Nursing History
The first school of nursing was in 1836
Florence Nightingale studied under Caroline Fliedner in Germany
Lutheran Order of Deaconesses
Florence Nightingale was responsible for:
Installing dumbweighters
Creating a system of call bells
Dropped religion as a requirement for nursing
Crimean War 1853-1865
The troops of England were left unattended, without care
Hired people to clean and cook for the troops
Death rates began to drop rapidly
Queen Victoria decorated Nightingale for her efforts
Mary Seacole
She was a Jamaican nurse
She built her own lodging
She used natural medicines to help heal people
Worked along side Nightingale
Both of them helped treat the English soldiers
First school of England
Nightingale Training School at St. Thomas Hospital in England
It was built in 1860
It was a 1 year program
They had strict admission standards, (like the woman couldn’t be married)
Emphasized a large importance in observation and assessment
Nightingale’s core beliefs about nursing were
A belief in perfection
No needed licensure
Eliminating prejudice
Formal training for practical nursing
1893, Ballard School opened the first formal practical nurse program in Brooklyn, NY
1903, states began to monitor practical nursing
1909, University of Minnesota offered a baccalaureate in nursing
1914, Mississippi was the first state to pass a law licensing practical nursing
Nursing in the home
Pre WW1
Operations were done in home, such as
o Cupping and using leeches
o Preparing stopes
o Mustard plasters for relief
o Poultices for drawing out pus
o Enemas
The first school of nursing was in 1836
Florence Nightingale studied under Caroline Fliedner in Germany
Lutheran Order of Deaconesses
Florence Nightingale was responsible for:
Installing dumbweighters
Creating a system of call bells
Dropped religion as a requirement for nursing
Crimean War 1853-1865
The troops of England were left unattended, without care
Hired people to clean and cook for the troops
Death rates began to drop rapidly
Queen Victoria decorated Nightingale for her efforts
Mary Seacole
She was a Jamaican nurse
She built her own lodging
She used natural medicines to help heal people
Worked along side Nightingale
Both of them helped treat the English soldiers
First school of England
Nightingale Training School at St. Thomas Hospital in England
It was built in 1860
It was a 1 year program
They had strict admission standards, (like the woman couldn’t be married)
Emphasized a large importance in observation and assessment
Nightingale’s core beliefs about nursing were
A belief in perfection
No needed licensure
Eliminating prejudice
Formal training for practical nursing
1893, Ballard School opened the first formal practical nurse program in Brooklyn, NY
1903, states began to monitor practical nursing
1909, University of Minnesota offered a baccalaureate in nursing
1914, Mississippi was the first state to pass a law licensing practical nursing
Nursing in the home
Pre WW1
Operations were done in home, such as
o Cupping and using leeches
o Preparing stopes
o Mustard plasters for relief
o Poultices for drawing out pus
o Enemas
