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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 15h

Join us during October half-term as we celebrate Green Libraries Week! #GreenLibraries

Come along for this bonus 'Time to' session where you can drop in and make a crafty, recycled bird feeder and take it home.

📅 29 October 2025
⌚ 15:00-17:00
📌 20 Cavendish Square

Book now: https://bit.ly/4mY9Eka

Promotional image for a bird feeder making event by the Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum. Event details include 29 October 2025, 3-5pm, and in-person. It features a picture of two small birds pecking at a pine cone bird feeder. Logos of RCN Library and Museum, CILIP and Green Libraries Campaign included.

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 22h

It’s #BackCareWeek – all about raising awareness of back pain, affecting many in the UK. But back health is important every day!

That’s why Orthopaedic Nursing is a great journal for reliable research on quality care for our back and other parts of our bodies. Access it here: bit.ly/472EiTK

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 1d

We're commissioning an artist to co-create an artwork for our upcoming exhibition on migration and nursing. Help us tell powerful stories of identity, home and care.

🗓 Deadline for applications: 19 October 2025
📍 Location: Anywhere in the UK
👉 Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/3IKaZNA

Hands painting a sign. Text reads "Nursing and migrations exhibition. Open call for artists"

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 1d

Keep up to date with the latest guidance this #WorldMentalHealthDay with our amazing subject guide. We have a whole range of books, journals and key resources to support your research and ensure best clinical practice. #RCNLibraryandMuseum

https://bit.ly/470R7h4

An image of mental health nursing texts available to RCN members through the library. Text reads "Stay up to date with our subject guide"

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 1d

Today marks #WorldMentalHealthDay.

Nurses play a key role—supporting patients, spotting symptoms early, and promoting healthy habits.

Explore our mental health resource ➡️ https://bit.ly/48bFGWd

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 1d

The RCN Library is here for you on every step of your journey - from studying for an assignment, to prepping for revalidation, to drafting research proposals.

Learn how the Library can support you in our online intro session - there's just a few days left to book your place!

https://bit.ly/46Biq2v

Text reads: 'Introduction to RCN Library Services, 14 October 2025, 12pm to 12:45pm, Online'.

Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 1d

Join us for the launch of Safe Vaccine Administration. This great new book supports nurses involved in delivering vaccination services by providing guidance for safe & effective practice.

📅 5:30-7:30pm 23 October
🚩 London
🔗 https://bit.ly/4mJDGYJ
@helendon-rn.bsky.social @helenebedford.bsky.social

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 2d

🎨 Take a creative pause. Join us online for a mindfulness workshop using tea and coffee to draw and de-stress.

All you need is a pen, paper and a cuppa! Optional extra art materials are listed on the booking page.

🗓️ 13 October, 5.30pm
📷 Liz Atkin
🔗 Book your place: https://bit.ly/3VFFcQN

Promotional image for a Royal College of Nursing event titled 'Time for drawing and mindfulness,' scheduled for October 13 2025, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. The image displays a pen, coffee cup and sketchbook which has detailed watercolour-style drawings of shells and seaweed.

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 2d

📚 A new book display has hit our shelves in London for Black History Month!

Take a peek at some of the titles spotlighting the contributions of Black nursing staff throughout history - from Victorian Britain, to 1940s Cambridge, to modern day NHS.

See the reading list: https://bit.ly/3SfNRZq

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 2d

📚 Build your referencing confidence at our practical online session for RCN members on 22 October. Learn to cite correctly, avoid plagiarism, and improve your academic writing.

Book your place today: https://bit.ly/4mQhxIy

Promotional image for a Royal College of Nursing event titled "Referencing Essentials: How to Cite Sources and Avoid Plagiarism" scheduled for 22 October 2025, from 12pm to 1pm, online. The image features an individual studying in a library with several books and a laptop.

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 3d

#HistNursing #BlackHistory Month
It's a lovely blog post, so read that, and also there's a wikipedia entry for Abbie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbie_S...

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 3d

We're commissioning an artist to co-create an artwork for our upcoming exhibition on migration and nursing. Help us tell powerful stories of identity, home and care.

🗓 Deadline for applications: 19 October 2025
📍 Location: Anywhere in the UK
👉 Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/3IKaZNA

Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 3d

There's still time to book your place to join us tomorrow in London! Hear from historian Jade Shepherd as we explore the history of high security hospitals, from Broadmoor to modern secure units.

