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Mary Adelaide Nutting introduces science and theory prior to clinical practice
She is considered the worlds first Professor of Nursing. She was the first to develop a planned six-month preliminary program for nursing students. -
United States Army Nurse Corps (NC) is established
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North Carolina passed the first permissive licensure legislation
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American Journal of Nursing published for the first time
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San Francisco earthquake rescue efforts involve national public health services
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The University of Minnesota bestows the first bachelors degree
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Florence Nightingale at the age of 90 years, on august the 13th dies
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National organization for public health nursing is formed
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Public health nurse Margaret Sanger founded the National Birth Control League to provide support and birth control for the poor of New York’s Upper East Side
The organization later became known as Planned Parenthood. -
Yale School of Nursing becomes the first autonomous school of nursing in the U.S.
The curriculum was based on an educational plan as oppose to hospital service needs
