| Nursing is one of the disciplines of the medicine | | | | incorporated nursing as one of the disciplines in |
| sector. It focuses on assisting individuals, families, and | | | | medicine. |
| communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining | | | | Florence Nightingale is regarded as the founder of |
| their optimal health. Nursing is also termed as a | | | | modern nursing, which flourished in the Crimean War. |
| science or an art, which focuses on offering quality | | | | The regulation of nurses was first formed by New |
| healthcare to persons and their families throughout | | | | Zealand with the adoption of the Nurses Regulation |
| their lives. | | | | Act on September 12th, 1901. The first registered |
| In the past nurses worked in "religious" fields in United | | | | nurse was Ellen Dougherty. |
| States. These nurses used to work within a church | | | | Many organizations preserve evidence of the history |
| community to provide health education, counseling, | | | | of nursing. The American Association for the History |
| provide medical appointments to community support | | | | of Nursing (AAHN) and The Museum of Nursing |
| agencies, and work as volunteers for those who | | | | History are two of them. These organizations help |
| needed assistance. Nurses played an important role in | | | | nurses to know about pioneers in nursing history and |
| military. They also served in wars and worked on | | | | their efforts. They also help people to foster the |
| warfront for providing medical facility to injured | | | | importance of history for a better understanding of |
| soldiers. These religious and military roots of nursing | | | | the past, defining the present, and redefining the |
| remain in evidence even today. | | | | future of nursing. |
| Nursing evolved as a profession with the increased | | | | Formerly female nurses were also known as "Sisters" |
| demand for the betterment of health care. People | | | | and considered to be devotees towards serving |
| became more and more conscious about their health | | | | other's lives. Nursing history is a great tool for today's |
| and started demanding medical assistance, which | | | | nurses. It incites and inspires them to serve |
| gave a boost to the nursing profession. Soon after, | | | | humankind selflessly while facing the steep and |
| almost all countries defined nursing practice under the | | | | winding path of the health care system bravely. |
| law. This increased demand of medical assistance | | | | |