Historical Nursing Timeline Paper
Historical development of Nursing Timeline
Iva Sandford
HCS 513
January 30, 2011
Jenna Hasenour
Historical development of Nursing Timeline
Nursing has not always been a respected profession. In fact, it was a job reserved for the women of “ill repute.”A publication once read that a nurse should not be subject to headaches or easily “knocked up” (Hutchinson, 1998). However, as the timeline below shows, nursing has evolved over time because of the many contributions of those before us have made. Today, nursing is a respected profession that continues to push any limitations set before it. Famous nurses, such as Nightingale, Mahoney, and Barton left behind a legacy that would changed the way society perceives nurses today and forever.
Table 1. Timeline Table Event date | Event/Theorist | Impact on Nursing | 1853-1856Crimean war | Florence Nightingale | Assisted in war Improved unsanitary conditionsCollected statistical data | 1861-1865Civil war | ClaraBarton | Established the American Red CrossEnlisted as nurse during war | 1879First African-American Nurse | Mary Mahoney | Became famous as the first African American nurse | 1880 | Mary Nuttings | Advocated education for nurses | 1890 | Lavinia Dock | Founded the American Society Superintendents of Training schools for Nurses | 1901 | Billed passed for licensure of nursing | First time in history that all nurses had to pass an examine for nursing | 1929 | The Great Depression | Many “untrained” nurses lost their jobs to trained hospital nurses | 1939 World war I | Emergence of public health | Played a pivotal role in controlling disease in communities and thousands of nurse treated patients in war | 1940World war II | Law enacted to correct inequality in military for nurses | Military nurses were paid low wages and denied rank until law enacted that mandated equality. | 1950 | Dorothy Orem | A pioneering theorist that developed Self Care Deficit
Iva Sandford
HCS 513
January 30, 2011
Jenna Hasenour
Historical development of Nursing Timeline
Nursing has not always been a respected profession. In fact, it was a job reserved for the women of “ill repute.”A publication once read that a nurse should not be subject to headaches or easily “knocked up” (Hutchinson, 1998). However, as the timeline below shows, nursing has evolved over time because of the many contributions of those before us have made. Today, nursing is a respected profession that continues to push any limitations set before it. Famous nurses, such as Nightingale, Mahoney, and Barton left behind a legacy that would changed the way society perceives nurses today and forever.
Table 1. Timeline Table Event date | Event/Theorist | Impact on Nursing | 1853-1856Crimean war | Florence Nightingale | Assisted in war Improved unsanitary conditionsCollected statistical data | 1861-1865Civil war | ClaraBarton | Established the American Red CrossEnlisted as nurse during war | 1879First African-American Nurse | Mary Mahoney | Became famous as the first African American nurse | 1880 | Mary Nuttings | Advocated education for nurses | 1890 | Lavinia Dock | Founded the American Society Superintendents of Training schools for Nurses | 1901 | Billed passed for licensure of nursing | First time in history that all nurses had to pass an examine for nursing | 1929 | The Great Depression | Many “untrained” nurses lost their jobs to trained hospital nurses | 1939 World war I | Emergence of public health | Played a pivotal role in controlling disease in communities and thousands of nurse treated patients in war | 1940World war II | Law enacted to correct inequality in military for nurses | Military nurses were paid low wages and denied rank until law enacted that mandated equality. | 1950 | Dorothy Orem | A pioneering theorist that developed Self Care Deficit
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