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  • 4 Mar 2025

    New spotlight display: 'Infection and Injustice: A Brief History of Tuberculosis in the UK'

    You can view the display, showcasing the past and present of the world’s deadliest infectious disease, on the lower ground floor of the Library and Museum now.

  • Members at RCN Congress 28 Feb 2025

    Congress: new member workshops

    We're running 4 virtual workshops in March and April to help you prepare for Congress 2025 in Liverpool. There are two different sessions which last one hour and combine two topics: Finding and Evaluating Evidence and Critical Thinking; and Criticality and Effective Presentation Skills.

  • An artist sitting on the floor, drawing a colourful portrait of a person from the torso upwards on A4 paper, surrounded by art supplies. The artist, who has yellow and orange hair in two plaits, has their back to us, and is wearing a black cap and black converse shoes. 24 Jan 2025

    Calling all artists for nursing and art exhibition

    In June 2025 we will launch an exhibition of art by and about nurses. We want to hear from you if you are a practicing artist or know someone who is.

  • An image of the external black metal fencing which rings around the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½. Signs of various sizes painted by artist Peter Liversidge have been put up all along it with various quotes and statements on them. From left to right they read 'Reanimating the stars'; 'Windows close by themselves'; 'This is a short sentence about proper pay for nurses'; 'Nurses are sisters brothers fathers mothers'; 'A hole in my sock'; 'A simple plan'; 'Where is the moon in the sky'; 'Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities and populations in recognition of all humanity. Nursing promotes health, prevention of illness and care of the ill, disabled and dying'; 'Glass flowers in a stone vase'; 'Save the NHS'; 'In a single day'; 'Four months it's just a season'; 'We do'; and 'Basic elements'. 22 Jan 2025

    Sign Painting Workshops with Peter Liversidge

    In autumn 2024, artist Peter Liversidge held a week-long Sign Painting Studio at the RCN Library and Museum. This year, we are planning to amplify and celebrate nurses’ voices through the creation of a unique artwork, giving RCN members the chance to paint or propose your own signs.

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