Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum
@rcnlibraries.bsky.social
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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Get in touch via: www.rcn.org.uk/library
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Our new major exhibition is open!
Discover art by and about nurses. It explores the role of art in constructing and resisting stereotypes, by exposing the complexity, labour and expertise of nursing.
🎨 Find out more: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/art-of-nursing-exhibition
#ArtOfNursing
Discover art by and about nurses. It explores the role of art in constructing and resisting stereotypes, by exposing the complexity, labour and expertise of nursing.
🎨 Find out more: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/art-of-nursing-exhibition
#ArtOfNursing
🌍 It’s World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week!
🦠 For literature on infection prevention and control, including key resources, books and journals, check out our tailored subject guide: https://bit.ly/3UgsZS3
✅ Stay informed. Stay protected.
#WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek2025 #WAAW2025
🦠 For literature on infection prevention and control, including key resources, books and journals, check out our tailored subject guide: https://bit.ly/3UgsZS3
✅ Stay informed. Stay protected.
#WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek2025 #WAAW2025
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🌍 It’s World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week!
🦠 For literature on infection prevention and control, including key resources, books and journals, check out our tailored subject guide: https://bit.ly/3UgsZS3
✅ Stay informed. Stay protected.
#WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek2025 #WAAW2025
🦠 For literature on infection prevention and control, including key resources, books and journals, check out our tailored subject guide: https://bit.ly/3UgsZS3
✅ Stay informed. Stay protected.
#WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek2025 #WAAW2025
Join one of our monthly behind the scenes tours to explore the secrets of 20 Cavendish Square, home to the Royal College of Nursing. Our next tour takes place on 3 December.
📆 3 December, 3pm
📍 London
🎟️ £9 or free for RCN members
📆 3 December, 3pm
📍 London
🎟️ £9 or free for RCN members
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Join one of our monthly behind the scenes tours to explore the secrets of 20 Cavendish Square, home to the Royal College of Nursing. Our next tour takes place on 3 December.
📆 3 December, 3pm
📍 London
🎟️ £9 or free for RCN members
📆 3 December, 3pm
📍 London
🎟️ £9 or free for RCN members
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Partner with us!
Planning a festival or community event in 2025 or 2026?
We can bring stories, activities, and displays that celebrate migration and get people talking...
Photos: Elzbieta Piekacz, Sopo Ramischwili
Planning a festival or community event in 2025 or 2026?
We can bring stories, activities, and displays that celebrate migration and get people talking...
Photos: Elzbieta Piekacz, Sopo Ramischwili
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Partner with us!
Planning a festival or community event in 2025 or 2026?
We can bring stories, activities, and displays that celebrate migration and get people talking...
Photos: Elzbieta Piekacz, Sopo Ramischwili
Planning a festival or community event in 2025 or 2026?
We can bring stories, activities, and displays that celebrate migration and get people talking...
Photos: Elzbieta Piekacz, Sopo Ramischwili
Do you work in nursing and have experience of migration? Join this workshop led by artist Haleema Aziz and become part of an artwork featured in our next exhibition on the history of migration and nursing. Book your space here: https://bit.ly/4phlzuP
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Do you work in nursing and have experience of migration? Join this workshop led by artist Haleema Aziz and become part of an artwork featured in our next exhibition on the history of migration and nursing. Book your space here: https://bit.ly/4phlzuP
📣 There are still spaces available for tomorrow's report writing workshop with the Royal Literary Fund! 📣
Come along and learn how to produce excellent reports, from initial ideas to final draft.
🔗 Book your place: https://bit.ly/4ngqOK4
Come along and learn how to produce excellent reports, from initial ideas to final draft.
🔗 Book your place: https://bit.ly/4ngqOK4
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
📣 There are still spaces available for tomorrow's report writing workshop with the Royal Literary Fund! 📣
Come along and learn how to produce excellent reports, from initial ideas to final draft.
🔗 Book your place: https://bit.ly/4ngqOK4
Come along and learn how to produce excellent reports, from initial ideas to final draft.
🔗 Book your place: https://bit.ly/4ngqOK4
This 1988 Nursing Times article discusses the support district nurses often provided AIDS patients in their homes. Join us on the 27 November to learn more about the stories of nurses, midwives and support workers during the early years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic: https://bit.ly/43bhHTT
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This 1988 Nursing Times article discusses the support district nurses often provided AIDS patients in their homes. Join us on the 27 November to learn more about the stories of nurses, midwives and support workers during the early years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic: https://bit.ly/43bhHTT
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Join artist Haleema Aziz for a workshop to create an artwork for the @rcnlibraries.bsky.social's upcoming exhibition about migration and nursing.
📆 5 Dec, 4 - 5.30pm, Oxford Circus (Free)
⭐Particularly aimed at nursing and healthcare staff with experience of migration.
