In 2015, nurses in the Netherlands received a new professional code. This was a breakthrough. No longer were there four separate codes but only a single ethical point of departure on the basis of which care could be administrated. All nurses can recognise themselves in it. This is our profession, and this is the way we perform it. One might … Read More
Nurse Stieltjes’ Doll
The history of nursing is closely linked to women’s rights. At least, in most European countries. In the Netherlands, the connection is tenuous at best. There, the archives yield no names of nurses who were members of both the women’s movement and a nursing organisation. There are just a few exceptions, such as Jeanne van Lanschot Hubrecht. The reason for … Read More
Call for Papers: “Bads” in healthcare
Call for Papers – deadline: 30th of November 2017 (extended until 20th December 2018) The European Conference of the Swiss Society of the History of Health and Nursing (GPG-HSS) in Cooperation with the European Association for the History of Nursing (EAHN) and the European Journal for Nursing History, Theory and Ethics (ENHE), will take place on the 21st and 22nd … Read More
Call for Abstracts: European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics
The CfA for the special theme of the European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics is related to the International Conference “‘Bads’ in healthcare: Negative experience as an impetus to reform in nineteenth and twentieth centuries”, 21/22.6.2018 in Winterthur, Switzerland, see further information : https://gpg-hss.ch/category/european-conference-2018/ The aim of the Second Issue of the European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics … Read More
New Website for EAHN
The EAHN website is getting a makeover! Using a WordPress framework the site will be more dynamic than the old one. It has the details of all of the constituent organisations and contains information about nursing history events from around the world, massive open online courses, and on he blog pages there will be details of calls for papers and … Read More
Call for Abstracts: “Tracing nurses’ footsteps: Nursing and the Tides of Change”
CAHN/ ACHN ANNUAL CONFERENCE; JUNE 15 – 17, 2018, HALIFAX, NS. Hosted by Nursing History NS Society Where has nursing come from? What have been the ups and downs, trials and tribulations along the journey? How have social, political and economic forces influenced the history of nursing? How were challenges met, and with passing or lasting impact? Who were the … Read More