Exhibition: Once Upon a Time: A history of children and young people’s nursing

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Exhibition at Royal College of Nursing, South Oswald Road EH9 2HH 

Mondays to Thursdays, to 24 October 10 am – 4pm , Free

Find out about the past, present and future of children and young people’s nursing.  Children aren’t just “small adults”. They have different health and care needs, which change as they grow and develop.  This exhibition explores the history of children and young people’s nursing – from the first children’s hospitals in the 1800s to the development of family-centred care.

Nursing for young people has often been ahead of the curve and influenced adult care. Yet this has not always been acknowledged, and children’s nurses have had to fight for recognition of their specialist role. This exhibition shows that by recognising this past and by listening to and valuing young people’s voices, we can better prepare for our future.

The exhibition was co-created with Royal College of Nursing members, many of whom work in children and young people’s nursing or have in the past. The volunteer team was involved in every stage of the exhibition from research, to writing exhibition panels, to exhibition design.

Objects on display include items from Bethlem Museum of the Mind, the Foundling Museum, the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, Southwark Heritage Centre, and objects and stories loaned by nurses past and present.  The exhibition also includes artwork by pupils at St. Columba’s Primary School in Annan, Dumfries & Galloway, Trinity School in Carlisle, Eday Community School on the Island of Eday in Orkney and Westray Junior High School on the island of Westray, Orkney.

The venue is wheelchair accessible. If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please contact us on scotland.library@rcn.org.uk or 0131 662 6163/4.

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