| Event Date: | Event Title: | Event Description: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/23/201 | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Cisneros,N 1/27/12- On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed comprehensive health reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, into law. The following summary of the law, and changes made to the law by subsequent legislation, focuses on provisions to expand coverage, control health care costs, and improve health care delivery system. | |
| 01/01/1633 | The founding of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul | first religious order dedicated to caring for the sick in their homes | |
| 01/01/1645 | North America's first hospital | Hotel Dieu De Montreal | |
| 01/01/1783 | James Derham | first African American male nurse | |
| 01/01/1844 | Dorothea Dix | nurse lobbyist and advocate for the mentally ill | |
| 01/01/1850 | Florence Nightingale | community health, statistician, nursing education | |
| 01/01/1853 | Crimean war in Turkey. | Barry | |
| 01/01/1854 | Nightingale appointed as the Superintendent of Nursing Staff. | Barry | |
| 01/01/1860 | Nightingale founded first nursing program in London | Kim 1/16 ..at St. Thomas's Hospital. | |
| 01/01/1861 | The American Civil war, American Army nurses corps. | ||
| 01/01/1861 | Congress authorized Surgeon General to employ women as nurses for Army Hospital for $12.00/month | 1/19/12 Barry | |
| 04/12/1861 | 12 Apr 1861, Civil War begins and first nursing shortage in America is recognized. | Kim 1/7/12 There were no professional nurses available before the Civil War. As the War produced wounded and dying soldiers, many ordinary women as well as religious sisters rose to take the roles of nurses. But they were hardly enough in nurmbers. Therefore the first nursing shortage in America was recognized. | |
| 01/01/1872 | "Famous Trio" was estalished in the US. | Kim 1/16 They were the first year-long nurse training school, founded at Bellevue Hospital, New England Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital. | |
| 01/01/1873 | Boston Training School for Nurses opened | 1/19.12 Barry | |
| 01/01/1873 | 873 Connecticut Training School founded [admitted 1st class 10/1873] | 1/20/12 Barry | |
| 01/01/1875 | Home Health Nursing | Pinckney (1/8/12) Public health nurses soon became recognized as key contributors to the mission of public health to prevent disease, promote health, and provide care. Frances Root, a graduate of the first established school of nursing in the United States, is credited with pioneering community nursing around 1875. | |
| 01/01/1878 | CT Training School contracts w/ Lippincott to publish A Manual of Nursing | 1/20/12 Barry | |
| 01/01/1879 | Mary Eliza Mahoney | first African American woman to obtain her nursing diploma: founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses | |
| 01/01/1887 | Congress established a Hospital Corps | ||
| 01/01/1893 | Lillian Wald | Founder of American community nursing ; Advocate for women’s suffrage and world peace; a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Lobbyist against child labor laws. In 1893, after witnessing first-hand the poverty and hardship endured by immigrants on the Lower East Side, she founded Henry Street Settlement. Cisneros, N 1/6/12. | |
| 01/01/1899 | First postgraduate nursing course was offered at Teachers College, Columbia Univ. | Kim 1/16 | |
| 01/01/1902 | The first Nurse Registration Act (NYS) to introduce the title “Registered Nurse: RN” vs. Trained Nurse | The first Nurse Registration Act (NYS) to introduce the title “Registered Nurse: RN” vs. Trained Nurse | |
| 01/01/1903 | State of California's Nurse Practice Act 1973-1974 | Cisneros, N 1/12/12: State of California’s Legislature, in 1973-1974 amended the Nurse Practice Act to amplify the role of the Registered Nurse and outline the activities that comprise the practice of nursing including: Scopes of Practice (knowledge, functions and treatments), Independent Functions (what can be delegated to others), Depended Functions (administering meds), Interdependent Functions (observation/assessment) and the recognition of overlapping functions between physicians and nurses | |
| 01/01/1903 | Georgia Nurse Practice Act became the law. | Kim 1/15 Georgia is where I have lived and practiced nursing for the past nine years since we moved from Colorado. My scope of practice is governed under and influenced by NPA in the state of Georgia. The NPA is 17 pages long and goes into both general and specific duties of nurses who wish to practice nursing in GA such as assess, establish nursing diagnose and goals, plan/implement/evaluate nursing care, provide safe care, manage practice of nursing, collaborate, teach, treat. | |
| 07/01/1905 | Connecticut Nurse Practice Act became law | Barry 1/13/12. In July 1905, a bill became law as the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act. Drafted to regulate nursing practice in Connecticut. | |
| 01/01/1909 | First baccalaureate nursing program was established in the Univ. of Minnesota. | Kim 1/16 | |
| 12/03/1909 | NY Times reads: Big Gift to Advance Training of Nurses | Cisneros, N 2/4/12 -- The New York Times healine on 12/3/1909 read "Big Gift to Advance Traininf of Nurses - Mrs Helen Hartley Jenkins Endows a Post-Graduate course at Teachers College" | |
| 01/01/1917 | National Committee on Nursing formed to take charge in supplying nurses to US Army Hospitals. | Kim, 1/7/12 National Committee on Nursing was formed and charged with supplying an adequate number of trained nurses to US Army hospitals abroad during WW I and to deal with the Flu Epidemic within the country. | |
