Class notes NU 131

Nursing History
 The first school of nursing was in 1836
 Florence Nightingale studied under Caroline Fliedner in Germany
 Lutheran Order of Deaconesses

Florence Nightingale was responsible for:
 Installing dumbweighters
 Creating a system of call bells
 Dropped religion as a requirement for nursing

Crimean War 1853-1865
 The troops of England were left unattended, without care
 Hired people to clean and cook for the troops
 Death rates began to drop rapidly
 Queen Victoria decorated Nightingale for her efforts

Mary Seacole
 She was a Jamaican nurse
 She built her own lodging
 She used natural medicines to help heal people
 Worked along side Nightingale

Both of them helped treat the English soldiers

First school of England
 Nightingale Training School at St. Thomas Hospital in England
 It was built in 1860
 It was a 1 year program
 They had strict admission standards, (like the woman couldn’t be married)
 Emphasized a large importance in observation and assessment

Nightingale’s core beliefs about nursing were
 A belief in perfection
 No needed licensure
 Eliminating prejudice

Formal training for practical nursing
 1893, Ballard School opened the first formal practical nurse program in Brooklyn, NY
 1903, states began to monitor practical nursing
 1909, University of Minnesota offered a baccalaureate in nursing
 1914, Mississippi was the first state to pass a law licensing practical nursing

Nursing in the home

Pre WW1
 Operations were done in home, such as
o Cupping and using leeches
o Preparing stopes
o Mustard plasters for relief
o Poultices for drawing out pus
o Enemas