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Hospital Care
Hospital's began to proliferate, with the demand for more caregivers. The Philadelphia Almhouse -
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Nursing Society
Nurse society employed 50 nurses -
Nightingale Principles
Florence Nightingale established nursing education. -
Nursing Schools
New York training school at Bellevue Hospital, Conneticut training school at New Haven Hospital, and Boston training school at Massachusetts General Hospital began operations. -
Nursing organization
The National league of Nursing Education and the American Nurses Association are organized. -
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World World I
Nurses served in the military delivering special care to armed forces, on and of the front line. -
anesthesia
nurses adminstered anesthesia during surgery, which led to the field of nurse anesthetist -
staff nurses
nurses that finished their education and graduated were hired as staff nurses -
War World II
78,000 nurses served in the armed forces, being essential to the victory -
Higher education
172 college-based Nursing education programs awarded Bachelors of Science in nursing degrees -
Modern Practices
advanced practices in nursing enabled hospitals to deliver more efficient and less costly care
