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Nursing History
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1836 | Small training school in Kaiserwerth, Germany is opened. Florence Nightingale will eventually receive her education ath this school. |
| 1854-56 | Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) named superintendent of the female nursing establishment of the english general hospitals in turkey. placed in charge of nursing care during crimean war. |
| 1859 | Notes on Nursing: What it is and what it is not..is published in London. Aurthored by Florence Nightingale it is not intended as a text for nurses. |
| 1861-Dorthea Dix | a school teacher, appointed to organize military hospitals and provide medical suppliess to the union army. After the Civil War, she campaigns up and down the eastern seaboard for more humane treatment of the mentally ill. |
| 1861-65 Harriet Tubman | Using the "underground railroad," she nurses sick slaves fleeing to the north |
| 1869-Lavina Dock | National women's Suffrage Association organized to promote women's right to vote. She was born in harrisburg, pa, uses this as a way to promote the right of nurses in 1890s to 1920. 19th amendment (right of women to vote passed in 1920) |
| 1872 | Women's Hospital, Philadelphia, New England Hospital for Women and Children, boston open training schools for nurses. |
| 1873- Linda Richards | America's first trained nurse from the New England Hospial for Woman and Children's School of Nursing |
| 1879- Mary Eliza Mahoney | America's first African American to graduate from New England's School of Nursing, as a trained nurse |
| 1882-Clara Barton | Organizes the American Red Cross |
| 1885 | TEXTBOOK OF NURSING FOR THE USE OF TRAINING SCHOOLS, FAMILIES, AND PRIVATE STUDENTS THE FIRST TEXTBOOK WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN NURSE IS PUBLISHED |
| 1893 | THE NIGHTINGALE PLEDE IS WRITTEN AND ADMINISTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME....A RECITAL |
| 1893 LILLIAN WALD AND MARY BREWSTER | ESTABLISHED THE HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT IN NEW YORK. THIS IS THE FIRST HOME VISITING NURSING ORGANIZATION IN THE US. LAVINA DOCK WAS ALSO A PARTICIPANT |
| HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT | WAS FOR PEOPLE WHO WAS POOR AND COULD NOT AFFORD HEALTHCARE. |
| 1893-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR NURSES | ESTABLISHED TO SET STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY NURSING, WAS LATER NAMED NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING EDUCATION IN 1912 |
| 1900 | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING PUBLISHED...FIRST NURSING JOURNAL |
| 1907-MARY ADELAIDE NUTTING | FIRST NURSING PROFESSOR IN THE WORLD |
| 1912 | NLNE-NATIONAL LEAGUE OF NURSING EDUCATION |
| 1916- MARGARET SANGER | OPENS THE FIRST BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC IN BROOKLYN SAW TOO MANY UNWANTED PREGNACIES PEOPLE DYING FROM ABORTION. |
| 1922 | SIX NURSING STUDENTS FOUND THETA TAU AT THE INDIANA TRAINING SCHOOL |
| 1923 | TWO INDEP. SCHOOLS OF NURSING ARE ESTABLISHED AT YALE, NEW HAVEN, AND CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND |
| 1923 | ALL STATES INSTITUTE EXAMINATIONS FOR PERMISSIVE LICENSURE- FOR ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCY |
| 1924-MARY BRECKENRIDGE | EST. FRONTIER NURSING SERVICE IN KENTUCKY-STARTED HOME HEALTH NURSING FOR PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WHO COULDN'T AFFORD HEALTH CARE OR DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE |
| 1929 | STOCK CRASHED- NURSES WENT TO WORK IN HOSPITALS INSTEAD OF PRIVATE DUTIES |
| 1930 | NY BECAME FIRST STATE TO REQUIRE MANDATORY LICENCSURE |
| 1940S | US NURSES SERVE HONORABLY IN WWII |
| 1946 | NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ACT FACILITATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING. |
| 1946 | NURSES ARE COMMISSIONED AS OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY |
| 1947 | ANA FORMS THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING. PART OF THE ORIGINAL ACTIVITIES WERE ADVOCATING FOR A STANDARDIZED EXAM FOR LICENSURE. |
| 1949 | CODE OF ETHICS DEVELOPED BY ANA |
| 1950-53 | NURSES SERVED IN KOREA WAR |
| 1951 | NURSING RESEARCH WAS PUBLISHED |
| 1952 | NURSING IN THE US IS RESTRUCTURED, AFTER YEARS OF STUDY, INTO TWO NATIONAL ORGANIZATION; THE ANA AND THE NEWLY FORMED NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING. THE LEAGUE ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCREDITING NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS |
| 1952-MILDRED MONTAG | ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING EDUCATION BEGINS IN AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT AT TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK |
| 1953-HILDEGARD PEPLAU | INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS IN NURSING, PUBLISHED. KNOWN AS THE "MOTHER OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING" |
| 1953-VIRGINIA HENDERSON | WROTE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF NURSING-- |
| 1954 | FIRST GRADUATE PROGRAM IN PSYCHIATRIC DEVELOPED AT RUTGERS BY HILDEGARD PEPLAU. |
| 1960 | NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW) IS ESTABLISHED |
| 1960 | US NURSES SERVE IN VIETNAM CONFLICT |
| 1964 | FIRST NURSE TRAINING ACT ALLOCATED FEDERAL AID FOR NURSING EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES |
| 1965 | POSITION PAPER BY THE ANA ON NURSING EDUCATION; RECOMMENDATION THAT NSG EDUCATION SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN AN INSTITUE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. BSN FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSE, AA DEGREE FOR TECHNICAL NURSING PRACTICE--VALIDATE PROFESSION |
| 1972 | NURSES FOR POLITICAL ACTION, NOW NURSES COALITION FOR ACTION IN POLITICS (N-CAP) EST. TO PROMOTE LEGISLATION IN BEHALF OF NURSING |
| 1973 | ANA STARTS CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS IN SPECIALTY AREAS FOR NURSES |
| 1991 | NURSES SERVED IN GULF WAR |
| 2000 AND ON | NURSES FACE MANY CHALLENGES- CHANGING DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, NURSING SHORTAGES, PUBLIC CONCERNS OVER PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY OF CARE ARE A FEW DEMANDS. |
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