History of Nursing

HOW DID NURSING START?

WHERE DID IT BEGIN?
WHO FOUNDED NURSING?
WHAT IS NURSING?
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ANCIENT
CIVILIZATION
NURSING WAS NOTED TO BE AS OLD
AS TIME.

IT BASICALLY STARTED FROM :

INSTINCT

- HUMAN NATURE

NURTURING

CARING

NURSING
EGYPTIAN RITES
HEALTH AND HEALING BELIEFS OF
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION.

SUPERSTITION AND BLACK MAGIC

INJURIES FROM WARS AND OTHER

TRAGIC EVENTS.
BIBLICAL RECORDS
JESUS HEALING THE WOUNDED AND
THE INFLICTED

GOOD SAMARITAN LAW

 A lady named…
Florence Nightingale
• An English lady from a
wealthy family during the
Victorian era
• During the Crimean War-
known to be the “Lady with
the Lamp”
• A nursing theorist, writer
and statistician.
 Prior to Florence Nightingale
Is the Dark Age for Nursing because…

Nursing is considered as Who are the nurses?

• A very low job in terms of social hierarchy.
• A job for the uneducated and poor.
• A desperate occupation.
• Women of lowest social standing
• Wayward women of low status, instead of
going to prison, they were asked to served
as nurses.
• monastic women or untrained helpers of
low repute.
• Poor unmarried woman with no family or
no chance of getting married.
 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

Changed the image of nursing

• Dubbed as the “Lady with
the Lamp”
 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

NOTES on NURSING(1859)

“What it is
and What it is
not”
 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Nightingale Training School at St.
School of Nursing Thomas’ Hospital
• In 1860, Nightingale laid
the foundation of
professional nursing when
the first school of nursing
was established.
 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

Environmental Theory
Maintaing the a safe and
clean environment to
Promote well-being
 Transformation of Nursing into a
Profession
Nightingale Nurses
• Linda Richards- the first American
trained Nurse (1870) became a great
nursing pioneer in USA and Japan.

• Some nurses became the matrons at

several leading hospital (St. Mary’s,
Westmisnter Hospital, Royal Victoria
Hospital, Sydney Hospital)
 Transformation of Nursing into a
Profession
Nightingale describes Nursing as:

SCIENCE
Nursing is a body of scientific
knowledge using empirics.
ART
Nursing has its own way
proper way of doing things
and applying knowledge.
(Example the interaction between a health
consumer and the nurse)
 Milestones in Nursing
Training and Education
• Development and
Establishments of Nursing
Schools all over the world.
 Milestones in Nursing
Regulating Agency/ Body
• Existence of Regulating
Body for Nurses that sets
that the conduct of nurses
and regulates safe nursing
practice
 Milestones in Nursing
A Professional Organization
• Development of Nursing
Organizations from local to
international levels
 Milestones in Nursing
Continuing Education
• Continuing professional
education and training for
nurses for competency
(Trainings, Masters degree in
Nursing, Doctorate in Nursing)
 Milestones in Nursing
Publication
• Nursing has a voice, has free
medium of expression and
has the right to be heard in
the discussion of issues
pertaining to the healthcare
delivery system and the like
 Milestones in Nursing
Community Involvement
• Nursing has extended roles
and has various
participation in the
community service and
industry.
 Milestones in Nursing
Development of New Nursing
Knowledge
• Development of Nursing
Theory and applied it into
nursing practice.
 Milestones in Nursing
Involvement in Research
and geared research
outputs results towards
Evidenced-Based Practice.
 Is Nursing A Profession?
Why?

Group discussion
Is Nursing A Profession?

A
VERY
YES NOBLE PROFESSION
 WHY DO WE SAY SO?
WHAT MAKES NURSING A
PROFESSION?
Characteristics of a profession

Education and Training ✔

Regulating Body ✔
Code of Ethics ✔
Professional Organization ✔
Publication and Representation ✔
Research and Application (EBP) ✔
Autonomy ✔
INDEED NURSING IS A PROFESSION.

…THEREFORE EVERY NURSE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE

PROFESSIONALISM.
HOW ABOUT THE NURSES OF TODAY?
WHAT WILL YOU BECOME THREE YEARS FROM
NOW?

Group Discussion
Pathway of Nursing Professionals
Elderly Care
Pathway of Nursing Professionals
Emergency Nursing
Pathway of Nursing Professionals
Acute Ward Nursing (Medical/ Surgical)
Pathway of Nursing Professionals
Pediatric Nurse
Pathway of Nursing Professionals
Military Nursing
Pathway of Nursing Professionals
Theater Nurse
Pathway of Nursing Professionals
Industrial Nursing (School Nurse, Company Nurse)
Pathway of Nursing Professionals
Nurse Educators
Pathway of Nursing Professionals
High Dependency Unit
Pathway of Nursing Professionals
Mental Health Nurse
 The EVOLUTION OF THE NURSING
PROFESSION
FROM TO
THANK YOU!