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First vaccination (small pox)
small pox vaccination small pox vaccination -
First surgical procedure using anesthesia
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Semmelweis proposed handwashing before caring for women in labor and after birth
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Nightingale Nurse Training
Nightingale completed nursing training at Kaiserswerth -
Nightingale in Turkey
Nightingale arrived in Turkey with 38 nurses to care for soldiers wounded in the Crimean war. -
First English Training School for Nurses
Nightingale started the first English nurse training school at St. Thomas' Hospital in London. -
Application of germ theory to surgery
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First practical thermometer
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First sphygmomanometer for practice clinical use
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Columbia University
Columbia University School of Nursing established. -
Henry Street Settlement
Lillian Wald established the Henry Street Settlement in New York, first formal public health nursing practice. -
First Use of X-rays in Battlefield Medicine
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American Journal of Nursing
American Journal of Nursing first issue published. -
First school nurse in the US
Lina Rogers becomes the first school nurse in the US. -
US Army School of Nursing
US Army School of Nursing started -
First Use of insulin to treat diabetes
Leonard Thompson -
Goldmark Report
Goldmark report recommends schools of nursing be associated with colleges and universities. -
Frontier Nursing Service
Frontier Nursing Service formed to provide rural nursing and maternity care. -
Pap smear available for screening
First used in 1928, efficacy proven in 1941 -
First time the iron long was used to save life of a child with polio
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First Doctoral Degree in Nursing
Teachers College, Columbia University and New York University offer the Doctor of Education Degree (EdD) for nurses. -
Human blood storage
first time that human blood was stored -
Rh disease identified
Rh factor discovered in blood -
African American Nurses Join Army Nurse Corps
African American nurses allowed to join Army Nurse Corps and care for German prisoners of war and soldiers in foreign countries. -
Cadet Nursing Corps Established
Cadet Nursing Corps established, nursing school tuition and educational costs paid in exchange for commitment to serve during all of World War II. -
First year penicillin was widely available to treat humans
Was discovered in 1928 and as widely available in mid to late 1940s. -
Philip Levine given award for identifying Rh disease and cause in newborns
Dr. Landsteiner as well as John Mahoney of the United States Marine Hospital and Alexander Wiener of the New York Medical Examiner’s Officer -
Army & Navy Nurse Corps Officers
Nurses given the status of full commissioned officers in the Army and Navy Nurse Corps. -
Segregation of Military Nurses Ends
Segregation of African American nurses in the Army and Navy Nursing Corps ends. -
Oral contraceptives
created by planned parenthood federation of America -
ADN Degree
ADN nursing degree programs started. -
Journal of Nursing Research
Journal of Nursing Research first published. -
Kidney Transplant
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Men in the Nursing Corps
Men allowed to enter military nursing corps -
First Doctor of Nursing Science Graduates
Boston University designed the first program
to deal with the clinical practice of nursing and created the doctor of nursing science degree, with the first graduate in 1963. -
Non-invasive fetal heart monitor
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First Nurse Practitioner
First legally recognized nurse practitioner license in Idaho. -
First human born by in vitro fertilization
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First gene therapy clinical trial
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First use of a vaccine against COVID-19