisps
🎼Most played song: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! by Raye
Cathryn joins us from Imperial College library services. Cathryn previously managed our Information team.
🏛️Favourite museum: @soanemuseum.bsky.social
😋Best study snack: lentil crisps
🎼Most played song: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! by Raye
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
A huge welcome to Cathryn, our new Head of Library and Museum!🎉🎉
Cathryn joins us from Imperial College library services. Cathryn previously managed our Information team.
🏛️Favourite museum: @soanemuseum.bsky.social
😋Best study snack: lentil crisps
🎼Most played song: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! by Raye
Cathryn joins us from Imperial College library services. Cathryn previously managed our Information team.
🏛️Favourite museum: @soanemuseum.bsky.social
😋Best study snack: lentil crisps
🎼Most played song: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! by Raye
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Internationally educated nursing staff (IENs) make vital contributions to the UK’s health and care services every day, but UK government proposals to overhaul the Indefinite Leave to Remain system fail to recognise the value these staff bring. (1/2)
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Internationally educated nursing staff (IENs) make vital contributions to the UK’s health and care services every day, but UK government proposals to overhaul the Indefinite Leave to Remain system fail to recognise the value these staff bring. (1/2)
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@rcnlibraries.bsky.social #histnursing in-person event London RCN on 18 February, featuring Radical Nurse Group cartoonist Cath Jackson: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Enough is Enough! The Politics of Health in Cartoons| Event | Royal College of Nursing
Join this talk on the history of nursing cartoons, from documenting nursing training in 1900 to political campaigns of the 1980s.
www.rcn.org.uk
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
@rcnlibraries.bsky.social #histnursing in-person event London RCN on 18 February, featuring Radical Nurse Group cartoonist Cath Jackson: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Here's a bit of behind-the-scenes action of our Museum and Events Assistant de-installing the Prison Nursing Unlocked exhibition.
Why not join the exhibition launch in Scotland?
📆 Date: 26 February
🕙 Time: 5.30-8pm
🌐 Location: In-person and online
Book through our website: https://bit.ly/4qNLsDT
Why not join the exhibition launch in Scotland?
📆 Date: 26 February
🕙 Time: 5.30-8pm
🌐 Location: In-person and online
Book through our website: https://bit.ly/4qNLsDT
February 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Here's a bit of behind-the-scenes action of our Museum and Events Assistant de-installing the Prison Nursing Unlocked exhibition.
Why not join the exhibition launch in Scotland?
📆 Date: 26 February
🕙 Time: 5.30-8pm
🌐 Location: In-person and online
Book through our website: https://bit.ly/4qNLsDT
Why not join the exhibition launch in Scotland?
📆 Date: 26 February
🕙 Time: 5.30-8pm
🌐 Location: In-person and online
Book through our website: https://bit.ly/4qNLsDT