Historical Nurses

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Dorothea Lynde Dix

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Concerned with inhumane treatment of mentally ill people. Untrained volunteer nurse during the Civil War.

The first US army nurse

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Clara Barton

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Linda Richards

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First nurse to be trained in the united states. Developed a system for writing accurate patient reports that established a basis for hospital record keeping.

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Hildegard Peplau

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Known as the Mother of Psychiatric Nursing. Was a pioneer with mental health and mental health nursing.

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Rebecca Anderson

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LPN who died from a head injury during the Oklahoma city bombing

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Ronald P. Bucca

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LPN who died trying to rescue people during the 9/11 terrorist attack.