Milestones In Nursing History

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300 AD

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Entry of women into nursing

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1100-1200

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-formation of charitable institutions to care for the aged, sick, and poor
-Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony's, Brothers of Misericordia, Alexian Brothers

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1633

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-Sisters of Charity founded by Louise de Marillac
-established the first educational program to be affiliated with a religious nursing order

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1809

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-Mother Elizabeth Seton introduced the Sisters of Charity into Americ, later known as the Daughters of Charity

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1836

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-Deaconess Institute of Kaiserwerth, Germany, founded
-institute where Florence Nightingale received her initial education in nursing

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1846

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-Florence Nightingale received the Yearbook of the Institution of Deaconess at Kaiserwerth

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1860

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-establishment of the Nightingale Training School for Nurses at St. Thomas's Hospital in London, England
-first organized program for training nurses
-also published Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not, first nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration of health

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1860-1865

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-Dorothea Dix served as superintendent of the Union Army female nurses
-Mother Bickendyke organized ambulance services, searched for wounded, and supervised nurses
-Harriet Tubman tended to solders and led over 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad movement

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1874

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-first nurses training school in Canada founded (St. Catherine's, Ontario)

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1882

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United States retified the -American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton

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1884

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-Mary Snively assumed directorship of Toronto General Hospital and began to form the Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses
-later became the Canadian Nurses Association

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1890

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-establishment of the Nurses' Associated Alumni of the United States and Canada
-initial nursing professional group
-later became the American Nurses Association

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1893

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-first community health service for the poor: Henry Street Settlement opened by Lillian Wald and Harriet Brewster

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1894

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-Isabelle Robb, RN, was the first superintendent f the Johns Hopkins Training School in Baltimore, Maryland

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1897

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-initial discussion of nursing code of ethics

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1901

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-first university-affiliated nursing program
-Army Nurse Corps established

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1902

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-Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society of Nursing, as formed by 6 student nurses from Indiana University

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1907

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-Mary Adelaide Nutting was the first professor of nursing

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1908

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-Navy Nurse Corps established
-Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses, later changed to Canadian Nurses Association in 1924) founded

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1911

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-NAAUSC became the American Nurses Association

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1920

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-graduate nurse-midwifery programs were established

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1923

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-Goldmark Report: Rockefeller Foundation
-funded survey identified need for increased dfinancial support to university-based schools of nursing

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1926

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-ANA Code of Ethics approved

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1948

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-Brown Report: Dr Esther Brown
-concluded that all nursing education programs should be affiliated with universities and have their own budgets
-recommended a broad academic education within a university and 2 years of nursing education focused on technical skills

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1949

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-Association of Operating Room Nurses formed

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1952

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-Dr Mildred Montag established the first associate degree nursing program

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1953

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-National League for Nursing in collaboration with other universities, developed graduate nursing education

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1960

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-Yale University School of Nursing defined nursing as a profession, interaction, and relationship between 2 human beings

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1965

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-Jerome Lysaught directed the National Commission on Nursing and Nursing Edication Report
-recommended that nursing roles and responsibilities be clarified in relation to ther health care professionals
-that increased financial support and career opportunities were needed to attract and retain nurses
-ANA position paper defined nursing

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1969

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-American Association of Critical Care Nurses formed

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1975

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-Oncology Nursing Society formed

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1985

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-ANA published Code for Nurses With Interpretive Statements

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1994

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-health care reforms

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1996

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-the Pew Report: looking at future nursing needs and shortages
-Institute of Medicine Report: parallel to Pew Report