Nurses Day 2018

Saturday 12 May is Nurses' Day, a chance to celebrate the incredible work that nurses do. It is also the birthday of Florence Nightingale.

To mark the occasion, we're sharing how Florence's legacy lives on in the nurses of today, as well of some of the fantastic achievement of our student nurses.

The Faculty recently celebrated Florence Nightingale with 'Florence Nigthingale: An icon for today?', a lecture by Anne Marie Rafferty looking at Florence's life and her legacy. You can listen again to the lecture below:

Read more about Florence in our article for International Women's Day. 

Nursing student Katy Sutherland has been working to support other student nurses with the Student Nurse Project, an online community encouraging student nurses to ask questions and engage in debate. Read more. 

Charles Sinden, an Adult Nursing student, was invited to attend the launch of the new Nursing Now global campaign, and wrote about the experience here