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In 1989 interested registered nurses banded together and formed the B.C. History of Nursing Professional Practice Group under the umbrella of the Registered Nurses Association of BC. Our mission is to discover, disseminate, and preserve BC's nursing history.
BC Nursing History Blog
6d ago
Cheryl Entwistle Aug 4, 1944 – Jan 27, 2025 It is with sadness we have learned the passing of our valued, longtime member of the BC History of Nursing Society, Cheryl Entwistle on Jan 27, 2025 We wish to extend our condolences to Cheryl’s Niece and Nephews and their children who all were so important ..read more
BC Nursing History Blog
1w ago
Lisa Smith, a noted author, and Board Member of the Friends of Old Hastings Mill Store Museum, invites BCHNS members to visit the Museum on BC Family Day 2025. (February 15/16 1 – 4 pm) The Museum is Vancouver’s oldest surviving building c. 1868. The theme of the event is “Amazing Survivors, Superstar Heroes” and is ..read more
BC Nursing History Blog
3w ago
We are excited to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the BCHNS on April 14, at the 2025 Nursing History Symposium. Please check the Events Page for additional details Or click on this link https://nursing.ubc.ca/community/events/2025/2025-nursing-history-symposium-save-date   ..read more
BC Nursing History Blog
3w ago
January 2025 Postings on the blog have been few in the past few months as we have been working hard refreshing and updating the content on the website in preparation for a fresh look on our new website coming soon. Here are a few catch-up items that we saved that will be of interest to ..read more
BC Nursing History Blog
9M ago
Many thanks to BCHNS member Brenda Flynn who alerted us to this interesting article from the May 9, Merritt Herald, Merritt nurses on the front line of Spanish Flu. Cameron Bridge, Manager of the Nicola Valley Museum & Archives, tells of the impact of the flu in the community with a focus on the many nurses who gave care to those stricken by the disease. To read the full article click here.
In April the Florence Nightingale Museum decided to spotlight a personal object actually belonging to Miss Nightingale. This personalized ivory carriage pass is located within the museum and was a gift ..read more
BC Nursing History Blog
1y ago
This community event is sponsored by the Hornby Denman Community Health Care Society which honours the role that a group of local Hornby Island women who were nurses played in founding and building the original island Hornby Denman Home Support Society.
March 8, 2024, 1-2 pm
Place: New Horizons,
1765 Sollans Rd [next to library], Hornby Island
  ..read more
BC Nursing History Blog
1y ago
The Museum of Surrey celebrates International Women’s Day featuring Canadian Nurses in Wartime.
Presenting a theatrical performance of a poem highlighting Women’s contributions in the war.
March 9, 2024 2-3:30 pm. A FREE event
Registration by phone: 604-592-6956 ..read more
BC Nursing History Blog
1y ago
The customised wheelchair used by Florence Nightingale in the years following her return from the Crimean War has gone on public display in the UK for the first time. It is now part of a new permanent display at the Florence Nightingale Museum.
The early 20th century mahogany and iron chair, with red and tan floral brocade seat cover, was used by Florence Nightingale in her Mayfair home as she fought her own chronic illness. Despite the challenge of ongoing disability, Nightingale campaigned to transform healthcare and inspired generations of nurses across the world in ways that continue today ..read more
BC Nursing History Blog
1y ago
The sequel to Marion Crook’s bestselling and award-winning memoir, Always Pack a Candle,
is coming out on April 2, 2024.
In Always On Call: Adventures in Nursing, Ranching, and Rural Living intrepid public health nurse Marion Crook juggles marriage, children, and a vast array of patients and cases in rural British Columbia in the 1970s.
It has been over a decade since Marion arrived in the Cariboo for her first job out of nursing school. The vast rural territory that once left her awestruck now feels like home, as she embraces life on the ranch with her husband, Carl, three yo ..read more
BC Nursing History Blog
1y ago
Warmest Greetings of this Festive Season and Best Wishes for Good Health, Happiness and Peace this coming year ..read more