Always Caring, Always Nursing: Ethel 100 years of professional nursing 23rd December 2019

Ethel Fenwick

The Nursing and Midwifery Council are celebrating 100 years of professional nursing with the centenary of the Nurses Registration Act on the 23rd of December.

The Always Caring, Always Nursing site features a timeline, 100 years of professional pride, which looks at the major milestones of professional nursing in the UK.

There is also a profile of Ethel Fenwick, the first registered nurse and a real pioneer in the field.

Bring it up-to-date, there are also the stories of individual registered nurses, Tales from then, now and tomorrow.

For anyone with an interested in, or wanting to celebrate the rich history of professional nursing, the NMC's site is well worth a look.