Nursing Timeline

By janniceandcrystal

  • 17th-18th Century

    17th-18th Century
    Considered the "age of reason". A lot of myths were contradicted by scientific fact.

  • 1811

    1811
    The opening of Sydney hospital convict men and women undertook the nursing.

  • 1830

    1830
    1st trained nurses arrived in Sydney, they were five irish sisters of charity.

  • 1844

    1844
    Dorothea Dix testifies to the New Jersey legislature regarding the states poor treatment with mental illness.

  • 1872

    1872
    Formal nursing training program were established, establishment of formal education.

  • 1881

    1881
    Clara Barton becomes the first president of the American Red Cross, which she discovered.

  • 1952

    1952
    The introduction of sedatives transforms mental health nursing.

  • 1990

    1990
    Florence Nightingales birthday is declared the official nursing day in Japan

  • 2001

    2001
    The American Association of Colleges Of Nursing (AACN) recommends that all advanced practice nurses earn a doctor of nursing practice degree.

  • 380 AD

    380 AD
    The first general hospital is established in Rome by Fabilia.