Learn more: bit.ly/4oLAVYH
📆 5 Dec, 4 - 5.30pm, Oxford Circus (Free)
⭐Particularly aimed at nursing and healthcare staff with experience of migration.
Learn more: bit.ly/4oLAVYH
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Join artist Haleema Aziz for a workshop to create an artwork for the @rcnlibraries.bsky.social's upcoming exhibition about migration and nursing.
📆 5 Dec, 4 - 5.30pm, Oxford Circus (Free)
⭐Particularly aimed at nursing and healthcare staff with experience of migration.
Learn more: bit.ly/4oLAVYH
📆 5 Dec, 4 - 5.30pm, Oxford Circus (Free)
⭐Particularly aimed at nursing and healthcare staff with experience of migration.
Learn more: bit.ly/4oLAVYH
Ahead of #NursingSupportWorkersDay, it was great to be out at Hairmyres Hospital in Lanarkshire this morning meeting some brilliant members for coffee and cake ☕ 🍰 🧁
Explore our top journal picks for nursing support workers: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/journals-for-nsw
Explore our top journal picks for nursing support workers: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/journals-for-nsw
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Ahead of #NursingSupportWorkersDay, it was great to be out at Hairmyres Hospital in Lanarkshire this morning meeting some brilliant members for coffee and cake ☕ 🍰 🧁
Explore our top journal picks for nursing support workers: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/journals-for-nsw
Explore our top journal picks for nursing support workers: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/journals-for-nsw
Some of our digital services are impacted by the global Cloudfare outage. This includes ebook access.
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Some of our digital services are impacted by the global Cloudfare outage. This includes ebook access.
As well as access to thousands of journals and books, our library offers training support for literature searching and referencing for all RCN members.
Learn about our library at the Introduction to RCN Library Services session on Thurs 27 November: https://bit.ly/48Tmm0k
Learn about our library at the Introduction to RCN Library Services session on Thurs 27 November: https://bit.ly/48Tmm0k
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
As well as access to thousands of journals and books, our library offers training support for literature searching and referencing for all RCN members.
Learn about our library at the Introduction to RCN Library Services session on Thurs 27 November: https://bit.ly/48Tmm0k
Learn about our library at the Introduction to RCN Library Services session on Thurs 27 November: https://bit.ly/48Tmm0k
📣 This Thursday! Don’t miss our free online workshop: Know How to Evaluate Healthcare Information. 🧠 Learn how to critically assess research. 🛠️ Build your confidence with practical tools.
📅 20 November
🕚 11am–1pm
RCN members: https://bit.ly/46QypKq
📅 20 November
🕚 11am–1pm
RCN members: https://bit.ly/46QypKq
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
📣 This Thursday! Don’t miss our free online workshop: Know How to Evaluate Healthcare Information. 🧠 Learn how to critically assess research. 🛠️ Build your confidence with practical tools.
📅 20 November
🕚 11am–1pm
RCN members: https://bit.ly/46QypKq
📅 20 November
🕚 11am–1pm
RCN members: https://bit.ly/46QypKq
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There’s one week left to get ready for #NursingSupportWorkersDay 💛
Whether you’re celebrating at work, at home, or with us in RCN HQ, you can find ways to get involved on our website.
Make sure to tag us in your pictures! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4h51HbE
Whether you’re celebrating at work, at home, or with us in RCN HQ, you can find ways to get involved on our website.
Make sure to tag us in your pictures! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4h51HbE
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
There’s one week left to get ready for #NursingSupportWorkersDay 💛
Whether you’re celebrating at work, at home, or with us in RCN HQ, you can find ways to get involved on our website.
Make sure to tag us in your pictures! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4h51HbE
Whether you’re celebrating at work, at home, or with us in RCN HQ, you can find ways to get involved on our website.
Make sure to tag us in your pictures! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4h51HbE
Only a couple of days until our online talk exploring the links between colour, creativity and care in post-war Britain. Book your free ticket now!
📆 19 November, 5.30 - 7pm
💻 Online
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qfnEc6
Image: Mary Barnes: At the Well, oil on board, c/o Falkland Estate.
📆 19 November, 5.30 - 7pm
💻 Online
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qfnEc6
Image: Mary Barnes: At the Well, oil on board, c/o Falkland Estate.
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Only a couple of days until our online talk exploring the links between colour, creativity and care in post-war Britain. Book your free ticket now!
📆 19 November, 5.30 - 7pm
💻 Online
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qfnEc6
Image: Mary Barnes: At the Well, oil on board, c/o Falkland Estate.
📆 19 November, 5.30 - 7pm
💻 Online
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qfnEc6
Image: Mary Barnes: At the Well, oil on board, c/o Falkland Estate.