| 09/06/1920 | Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, PhD, RN, FAAN is born | Wilcox 1/17/2012. Dr. Murillo-Rohde was the first First Latina and Founder of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. She got her Masters from NY's Columbia University and her Masters and Doctorate from NY University. She was committed to assist ing Latinas in securing their education to provide service to their community and in helping themselves. | |
| 01/19/1923 | 1923 | Cisneros, N 1/19/12- 1923 – The Nursing Act of 1919 becomes effective and Ethel Gordon Fenwick is the first nurse registered in the UK. | |
| 01/01/1924 | Yale Univ. established the first nursing school as a separate univ. department with itw own dean. | Kim 1/16 The dean was Annie W. Goodrich. | |
| 10/01/1926 | Connecticut State Nurses' Association (CSNA) was established | Barry-In October of 1926, a State Headquarters was established combining three state nursing associations, GNA, the State League of Nursing Education, and the State Organization for Public Health Nursing, under one roof as the Connecticut State Nurses' Association (CSNA). | |
| 01/01/1932 | Loan and Emergency Fund created by CSNA for unemployed nurses | During the depression of the 1930s the CSNA offered its support and help to nurses in Connecticut. They created a Loan and Emergency Fund in 1932 which was used to help those unemployed nurses needing assistance. They also adopted a group disability plan for its members. | |
| 01/01/1932 | The fist doctoral degree in nursing education was granted by Teachers College. | Kim 1/16 | |
| 01/01/1934 | The first PhD program in nursing was initiated by New York Univ. | Kim 1/16 | |
| 09/01/1939 | 1 year long Practical Nursing Programs were first introduced. | Kim, 1/7/12 In face of WW II and another great demand for trained nurses, Practical Nursing Programs were introduced which were only 1 year long in length. | |
| 01/01/1943 | First class of Army flight nurses graduated | 1/19/12 Barry | |
| 01/01/1946 | Team Nursing concept was first invented. | Kim, 1/7/12 In now more modern history of nursing, team nursing concept was invented to stretch the short numbered RNs. | |
| 01/01/1949 | 1949 Air Force Nurse Corps was established | 1/19/12 Barry | |
| 01/01/1952 | Hildegard Peplau's publication of “Interpersonal Relations in Nursing | (Ross 1/6/12) Peplau’s interpersonal relations paradigm contributed to nurses using their interpersonal skills therapeutically in order to establish a nurse-patient relationship, which is essential in psychiatric nursing. | |
| 01/01/1952 | The first associate degree in nuring program was established. | Kim 1/16 It was based on Dr. Mildred Montag's model, and was to prepare nurse technicians. | |
| 01/19/1956 | 1956 | Cisneros, N 1/19/12- 1956 – The Columbia University School of Nursing is the first in the U.S. to grant a master's degree in a clinical nursing specialty | |
| 01/01/1960 | era of developement of specialty area of nursing. | Kim 1/7/12 Fostered with technologic advances, many clinical specializations for nurses emerged, such as intensive care units, cardiac-thoracic surgery and coronary care. | |
| 01/01/1965 | ANA issued a position paper advocating the baccalaureate degree as the minimum educational preparation for entry into nursing practice. | Kim 1/16 | |
| 01/01/1971 | Regents College Established | (Ross 1/22/12) Became Excelsior College on Jan 1, 2001. This innovation in higher learning enables us to be where we are today in our educational endeavors. | |
| 01/12/1973 | State of California's Nurse Practice Act 1973-1974 | Cisneros, N 1/12/12: State of California’s Legislature, in 1973-1974 amended the Nurse Practice Act to amplify the role of the Registered Nurse and outline the activities that comprise the practice of nursing including: Scopes of Practice (knowledge, functions and treatments), Independent Functions (what can be delegated to others), Depended Functions (administering meds), Interdependent Functions (observation/assessment) and the recognition of overlapping functions between physicians and nurses | |
| 07/12/1974 | National Research Act | Wilcox: The National research Act is signed into law. | |
| 01/07/1975 | The First certified nurses are finally honored | Wilcox 1/17/2012. The ANA held a formal ceremony to honor the first certified nurses. | |
| 01/01/1977 | 1977 Nurses in NYState become responsible for care of Mentally Ill Inmates at comprehensive care psychiatric forensic hospital in Marcy, NY | Nurses take the job of diagnosing nursing care categories and developing treatments for and collaborating with other professionals in the psychiatric rehabilitation of dangerous, criminal psychiatric patients. Nurses must remain neutral in their value judgement of criminals while providing the best, most useful care for their rehabilitaion. | |
| 01/01/1979 | Jean Watson's publication of "The Philosophy and Science of Caring" | (Ross 1/9/12) Jean Watson's first published book "The Philosophy and Science of Caring". In this book she emphasizes on the caring aspects of nursing. | |
| 04/18/1979 | The Belmont Report is Published | Wilcox: The Belmont Report is published (Human Research) | |
| 01/19/1980 | Advanced Practice 1980 | Cisneros, N 1/19/12- 1980s – In America, the MSN degree became the required degree for advanced practice nurse certification. Nurse Practitioners with certificates were grandfathered in. | |
| 01/01/1983 | Universal precautions | introduced to prevent transmission of HIV and other bloodborne pathogens | |
