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The document provides a timeline of nursing history, highlighting key developments from ancient healers to modern caregivers. It covers significant figures such as Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, as well as the evolution of nursing education and professionalization. The impact of global events, technological advancements, and the role of nurses in public health crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, are also discussed.

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Nursing History (Infographics)

The document provides a timeline of nursing history, highlighting key developments from ancient healers to modern caregivers. It covers significant figures such as Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, as well as the evolution of nursing education and professionalization. The impact of global events, technological advancements, and the role of nurses in public health crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, are also discussed.

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Nicole M.

Yntig
BSN 1A - FUNDA LEC
Nursing History Infographic

Nursing
History
From Ancient Healers
to Modern Caregivers

🔹 Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans


Ancient and Early
Nursing (2500 BCE –

Healing linked to religion and mysticism (e.g.,


Egyptian priests, Greek temples of Asclepius).
Hippocrates (460-370 BCE) laid the foundation
for medical ethics and practice.
🔹 Roman Influence
400 CE)

Military hospitals (valetudinaria) built to care for


soldiers.
Women (often slaves) provided informal care.
1️⃣

🛡 Medieval Religious Orders (500–1500 CE) (5th – 17th Century)

2️⃣
Monks and nuns ran hospitals, such as the Knights Renaissance Nursing
Medieval &
Hospitaller and Benedictine monasteries.
The Black Death (1347-1351) overwhelmed caregivers,
leading to a decline in medical knowledge.

⚖ 16th–17th Century: The Dark Age of Nursing


Religious institutions were dissolved (Henry VIII’s reign),
leading to a decline in organized nursing.
Untrained individuals, often of low social status, took on
nursing roles.

💡 Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)


Century: The Birth of

Led reforms in sanitation and hospital


design during the Crimean War (1854-
1856).
Modern Nursing

Established St. Thomas' Hospital


18th – 19th

Nursing School (1860).


Introduced evidence-based nursing and
the first nursing statistical analysis.

🩸 Civil War & Red Cross (19th Century)


3️⃣

Clara Barton founded the American Red


Cross (1881) after providing care
during the U.S. Civil War.
Mary Seacole independently aided
soldiers during the Crimean War.
🧑‍⚕️ Nursing Schools & Licensing
First formal nursing schools established
in England (1860s) and the U.S. (1870s).
Introduction of nurse uniforms (caps,
aprons, dresses).

🌍 World Wars & Nursing Evolution


Global Expansion

4️⃣
Professionalization &

WWI & WWII expanded the role of nurses in military


medicine.
20th Century:

First male nurses formally accepted into the profession


(1955, U.S.).

📜 Nursing Education & Licensing


Nightingale Model inspired global nursing programs.
First state nursing licenses issued in the U.S. (New York,
1903).
1943: Introduction of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
programs.

⚕ Technological & Medical Advances


Development of antibiotics, IV therapy, and intensive
care units (ICUs).
Growth of specialized nursing (pediatrics, geriatrics,
anesthesiology).
Nursing
History
From Ancient Healers
to Modern Caregivers

🦠 Pandemics & Global Health


21st Century: The

COVID-19 (2019-2023) highlighted the critical


Digital & Global

role of nurses in crisis response.

📲 Technology & Innovation


Nursing Era

Telemedicine & AI-powered diagnostics reshape


nursing care.
Expansion of robotics and electronic health
records (EHRs).
5️⃣

🎓 Advanced Specializations & Leadership


Nurse Practitioners (NPs) take on expanded
roles.
Greater emphasis on mental health nursing,
palliative care, and community health.

🩺 Key Figures in Nursing History


Florence Nightingale – Founder of modern
nursing.
Clara Barton – Founder of the American Red
Cross.
Mary Seacole – Pioneered battlefield nursing.
Dorothea Dix – Mental health nursing advocate.
Virginia Henderson – Developed nursing theories.
Lillian Wald – Founder of public health nursing.

Nicole M. Yntig
BSN 1A - FUNDA LEC
Nursing History Infographic

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