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On her own terms

10 May 2005

Nursing Standard

Feature

Considered eccentric in both manner and dress, ‘doctress’ Mary Seacole became a heroine of the war in the Crimea – but one who has only recently returned to...

The jay report: 25 years on

01 July 2004

Learning Disability Practice

Policy

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of the Jay Report, or to give it its full title, the Report of the Committee of Enquiry into Mental Handicap...

Science and early development of mental health nursing

21 August 1996

Nursing Standard

Mental health

Perhaps the most significant influence on the evolution of mental health nursing as a discrete profession in the UK was the establishment of the asylum system in the...

Separation and psychological trauma: a paradox examined

01 April 2007

Paediatric Nursing

History

This paper explores the separation of children from their parents that took place in British hospitals in the middle years of the 20th century (Bradley 2001). It is...

Drugs and mental health care: an historical perspective

01 July 2005

Mental Health Practice

Drug therapy

The rise of mental health nurse prescribing in the UK has brought into relief pharmacological interventions and their place in the field of mental health services....

Peace, love and Florence Nightingale

30 August 2006

Nursing Standard

Analysis

Legendary Woodstock music festival star Country Joe McDonald has a fascination with Florence Nightingale, dating from his work with Vietnam war veterans. Although...

A soldier’s champion

06 September 2011

Nursing Standard

General article

Betsi Cadwaladr overcame huge obstacles to nurse the sick in the Crimea. Campaigners hope to create a lasting memorial to her achievements.

Lessons from a guru

20 January 2009

Nursing Standard

General article

It is 150 years since Florence Nightingale published Notes on Nursing. Four nurses consider its relevance to nursing today.

The male community nurse

01 July 2009

Primary Health Care

District nursing

Although nursing historically had been a male role, it was seen as women’s work by Florence Nightingale. Since the middle of the last century men have been coming...

District nursing past, present and future

01 November 2007

Primary Health Care

General

Caring for people in their own homes goes back to the Poor Law era when parish nurses were employed by the Poor Law Committee to care for the sick. It was considered...

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