1859 - Florence Nightingale published her views on nursing care in "Notes on Nursing" The basis of nursing practice was based on her idea's from this.” Nightingale Perceived patients holistically, and considered the impact of the environmental conditions on the person’s physical, intellectual, psychological and spiritual components”**
1873 – Linda Richards is graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses and officially becomes America's First Trained Nurse. According to "American Association for the History of Nursing" (n.d.), "Linda Richards is generally recognized as the first training nurse in the United States. But her entire career was marked by pioneering work. (para. 1).
1879 – Mary Eliza Mahoney is graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses and becomes the first black professional nurse in the U.S. “Her professionalism helped raise the status of all nurses. At a time when nurses were often assigned domestic chores as well as nursing duties, she refused to take her meals with household staff. As he reputation spread, Mahoney received requests from patients as far away as New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and North Carolina.” ("Pbs Wttw11", 2003)
1909 – The American Red Cross Nursing Service is formed by founder Clara Barton. “At age 60, she founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and led it for the next 23 years. According to American Red Cross (n.d.), “Her understanding of the needs of people in distress and the ways in which she could provide help to them guided her throughout her life. In addition to leading the Red Cross, Barton maintained interests in other fields, such as education, prison reform, women’s suffrage, civil rights, and even spiritualism.” (para. 1, 16). 1919 – The UK passes the Nursing Act of 1919, which provides for registration of nurses, but it