Do Religious Nurses Play A Role In The Nursing Field?

During the early 19th century, nurses were not the best qualified, nor were they easy to come by. In fact they were either former prison inmates or females that couldn’t find better work elsewhere (Sultz & Young 2014). Having a career as a nurse was nowhere near as reputable as it is today. The treacherous conditions that the hospitals found themselves in during that time played a huge role in these statistics. As time began to change, religious orders began to participate in hospitals by offering a spiritual outlet to its patients. It was here that religious nurses greatly contributed to the evolution of patient care in a hospital setting (Sultz & Young 2014).
The nursing field has since then grown and is high in demand requiring