We want to know what you think 💭
Have your say and help shape your RCN libraries. As a thank you, you’ll be entered into a draw to win one of 5 x £30 M&S vouchers. It takes less than 10 minutes.
🔗 https://surveys.rcn.org.uk/s/LZZNOS
Have your say and help shape your RCN libraries. As a thank you, you’ll be entered into a draw to win one of 5 x £30 M&S vouchers. It takes less than 10 minutes.
🔗 https://surveys.rcn.org.uk/s/LZZNOS
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We want to know what you think 💭
Have your say and help shape your RCN libraries. As a thank you, you’ll be entered into a draw to win one of 5 x £30 M&S vouchers. It takes less than 10 minutes.
🔗 https://surveys.rcn.org.uk/s/LZZNOS
Have your say and help shape your RCN libraries. As a thank you, you’ll be entered into a draw to win one of 5 x £30 M&S vouchers. It takes less than 10 minutes.
🔗 https://surveys.rcn.org.uk/s/LZZNOS
This week is UK Malnutrition Awareness Week. Search for articles and books on malnutrition to improve your understanding and help raise awareness.
🔍 https://bit.ly/4nV9hra
#UKMAW2025
🔍 https://bit.ly/4nV9hra
#UKMAW2025
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This week is UK Malnutrition Awareness Week. Search for articles and books on malnutrition to improve your understanding and help raise awareness.
🔍 https://bit.ly/4nV9hra
#UKMAW2025
🔍 https://bit.ly/4nV9hra
#UKMAW2025
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Interested in the history of hospitals ? #histnursing #histmed #histhospitals. Free online 19th Nov 17.30 UK time - open to all @rcnlibraries.bsky.social Dr Victoria Bates @victoriabates.bsky.social The history of colour in twentieth-century British hospitals .
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Sensing Spaces: The History of Colour, Art and Care | Royal College of Nursing
Join us for an online talk on the history of colour in twentieth-century British hospitals.
www.rcn.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Interested in the history of hospitals ? #histnursing #histmed #histhospitals. Free online 19th Nov 17.30 UK time - open to all @rcnlibraries.bsky.social Dr Victoria Bates @victoriabates.bsky.social The history of colour in twentieth-century British hospitals .
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
📚 Did you know the RCN Library can post books to your home for free?
Access our physical collection from anywhere by requesting books on our Library Search. Even returns are free - it's all included in your RCN membership.
Watch our guide on how to request a postal loan 📹
https://bit.ly/4oI9FdO
Access our physical collection from anywhere by requesting books on our Library Search. Even returns are free - it's all included in your RCN membership.
Watch our guide on how to request a postal loan 📹
https://bit.ly/4oI9FdO
How to get books posted to you for free from the RCN libraries │ Royal College of Nursing
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November 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
📚 Did you know the RCN Library can post books to your home for free?
Access our physical collection from anywhere by requesting books on our Library Search. Even returns are free - it's all included in your RCN membership.
Watch our guide on how to request a postal loan 📹
https://bit.ly/4oI9FdO
Access our physical collection from anywhere by requesting books on our Library Search. Even returns are free - it's all included in your RCN membership.
Watch our guide on how to request a postal loan 📹
https://bit.ly/4oI9FdO
#OTD in 1854, Florence Nightingale wrote a letter to surgeon Dr Bowman with statistics from Scutari Hospital. She later used it in her Coxcomb Chart to prove that most deaths during the Crimean War were caused by diseases rather than battle wounds. See the chart in our #ArtofNursing exhibition!
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#OTD in 1854, Florence Nightingale wrote a letter to surgeon Dr Bowman with statistics from Scutari Hospital. She later used it in her Coxcomb Chart to prove that most deaths during the Crimean War were caused by diseases rather than battle wounds. See the chart in our #ArtofNursing exhibition!
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This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek we are redoubling our call for action to address the health inequalities that affect transgender communities across the UK.
Read our full statement here: https://bit.ly/3Xu4GkQ
Read our full statement here: https://bit.ly/3Xu4GkQ
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek we are redoubling our call for action to address the health inequalities that affect transgender communities across the UK.
Read our full statement here: https://bit.ly/3Xu4GkQ
Read our full statement here: https://bit.ly/3Xu4GkQ
Welcome delegates to the RCN Trauma and Orthopaedic Nursing Conference!
Looking to dive deeper into the topics discussed today? Explore our latest blog highlighting key journals for trauma and orthopaedics.
🔗 https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/journals-for-trauma
#RCNTON25
Looking to dive deeper into the topics discussed today? Explore our latest blog highlighting key journals for trauma and orthopaedics.
🔗 https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/journals-for-trauma
#RCNTON25
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Welcome delegates to the RCN Trauma and Orthopaedic Nursing Conference!
