History of Nursing
History of Nursing
The topic of this paper is to identify historical events in nursing. This topic grasps my attention because I am on the track to become a nurse, and feel I need to know about the history of nursing. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about historical highlights in nursing.
In The Beginning American Nurses Association defines nursing as “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and population”( Potter,P.,& Perry, A. 2005,1-5). Thus making nursing dynamic and ever changing. However, when nursing first began it was completely different than modern day nursing. Nursing was not dynamic but was a “domestic art passed down from mother to daughter.”( Stanley, Judith, M.,(1996)) Nursing is documented as far back as 300 AD as the first time women started nursing and caring for others (Potter,P.,& Perry, A. 2005,1-5). Wet nurses or dry nurses was the title of nurses in the 14th century that took care of infants, and this was the primary role of the nurse during these times.( History of Nursing: Birth of the Nurses)
Florence Nightingale is the founder of modern nursing and first nursing philosophy. Her philosophy was built off “health maintenance and restoration in Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not.”( Potter,P.,& Perry, A. 2005,1-5) Her philosophy was based off a “spiritual philosophy, developed in her adolescence and adulthood, and reflected the changing needs of society.”( Potter,P.,& Perry, A. 2005,1-5) Nightingale saw nursing as being in “charge of somebody’s health a state to be free of disease or to recover from disease”.( Potter,P.,& Perry, A. 2005,1-5) She also started an organized program for all trained nurses, the Nightingale Training School for Nurses as St. Thomas Hospital in London.( Potter,P.,&
The topic of this paper is to identify historical events in nursing. This topic grasps my attention because I am on the track to become a nurse, and feel I need to know about the history of nursing. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about historical highlights in nursing.
In The Beginning American Nurses Association defines nursing as “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and population”( Potter,P.,& Perry, A. 2005,1-5). Thus making nursing dynamic and ever changing. However, when nursing first began it was completely different than modern day nursing. Nursing was not dynamic but was a “domestic art passed down from mother to daughter.”( Stanley, Judith, M.,(1996)) Nursing is documented as far back as 300 AD as the first time women started nursing and caring for others (Potter,P.,& Perry, A. 2005,1-5). Wet nurses or dry nurses was the title of nurses in the 14th century that took care of infants, and this was the primary role of the nurse during these times.( History of Nursing: Birth of the Nurses)
Florence Nightingale is the founder of modern nursing and first nursing philosophy. Her philosophy was built off “health maintenance and restoration in Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not.”( Potter,P.,& Perry, A. 2005,1-5) Her philosophy was based off a “spiritual philosophy, developed in her adolescence and adulthood, and reflected the changing needs of society.”( Potter,P.,& Perry, A. 2005,1-5) Nightingale saw nursing as being in “charge of somebody’s health a state to be free of disease or to recover from disease”.( Potter,P.,& Perry, A. 2005,1-5) She also started an organized program for all trained nurses, the Nightingale Training School for Nurses as St. Thomas Hospital in London.( Potter,P.,&