Fundamentals of Nursing practice

• Virginia Henderson Contemporary nursing leader and created modern worldwide definition of nursing
• Martha Rogers Catalyst for theory development
• Florence Nightingale Founder of modern nursing, develops nursing education, practice and administration, what it is, what it is not
• Clara Barton: founded the American Red Cross, a volunteer organization that provided medical care to the wounded during the Civil War
• Clara Barton School teacher who volunteered to help wounded during American Civil War
• Linda Richards America's first trained nurse
• Linda Richards Introduced nurse/doctor's notes and wear uniforms for nurses
• Mary Mahoney First African American Nurse
• Lilian Wald Founder of Public health nursing
• Lavinia Dock Feminist, prolific writer, activist. Participated protest for women's rights
• Lavinia Dock Assists on founding the American Society of Superintendents of training schools for nurses
• Margaret Higgins Sanger Public Health Nurse in NYC
• Margaret Higgins Sanger Founder of planned parenthood
• Mary Breckinridge Nurse who practice midwifery and established the Frontier Nursing Service
• Intuitive Nursing from prehistoric times up to the early Christian Era.
• Apprentice Nursing "on-the-job training", performed without any formal education
• St. Clare gave nursing care to the sick and afflicted
• St. Elizabeth of Hungary Patroness of nurses
• St. Catherine of Siena First lady with a lamp
• Dark period of Nursing from the 17th century up to 19th century
• Educated Nursing Began on June 15, 1860. Development of nursing was strongly influenced by trends resulting from wars, etc...
• Contemporary Nursing marked by scientific and technological developments as well as social changes
• Religion: played significant role in the development of nursing
• The Crusades: saw the formation of several orders of knights including the knights hospitalers
• Medieval times: many religious orders of men in nursing
• Alexian Brothers: organized care for victims of the Black plague in the 14th century in Germany
• 19th century: women's religious nursing orders and established hospitals and provided nursing care.
• The deaconess groups: origins in the Roman empire of the third and fourth centuries suppressed during the middle ages by the western churches.
• Crimean war: 1854-1856, Great Britain and Florence Nightingale was known.
• American Civil War: 1861-1865, nurses emerged who were notable for their contributions to a country torn by internal strife.
• World war l: ill American, British, and French women rushing to volunteer their nursing services.
• Before the mid 1800s: nursing without a formal education was common and women were expected to take care of their families
• Latter part of the 19th century: The guardian angel or angel of mercy image. Nursing arose largely because of Florence in Crimean war.
• Early 19th century: image of doctor's handmaiden and women have right to vote.
• World war ll: Heroine portrayal evolved from nurse's act of bravery
• Late 1900s: nurse as sex object, surrogate and tyrannical mother.
• Early 1900's: Tri-council for nursing. American Nurses Association. Improve the image of Nursing.
• 2002: Campaign for nursing's future, Johnson & Johnson promote nursing as a positive career.