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Washington blamed the low compensation rate—originally $2 a month—for the shortage of nurses. Congress increased nurses’ pay to $4 a month in 1776 and, a year later, to $8 a month. Even this rate was still low, however, especially when compared to the $40 a month earned by surgeons and apothecaries. 1793.
Between 1839 and 1850 the Nurse Society employed about fifty nurses, establishing an early practice of engaging nurses for care of patients in the home. The outbreak of the Civil War created an immediate need for capable nurses to care for the enormous number of sick and wounded.
History of Nursing Source Book. New York: Van Rees Press, 1957. Brown, Esther Lucile. Nursing for the Future. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1948. Buhler-Wilkerson, Karen. No Place like Home: A History of Home Care in the United States. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Penn Nursing is globally known for educating dynamic nurses—because our School values evidence-based science and health equity. That’s where our expertise lies, whether in research, practice, community health, or beyond.
American Nursing: An Introduction to the Past; Nursing Through Time. 1700 - 1869; 1870 - 1899; 1900 - 1929; 1930 - 1959; 1960 - 1989; 1990 - 2000; Timeline Contributors & References; Nurses, Institutions, & Caring. History of Hospitals; History of Psychiatric Hospitals; Experiments in Children’s Healthcare Institutions; Care of Premature ...
The history of nursing is more than documents, notes, and records. Bates Center treasures that reveal how nursing is embedded in the cultural lexicon and tell the story of nursing education inspire awe and delight.
The five areas the Comprehensive Program identified for development included: nursing services, nursing education, the distribution of nursing resources, implementation of nursing standards, and informational programs and public relations.
The number of nurses in the U.S. labor force increased substantially during the twentieth century as did the variety of nurse assistive personnel employed in health care. Yet, at the same time, the country also failed to avoid repeated nurse shortages.
This timeline shows a quick look at the speed that influenza spread throughout Philadelphia, and how deadly it was. September 7, 1918. 300 sailors from Boston arrive at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Four days later, on September 11, 19 sailors are reported ill.
To learn more about its robust history, view the timeline curated for their 125th anniversary in 2018. The NLN’s Unscripted Conversation Saga podcast series takes journeys through the history of nursing education using stories that connect the past to the present and the future to re-imagine our teaching and learning.