One Hundred Years of Psychiatric Nursing Education in Manitoba by
Beverley Clare Williams
Hicks
Politics, Personalities and Persistence, written by RPNF Director Dr. Beverley Hicks tells the story of the evolution of registered
psychiatric nursing in the province of Manitoba. This comprehensive account traces the distinct profession’s transition from the
asylums of Manitoba, where for seventy years psychiatric nurses had cared for the mentally ill when few others were interested in
them, to the halls of academia in Brandon University in 1986, the first university in Canada to grant a baccalaureate degree to
psychiatric nurses. Contact us at
info@rpnf.ca
for more information and to order. A portion of proceeds from the book will be donated to
the RPNF Inc.