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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
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Cath Jackson's Nurse Nightshade cartoon strip. Panel shows a a suited man saying "The student nurse! Workhorse of the N.H.S. strong, reliable -- cheap to run..." Cath Jackson's Nurse Nightshade cartoon strip. A hand holding a pointing stick reaches into this panel and directs the attention at a poster. The hand belongs to the suited man from the previous panel. He says "She is the solution to our over-manning + under-funding problems". The poster depicts a nurse with disposable had, disposable uniform, disposable arm, disposable legs, disposable shoes all labelled. A thermometer labelled compassion scale indicates over 90% compassion. Cath Jackson's Nurse Nightshade cartoon strip. Panel shows a nurse above flames with steam or smoke emanating from her person as her eyes form spirals. The suited man's voice reaches into this frame and says "After 3 years training - working very hard for almost no money - she spontaneously combusts..." Cath Jackson's Nurse Nightshade cartoon strip. Panel shows a the man rubbing his hands in glee. He says "Thus requiring no further employment."
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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We've plenty of events coming up to support your studies, practice or research. As well as talks to intrigue and inspire on the history of nursing and activism, and the art of nursing.

To book and view our full programme visit: www.rcn.org.uk/whatson

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January 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Join us next week for a webinar exploring the arts in action. Learn about crisis response through the 'Emergency Smile' programme, and the impact of literature for youth wellbeing with The Reading Agency.

📅 22 January 2026
🕑 1-2pm
🛜 Online

Book: https://bit.ly/3LeT5DZ

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Promotional image for 'The Art of Nursing: Arts in Action' event by the Royal College of Nursing, taking place online on 22 January 2026. Features a colourful image of swirling lines which make two faces looking at each other. A link to book and view the full events programme is included.
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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We've got a lot planned for you this next year: from new exhibitions and writing to workshops to referencing skills and more #ArtOfNursing. Kick start your year with the RCN Library and Museum.

View our full programme and book your place online: www.rcn.org.uk/whatson
January 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Nothing on TV? Or maybe you're just Christmas film saturated? We have hours of great content on our YouTube channel (https://bit.ly/3MkDOl9).

How about ... a discussion on the link between art and nursing which launched our #ArtOfNursing exhibition earlier this year: https://bit.ly/4oF5grf
The Art of Nursing: Panel Discussion
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December 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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This wartime guide, First Aid for First Aiders Or What’ll I do? by Herry Perry, mixes advice with comic rhymes and illustrations. Perry, a celebrated graphic artist, served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) during the war and remained on the Register of Assistant Nurses after 1945.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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We have plenty of events coming up before and after Christmas to keep you entertained and informed. Explore everything from Christmas crafts ✂️❄️ to crafting references 📚🗃️

Book online: www.rcn.org.uk/whatson

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December 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Check our this fantastic write-up of our new permanent exhibition! 👇👇👇

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Art isn’t the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about nursing.

A new exhibition from @rcnlibraries.bsky.social however focuses on how the two are interlinked in a way that might surprise the viewer.

Learn more.
From scrubs to sketches: the art of nursing | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing
Behind the scenes at The Art of Nursing, an exhibition at RCN HQ
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December 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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#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
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Faye welcomes visitors to the #ArtOfNursing exhibition and our Library and Museum. Part of an untitled 2024 work by Charlotte Mann, we love the detailing: badges, hand sanitiser and pen. It really emphasises individuality.

📍 Plan your visit and be welcomed by Faye: https://bit.ly/4kIaPDP

November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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📣 This Thursday, join us for The Art of Nursing: Panel Discussion. Whether in person or online, be part of this special launch event.

🖼️ Explore the new exhibition
🎤 Hear from artist nurses
🍷 Enjoy free refreshments
📍 London | Online
🎟️ Free: https://bit.ly/3IPgRFo

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October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Don’t miss The Art of Nursing: Panel Discussion. Join us for the launch of our exhibition and hear from artist nurses. There will be refreshments and the opportunity to look round the exhibition.

🗓️ Thursday 30 October | 5.30–8.00pm
📍 London & Online
🎟️Book now: https://bit.ly/3IPgRFo
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Join us for a public launch of our new exhibition about the art of nursing.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Join the upcoming #ArtofNursing webinar to hear from nurses who are also authors of fiction.

How does being a nurse help, & how do stories address stigma & develop insights & skills we need to be well? ⁦

Sign up for the event on 24th September at 1pm.

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The Art of Nursing: Novel Nurses
The seventh Art of Nursing Webinar, in partnership with Foundation of Nursing Studies, looks at the work of nurses who write novels.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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🎨 Nurses have inspired art for centuries.

How have artists influenced our perceptions of the ‘ideal nurse’? How have nurses used art to express and document their experiences?

The #ArtOfNursing exhibition is open now to the public, for free.

