DN150: One Hundred & Fifty Years of District Nursing

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District Nursing and the Queen's Nursing Institute has associations with many organisations, bodies and supporters both nationally and internationally.

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Several nursing charities provide financial support to nurses in need. These include:

The Queen’s Nursing Institute
http://www.qni.org.uk/financial-personal-assistance/making-application.html
020 7549 1400

The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland
http://www.qnis.org.uk/ABOUTUS_welfare.html
0131 229 2333


1930 Fund for District Nurses

www.1930fundfornurses.org
01285 841904
Email: 1930fund@TheTrustPartnership.org

The Fund will consider applications for assistance from nurses who have worked or are working as community nurses, district nurses, community psychiatric nurses, community midwives, health visitors or school nurses in the Community Health Services. The charity makes grants to supplement income in cases of hardship and also for home maintenance or the purchase and installation of mobility aids.



The Queen’s Nursing Institute
www.qni.org.uk

The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland
www.qnis.org.uk

1930 Fund for District Nurses
http://www.1930fundfornurses.org/index.asp?ID=11

Association of District Nurse Educators
http://www.adne.co.uk/

Community and District Nursing Association
http://www.cdna-online.org.uk/

Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association
http://www.amicus-cphva.org/

Royal College of Nurses www.rcn.org.uk

Royal College of Midwives www.rcm.org.uk

The National Gardens Scheme www.ngs.org.uk

 

Historical Resources

The Queen’s Nursing Institute
http://www.qni.org.uk/about-us/historical-resources.html

The Wellcome Foundation
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/archmss.html

Royal College of Nursing archive
http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/library/archives

Royal College of Midwives archive
http://www.rcm.org.uk/resources/library-and-archive/archive/

History of the NHS
http://www.nhs.uk/aboutnhs/nhshistory/Pages/NHShistory.aspx

UK Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery
http://www.nursing.manchester.ac.uk/ukchnm/aboutus/

Women in Uniform http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/focuson/womeninuniform/army_nurses_intro.htm

NHS Scotland history
http://www.60yearsofnhsscotland.co.uk/

 

Overseas organisations

Victorian Order of Nurses (Canada)
http://www.von.ca/about_history.html

Frontier Nursing Service (USA)
http://www.frontiernursing.org/

Royal District Nursing Service (Australia)
http://www.rdns.org.au/index.shtml

Malta Memorial District Nursing Association
http://www.mmdna.com/

The World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/about/history/en/index.html

New Zealand Nurses Organisation http://www.nzno.org.nz/Site/Sections/Sections/District_Nurses/Default.aspx

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