by admin | Feb 5, 2020 | Member News, Uncategorized
CAHN-ACHN offers two major financial awards each year: the Margaret M. Allemang Scholarship for graduate students (Masters or PhD level) studying in the field of nursing history, and the Vera Roberts Endowment for historians of nursing (academic or independent) who...
by admin | Feb 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Nursing Artifacts and Nurse’s Uniforms: Preserving Nurses’ Cultural History A Symposium in Honor of the BC History of Nursing Society’s 30th Anniversary THIS EVENT HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 PLEASE KEEP CHECKING UPDATE ON EVENTS...
by admin | Feb 1, 2020 | Events, Uncategorized
The role of nursing and midwifery has been recognized by the World Health Organization as they designate 2020 “The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife” in honor of Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday. The designation comes with a push for expansion: “the world needs 9...
by admin | Jan 9, 2020 | Suggested Reading
Service on the Skeena is a biography of pioneer physician Horace Wrinch by author Geoff Mynett and published by Ronsdale Press. Dr. Wrinch was the first qualified physician in the northern interior of BC and provided medical care in the region for over thirty years....
by admin | Jan 9, 2020 | Suggested Reading, Uncategorized
When Days Are Long: Nurse in the North by Amy Wilson This book was originally published as No Man Stands Alone in 1965 by Gray’s Publishing LTD. This new edition, republished by Caitlin Press and titled When Days Are Long: Nurse in the North is a memoir by a field...
