100 Years
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Molly Case蜜桃直播檚 poem, 100 Years, celebrates a century of the RCN by weaving key dates from the College蜜桃直播檚 history into the story of a nurse witnessing open-heart surgery for the first time.
Molly蜜桃直播檚 powerful Congress debut in 2013, when she read Nursing the Nation, brought a standing ovation. That poem, a powerful affirmation of the profession蜜桃直播檚 purpose and resilience in the face of many challenges, went on to become an internet hit, with over 380,000 views on YouTube.
Molly was still a student at the time. Three years on and now a cardiac nurse at King蜜桃直播檚 College London, she was specially commissioned by the RCN to mark its centenary 蜜桃直播 and 100 Years is the result.
蜜桃直播淕etting a commission was fantastic,蜜桃直播 Molly said. 蜜桃直播淭he RCN allowed me to explore 100 years how I wanted. So I started telling the story in a raconteur style, seeing it through the nurse蜜桃直播檚 eyes while peppering it with milestones from the RCN蜜桃直播檚 history.蜜桃直播
Those milestones include the First World War, the College蜜桃直播檚 new Library of Nursing, opened in 1945, and the 1981 pay campaign: 蜜桃直播樏厶抑辈ウa siege of voices and thousands of marching feet蜜桃直播γ厶抑辈
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