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The early history of nurses suffers from a lack of source material, but nursing in general has long been an extension of the wet-nurse function of women. [3] [4]Buddhist Indian ruler (268 BC to 232 BC) Ashoka erected a series of pillars, which included an edict ordering hospitals to be built along the routes of travelers, and that they be "well provided with instruments and medicine ...
Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale is regarded as the founder of modern nursing profession. [3] There was no hospital training school for nurses until one was established in Kaiserwerth, Germany, in 1846.
1852 – Ex-convict Bathsheba Ghost appointed Matron of Sydney Infirmary. [9]1854 – The first lunatic asylum was built, in Wellington, New Zealand. [3]1857 – Sisters of Charity under Mother Mary Baptist De Lacy established St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney.
Mary Sewall Gardner (February 5, 1871 – February 20, 1961) [1] was an American nurse who is best known for her work in public health. She established the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, now called the National League of Nursing, and wrote the first public health textbook for nurses, Public Health Nursing.
A 12th-century manuscript of the Hippocratic Oath in Greek, one of the most famous aspects of classical medicine that carried into later eras. The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies.
Imogene King (January 30, 1923 – December 24, 2007) was a pioneer of nursing theory development. Her interacting systems theory of nursing and her theory of goal attainment have been included in every major nursing theory text.
The community that individuals function within can have a significant influence on their identity and connection to others. [1] A community counselor can work with groups of people experiencing an increased amount of psychological distress to help determine and address the source of the disturbance.
Middle Ages c. AD 500 – 1500 A medieval stained glass panel from Canterbury Cathedral, c. 1175 – c. 1180, depicting the Parable of the Sower, a biblical narrative Including Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages Key events Fall of the Western Roman Empire Spread of Islam Treaty of Verdun East–West Schism Crusades Magna Carta Hundred Years' War Black Death Fall of ...