📅 9 October 25
⌚ 18:00-19:30
📌 20 Cavendish Square (with BSL translation)
Book now: buff.ly/mBlRT7I

Promotional banner for a Royal College of Nursing event titled "Broadmoor and Beyond: The history of high security hospitals," scheduled for October 9, 2025, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, taking place in person. The graphic features a historical illustration of Broadmoor hospital.

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 3d

Meet Kathleen Robb, OBE, OStJ, FRCN (1923–2020)💙

Born in #Belfast last matron of the Royal Victoria Hospital. Advocate for @rcn.org.uk she was on RCN Council for 20 years

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

@rcnhistory.bsky.social

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathlee...

Kathleen Robb - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 4d

It’s #PublicHealthWorkforceWeek – a week to celebrate the vital work public health professionals do to make all our lives healthier and safer. We hold a wealth of resources on public health, many of which you can find in our Public Health subject guide: https://bit.ly/46Taj0j

A collage of various book covers related to public health topics, displayed under the banner 'Public Health Workforce Week'. Below the banner is the text 'Public Health Subject Guide'.

Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 4d

The Museum Team have been working hard to mark our object collection with unique numbers, linking them to the information in our database.

Browse the online catalogue to discover what treasures are in the collection: https://bit.ly/41w6yv3

#histnursing

Photograph of a person in a green hoodie marking an object with a paint brush.

Photograph of a person marking an object with a paint brush.

Photograph of a museum object marked with white pen.

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 4d

Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution contributes to around 1,800 to 2,700 premature deaths each year in Scotland. But how did this story start? And where do we go from here?

Join us at our panel event, which aims to provoke answers to these urgent questions: https://bit.ly/42BIs3f

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Barts Health Archives @bharchives.bsky.social · 4d

Join us and the amazing Allyson Williams MBE next Monday, 13 October, for this #BlackHistoryMonth event👇
Book your free ticket using the link below

Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · 5d

Join us on 13 Oct at Barts North Wing, London to hear from expert speakers about the Windrush generation’s significant contributions to the NHS. #BlackHistoryMonth

This event is held in partnership with Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, Barts Heritage, & Culture Mile BID.

Book here: bit.ly/48fzzQQ

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Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · 5d

Join us on 13 Oct at Barts North Wing, London to hear from expert speakers about the Windrush generation’s significant contributions to the NHS. #BlackHistoryMonth

This event is held in partnership with Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, Barts Heritage, & Culture Mile BID.

Book here: bit.ly/48fzzQQ

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 4d

For #BlackHistoryMonth, four Black members of nursing staff reflect on the individuals who inspired their dedication to the profession ⬇️

'My nursing inspiration' | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing

To mark Black History Month, four nursing staff members pay tribute to those who’ve inspired them in their training and careers

www.rcn.org.uk

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 4d

This month, the Museum Team have been working hard to mark our object collection with unique numbers. This connects them to the information we have about them in our database. Browse through our online catalogue to discover key items from the history of nursing: buff.ly/NYwxmjJ

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 5d

We’ve added Nurses for the Needy (1875) by Ellen Ranyard to our collection. A rare and fascinating look at the training of Bible-women nurses serving London’s poorest communities. This signed edition sheds light on early nursing education .

🔍 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4nZHF4w

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RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social · 6d

#warmemorial #histnursing in memory of nurses who died in WW1 and WW2

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 6d

@dohertyta.bsky.social spotted in St Asaph’s cathedral yesterday; WW1 Welsh nurses memorial and WW2 memorial inc a Nurse Margaret Owen #HistNursing 🗃️

Brass coloured wall plaque engraved with names and details of 5 Welsh nurses killed during First World War

White marble wall plaque engraved with names of 9 men and 1 women killed during Second World War

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 5d

We're commissioning an artist to co-create an artwork for our upcoming exhibition on migration and nursing. Help us tell powerful stories of identity, home and care.

🗓 Deadline for applications: 19 October 2025
📍 Location: Anywhere in the UK
👉 Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/3IKaZNA

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 5d

Did you attend the RCN Fertility Nursing Conference last week?
If you're diving deeper into ethical decision-making, reproductive science, or patient care, the RCN Library and Museum has you covered with a fantastic range of journals:

🔗 www.rcn.org.uk/.../news/fertility-nursing-journals

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