Looking to dive deeper into the topics discussed today? Explore our latest blog highlighting key journals for trauma and orthopaedics.
🔗 https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/journals-for-trauma
#RCNTON25
Looking to dive deeper into the topics discussed today? Explore our latest blog highlighting key journals for trauma and orthopaedics.
🔗 https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/journals-for-trauma
#RCNTON25
From Florence Nightingale to Mary Seacole, nurses have always transformed healthcare. Now, nurses are shaping the next chapter with digital technology.
📅 Join us online on 3 December for a talk exploring pioneering achievements in #DigitalNursing.
✅ Reserve your spot now: https://bit.ly/3Lu5ljD
📅 Join us online on 3 December for a talk exploring pioneering achievements in #DigitalNursing.
✅ Reserve your spot now: https://bit.ly/3Lu5ljD
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
From Florence Nightingale to Mary Seacole, nurses have always transformed healthcare. Now, nurses are shaping the next chapter with digital technology.
📅 Join us online on 3 December for a talk exploring pioneering achievements in #DigitalNursing.
✅ Reserve your spot now: https://bit.ly/3Lu5ljD
📅 Join us online on 3 December for a talk exploring pioneering achievements in #DigitalNursing.
✅ Reserve your spot now: https://bit.ly/3Lu5ljD
✍️ References don't need to take hours to find, save and organise.
In our Easy Referencing training session, we will show you how to use a free and simple referencing tool called ZoteroBib to cut down on your time and stress.
Book your spot now ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ojSGyc
In our Easy Referencing training session, we will show you how to use a free and simple referencing tool called ZoteroBib to cut down on your time and stress.
Book your spot now ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ojSGyc
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
✍️ References don't need to take hours to find, save and organise.
In our Easy Referencing training session, we will show you how to use a free and simple referencing tool called ZoteroBib to cut down on your time and stress.
Book your spot now ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ojSGyc
In our Easy Referencing training session, we will show you how to use a free and simple referencing tool called ZoteroBib to cut down on your time and stress.
Book your spot now ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ojSGyc
🎨 How did colour and creativity transform hospitals? Delve into the sensory history of healthcare with experts Victoria Bates and Victoria Tischler at our online talk on 19 November.
🕠 5.30 - 7pm
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qfnEc6
Image: Mary Barnes: At the Well, oil on board, c/o Falkland Estate.
🕠 5.30 - 7pm
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qfnEc6
Image: Mary Barnes: At the Well, oil on board, c/o Falkland Estate.
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🎨 How did colour and creativity transform hospitals? Delve into the sensory history of healthcare with experts Victoria Bates and Victoria Tischler at our online talk on 19 November.
🕠 5.30 - 7pm
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qfnEc6
Image: Mary Barnes: At the Well, oil on board, c/o Falkland Estate.
🕠 5.30 - 7pm
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qfnEc6
Image: Mary Barnes: At the Well, oil on board, c/o Falkland Estate.
We want to know what you think 💭
Have your say and help shape your RCN libraries. As a thank you, you’ll be entered into a draw to win one of 5 x £30 M&S vouchers. It takes less than 10 minutes.
🔗 https://surveys.rcn.org.uk/s/LZZNOS
Have your say and help shape your RCN libraries. As a thank you, you’ll be entered into a draw to win one of 5 x £30 M&S vouchers. It takes less than 10 minutes.
🔗 https://surveys.rcn.org.uk/s/LZZNOS
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We want to know what you think 💭
Have your say and help shape your RCN libraries. As a thank you, you’ll be entered into a draw to win one of 5 x £30 M&S vouchers. It takes less than 10 minutes.
🔗 https://surveys.rcn.org.uk/s/LZZNOS
Have your say and help shape your RCN libraries. As a thank you, you’ll be entered into a draw to win one of 5 x £30 M&S vouchers. It takes less than 10 minutes.
🔗 https://surveys.rcn.org.uk/s/LZZNOS
📚 Check out our ‘New Books’ display at London HQ, curated to reflect current trends in nursing practice 🩺 and topical issues 🌍.
We’re committed to keeping our collection relevant. And you can help us!
💡If there’s a title you want to suggest, let us know here: https://bit.ly/3JrbUzj.
We’re committed to keeping our collection relevant. And you can help us!
💡If there’s a title you want to suggest, let us know here: https://bit.ly/3JrbUzj.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
📚 Check out our ‘New Books’ display at London HQ, curated to reflect current trends in nursing practice 🩺 and topical issues 🌍.
We’re committed to keeping our collection relevant. And you can help us!
💡If there’s a title you want to suggest, let us know here: https://bit.ly/3JrbUzj.
We’re committed to keeping our collection relevant. And you can help us!
💡If there’s a title you want to suggest, let us know here: https://bit.ly/3JrbUzj.