No man, not even a
doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than
this-'devoted and obedient'. This definition would do just as well for a
porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman."
Florence Nightingale, 1860
TIMELINE
| 1836 |
A training school was opened in Germany where Florence Nightingale, “The
Founder of Modern Nursing”, received her training.
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| 1854-1856 |
Florence Nightingale was placed in charge of nursing care of soldiers in
the Crimean War.
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| 1859 |
Nightingale published Notes on nursing: What it is and what it is not.
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| 1861-1865 |
Harriet Tubman nursed sick slaves on the “Underground Railroad”.
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| 1864 |
National Red Cross established.
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| 1873 |
Linda Richards became known as America’s first trained nurse.
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| 1879 |
Mary Eliza Mahoney became known as America’s first trained
African-American nurse.
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| 1893 |
The Nightingale pledge was written and administered.
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| 1900 |
American Journal of Nursing was first published.
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| 1901 |
United States Army Nurse Corps was established.
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| 1902 |
First nurse practice acts were passed
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| 1908 |
United States Navy Nurse Corps established.
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| 1922 |
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing founded.
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| 1924 | First nursing doctoral program established | |
| 1930-1940 |
Shift from public health to hospital-based system of health care.
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| 1936 | Sigma Theta Tau International Formed | |
| 1940 |
United States nurses served in WWII.
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| 1949 |
United States Air Force Nursing Corps established.
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| 1950 |
ANA adopted a code of ethics.
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| 1950 |
United States nurses served in the Korean War.
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| 1952 | Nursing Research Published | |
| 1953 | National Student Nurses’ Association established. | |
| 1960 |
United States nurses served in the Vietnam War.
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| 1973 |
ANA started certification programs for nurses in specialty areas.
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| 1991 |
United States nurses served in the Gulf War.
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| 2001 |
Nurse Anesthetists gain independent prescriptive authority.
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| Present |
Nationwide nursing shortage.
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Reproduced from: The University of New Mexico