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Have you ever wondered what sets children's nursing apart from adult care or when caring for children became its own branch of nursing? A new exhibition at the ¿ìèÊÓÆµ Library and Heritage Centre holds the answers.

“While all our exhibitions look at the history of nursing and its practice, there’s also a contemporary edge,” says Antonia Harland-Lang, Events and Exhibitions Co-ordinator with the ¿ìèÊÓÆµ Library and Archive Service. “A timeline shows how children’s nursing has developed alongside advances in children’s rights, sometimes influencing policies and being ahead of the curve.”

Historically, it's a field that's been undervalued

And for the first time in the library’s exhibition history, experienced children’s nurses volunteered to create all aspects of the displays. “They’ve taken a lead on