Once Upon a Time: A History of Children and Young People’s Nursing exhibition

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This exhibition at the Royal College of Nursing 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.

About Once Upon a Time: A History of Children and Young People’s Nursing exhibition

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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.

Explore emotive tokens from the historic Foundling Hospital, children’s artwork from Bethlem and objects and stories loaned by nurses past and present.

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