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Visitors and children’s hospitals, 1852-1948: A re-appraisal

01 May 2001

Paediatric Nursing

General

Parental access to hospitalised children and parental participation in the care of these children are currently viewed as central aspects of family-centred care...

The child first and always: The registered children’s nurse over 150 years. Part one

01 May 2002

Paediatric Nursing

General

The celebration this year to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Britain’s first children’s hospital, The Hospital For Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, is a...

Mental health nursing: sleepwalking towards oblivion?

23 July 2008

Mental Health Practice

Education

Mental health nursing (MHN) has a rich heritage in the UK and has carved a unique niche for itself within the wider nursing profession. It seems impossible to...

The child first and always: nurse over 150 years. Part two

01 June 2002

Paediatric Nursing

History

As of the 31st of March 2001 there were 632,050 people registered as nurses with the UKCC, of which 34,345 (5.43 per cent) hold a children’s nursing qualification....

‘The case of Baby Jane’ or ‘What can be learnt from a second-hand book?’

01 July 2001

Paediatric Nursing

History

May I introduce you to ‘Baby Jane’ – or to be more precise baby Anna Jane Sproule. There’s not much I can tell you about her, except that at the time of my insight...

Oncology outreach: history in the making

01 November 2004

Paediatric Nursing

General

During the 1960s, outreach nursing services for children with general medical or surgical problems began to spread in the UK, supporting the aim of early discharge...

District nursing around the world

01 October 2009

Primary Health Care

History

The 150th anniversary of district nursing is a good time to re-examine some of the historic material relating to its pioneers. The system of district nursing spread...

Voices from the past

01 June 2003

Mental Health Practice

History

I recently visited the RCN Archive, which is housed in the RCN Scottish Board in Edinburgh. This was in part personal indulgence but also for purposes of further...