📌20 Cavendish Square, W1G 0RN

https://bit.ly/41MKbCy
September 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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For today's #ExploreYourArchive theme #EYAHumour, we found some jokes in our archive and historic journals collection. How do you think humour has changed over the past 100 years?

To explore more cartoons, come and see our #ArtOfNursing exhibition at RCN HQ!
Posed photograph of a sleeping nurse in an armchair beside the bed of a patient. Published in the Exceptional Nurse series of humorous postcards by Rotary Photographic Series., the caption reads: 'She watchs by her patient all thro' the dreary night, And who would blame a little doze just when it's getting night.' Illustration from the "Third London General Hospital Gazette," 1916, showing two contrasting perceptions from a patient's point of view in a hospital ward. The top panel depicts a nurse looking stern with rows of beds on either side, while the bottom panel shows the nurse appearing cheerful with patients in a more relaxed environment. A faded newspaper clipping from 1947 featuring a section titled "Just Jokes." The joke reads: Agent, on telephone: "Doctor, my little boy just swallowed my fountain pen." Doctor: Heavens! I'll come at once. What are you doing int he meantime?". Agent: "Using a pencil." 1982 cartoon featuring a hospital patient looking skeptically at their lunch, while a nurse stands beside the bed. The caption reads, "For the benefit of patients with a sense of humour, we refer to this as lunch."
August 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Tomorrow is our last Saturday opening until September so why not visit our beautiful new exhibition – The Art of Nursing: Creativity, Resistance, Renewal!

View the exhibition online: buff.ly/FLAA3lc

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July 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Doesn't our new exhibition space look lovely? From historic Radical Nurses Group posters to dolls and contemporary photography, there is so much to discover.

Come and visit The Art of Nursing - either in person or online!
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Image: Justine Desmond/RCN
A section of the Art of Nursing exhibition showing a selection of placards with slogans created by RCN members and two display cases with artworks.
July 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Come and visit the new major exhibition at our London Library!

Discover art by and about nurses over the last 150 years. Explore the role of art in both constructing and resisting stereotypes, by exposing the complexity, labour and expertise of nursing.

Find out more: bit.ly/4kIaPDP

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Graphic banner for an exhibition titled 'The Art of Nursing: Creativity, Resistance, Renewal'. In the background there are historic images of nurses and examples of art pieces found in the exhibition.
July 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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This miniature watercolour painting, allegedly by Florence Nightingale, is kept in the RCN Archive. Looking at the plants and lefthand building, it may depict an Indian rural scene. Explore the RCN Archive online buff.ly/OabZ4P4

#EYANature #ExploreYourArchive #RCNArchive #HistNursing #ArtOfNursing
A watercolour painting featuring a cottage, vegetation, and what might be a fort.
July 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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📣 Just days to go!
Don’t miss this Art of Nursing webinar: a creative conversation marking the launch of our new exhibition on how art reflects and challenges nursing myths.

🗓️ 16 July | 🕐 1–2pm | 💻 Online
🎟 Book your spot: buff.ly/zQbNse7
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The Art of Nursing event details featuring an artwork of two faces formed of contrasting lines.
July 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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⏰ Only a couple of days to go!
Join us in London for a unique talk on art in prisons.

🗓 10 July | 🕐 5–7.30pm | 📍 RCN Library and Museum
🎟 Free & open to all
🔗 Book now: buff.ly/SjrT6xM
#ArtOfNursing #PrisonNursingUnlocked
Promotional graphic featuring artwork of crutches.
July 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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The photo is part of our new London exhibition, The Art of Nursing, which presents art by and about nurses - revealing how they have been mythologised, usually as female, predominantly as white. It explores the role of art in constructing and resisting stereotypes: buff.ly/vZGtbfa.

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The Art of Nursing | News | Royal College of Nursing
An exhibition on art by and about nurses over the last 150 years.
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July 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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What does creativity, resistance and renewal look like in nursing?
Celebrate the launch of our new exhibition with this lively Art of Nursing chat: no slides, just big ideas from nurses, artists and activists.

🗓️ 16 July | 🕐 1–2pm | 💻 Online
🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/zQbNse7
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The Art of Nursing event details featuring an artwork of two faces formed of contrasting lines.
July 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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From punishment to expression, explore the power of art in prison settings at our upcoming in-person event.

📍 RCN Library and Museum, London
🗓 10 July | 🕐 5.30–7pm
🔗 Book your free ticket: buff.ly/SjrT6xM
🧠 Discover how creativity has shaped lives behind bars.

#ArtOfNursing #PrisonNursingUnlocked
Promotional graphic featuring artwork of crutches.
July 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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We had a wonderful time launching our new permanent exhibition 'The Art of Nursing'! Thanks to everyone who made this possible, all our brilliant artists and speakers, and everyone who came to celebrate with us. Come and visit! ✨ Credit: Justine Desmond #ArtofNursing
July 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM