4 Things You Need To Know About The History Of Nursing

Nursing is a very old and a much revered profession

. A nurse's participation in medical procedures can simplify the surgeon's job manifold. And their doctors, however more qualified they claim to be, cannot have the same caring effect on the patients as much as the nurses do because of time constraints and other preoccupations. Sometimes doctors fail to show up, for instance, when the patient is in distress & needs moral support or a resounding touch, that's when the nurses step in and hold the hand of a much in need soul. Hence it mostly is the nurse who does all the care taking work and at times has a better connect with the patient than the doctors. The history goes as follows.

*In the 17th century Europe, nursing was provided as part of the sentence to men and women. Then the image of those who provided with nursing wasn't much looked up upon. They were always seen as drunkards and those having a lower stature which quite boosted the doctor's egos. The nurses were always mostly women who had to bear the brunt of male dominance and had to reel under the command of the physicians. The life of nurses was very demeaning and of not much importance but all of this changed as soon as Nightingale stepped into the picture.

*Nursing came to be known as a respectable profession and came into the limelight mainly because of the incredible efforts of a lady called Florence Nightingale who conceptualized and brought the idea of nursing into existence while working in a hospital called St. Thomas's Hospital, London. She later went on to establish the 'Nightingale Training School of Nurses' where she trained the students basic intricate observational skills and taught them ways of providing the best of help to the patients, which did not require as much medical expertise as the doctors. Because of the laudable efforts of the lady nursing as a serious profession flourished all over the world. Her nursing services were primarily targeted towards the soldiers of the Crimean War. In London religious aspects influenced nursing hugely, hence most of them they came to be known as 'sisters'.

*Eventually quality nursing schools were established in USA, Japan and New Zealand, in fact, New Zealand was one of the first countries to pass the 'Nurses Registration Act' in 1901.

*Nursing saw a boost in World War II in USA when the nurses were inducted into the army and were expected to serve to the injured soldiers under the guidance of an offer who was a always a physician.

Florence Nightingale wrote about the practice of nursing in her book called 'Notes On Nursing' which is now considered to be a bible for the nurses all around the world. It was because of her efforts that now the nurses have a highly respectable identity and have become an essential cogwheel in the medical machinery.

by: Susan Bean

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