EXPLORE THE

HISTORY OF NURSING

Begins the practice of modern nursing

during the Crimean War. Florence
Nightingale pushed reform sanitation by
Year 1854 cleaning every piece of equipment in the
hospital.

During the Civil War, Dr. Marie Zakrewsa

founded the New England Hospital for
Women and Children in Boston. Ten years
later, she used the school to open the
Year 1862
country's first professional nurse training
program.

The Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing

is founded in New York City. It is the
first school of nursing established on the
Year 1863 principles of Florence Nightingale in the
United States.

Linda Richards was the first graduate of

Dr. Zakrzewska's training school for
nurses. She became superintendent of Year 1872
nursing at New York's Bellevue Hospital
and Massachusetts General Hospital.

The University of Minnesota School of

Nursing bestows the first bachelor's degree in
nursing, setting a new standard in the
Year 1909 training and education of nurses.

The college's nursing program begins

in Dallas at Parkland Hospital and Year 1960
Over 170 college nursing programs
are open.

Master's-level nursing degrees

become a standard requirement for
Year 1980 advanced practice registered nurse
(APRN) certification.

The American Association of Colleges

and Nursing (AACN) recommended that Year 2004
APRNs continue education and earn a
Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

The World Health Organization (WHO)

designates 2020 as the "Year of the Nurse
and Midwife," in honor of the 200th birth
Year 2020
anniversary of nursing icon Florence
Nightingale.

Nursing jobs are expected Today, 65% of RNs are

to grow by 12% through anticipated to hold a
2028 with high demand in BSN or advanced degree
advanced nursing by 2025.
positions