| 11/21/1986 | WHO Conference on Health Promotion | The World Health Organization holds it's 1st International (in subsequent meetings "Global") Conference on Health Promotion, in Ottawa, Canada,resulting in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Caring and Holism, two traditional areas of concern and expertise of nurses, are listed as two of the three essential issues for developing a strategy for health promoition. Dan Sperber | |
| 01/01/1987 | NNRA(National Nursing Research Agenda) was launched. | Kim 1/30/12 NINR has been limited in budget that supports nursing researches aimed at establishing a scientific bases for nursing practices. Hence, NNRA was launced in order to estabblish priorities for research funding. | |
| 01/01/1989 | Texas Nurse Practitioner Program founded | (Ross 2/3/12) Advancements made in higher education when the first nurse practitioner program was founded in 1989. This advancement in broadening the nurses scope of practice has greatly impacted my decision of pursuing a higher nursing degree. | |
| 01/01/1990 | Mansfield Training school closes | 1/7/12-C-Barry Mansfield Traing starts the process of closing the facility and moving all it's clients to group homes. | |
| 01/01/1991 | Internation Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Clinical Training in Nursing was founded. | Kim 2/14/12 The Center focuses on nursing care for people at risk for and infected with HIV across all health care and community settings. The mission of the Center is to enhance optimal health and quality of care for people living with, at risk for and affected by HIV/AIDS through nursing leadership in research, clinical practice and education. The Center is affiliated with the World Health Organization's Collaborating Centers, and is a component of the UCSF AIDS Research Institute. | |
| 01/01/1996 | AACN approves a position statement "The Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing as Minimal Preparation for Professional Practice." | Kim 1/16 This document further supports such articulation programs which enable associate degree nurses to attain the baccalaureate degree. | |
| 09/18/1997 | California Title 22 Code of Regulations for TPN | Cisneros,N 1/27/12 --Section No 50801 regarding regulations for criteria met to receive TPN in home with Medical. | |
| 01/01/1998 | Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice | published by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to define entry-level competencies for professional nurses | |
| 01/01/1998 | WHO posted first federal guidelines concerning the increasing obesity rates occuring worldwide | (Ross 2/19/12) WHO posted "Clinical guidelines on identifying, evaluating, and treating obesity in adults". In the US alone from 1971-2000 obesity rates rose from 14.5% to 30.9%. | |
| 01/01/2000 | Healthy People 2010 | (Ross 1/228/12) US Dept. Health &Human Services implemented a nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan. Impacted nurses by focusing on education geared toward wellness. Goals to increase quality and years of life while eliminating health disparities. | |
| 01/01/2001 | 19 major nursing organizations coming together at the Nursing Profession Summit. | Kim 1/23 The steering committee at the Nursing Profession Summit identified 10 domains that described the work needed to accomplish the vision they set forth in a document titled "Nursing's Agenda for the Future". This document identified how nursing should look and where it should be by the year 2010. | |
| 01/31/2001 | California Nursing Shortage | Cisneros 2/17/12 - While nursing shortages are not new, the current situation differs from past shortages. Not only is the shortage in number of nurses, the educational preparation of nurses is inadequate to meet the demands of today's health care system. Employers demand more baccalaureate prepared nurses for hospitals and specialty nurses for intensive care units, operating rooms, emergency rooms, and other specialized areas of acute care (1/31/2001). Sarah B. Keating, RN, EdD, FAAN | |
| 01/01/2003 | Human Genome Project Completed | C Barry 1/27/12 Intial mapping and sequencing of the composite set of human genes is possiable. This makes it possiable to treat and possiably pervent many more genitic diseases. Allowing genetic reaserch and designer drugs tailor treated to treat patients on their specific genetic make up. | |
| 09/01/2003 | Texas Nursing Practice Act Amendment | (Ross 1/14/12) Texas is the state I have practiced as an LVN and a RN. The Texas Nursing Practice Act is found within the Texas Occupation Code. Statutory changes can only be made every two years when the Texas Legislature convenes for 140 days and at this time changes can be enacted by legislature. In Texas LVNs and Rns were governed by two separate Boards of Nursing. September 2003 HB 1483 amended the Texas Nursing Act and combined these two jurisdictions under one Board of Nursing. | |
| 10/01/2004 | AACN passed a resolution calling for a new doctoral degree, DNP. | Kim 1/16 ..was designed to replace master's degree nurse practitioner. | |
| 01/01/2005 | Nursing Education Transformed | NLN issued a position statement entitled Transforming Nursing (Barry 2-3-120 Education, promoting evidence-based education, that is, educational practices based on research, rather than "tradition, past practices, and good intentions". | |
| 01/01/2008 | The Future of Nursing | Leading Change, Advancing Health: a Robert Wood Johnson and the IOM initiative to assess and transform nursing profession | |
| 05/01/2008 | Society of Vascular Nursing Position Statement on Evidence Based Practice | Wilcoxm 2/2/2012 SVN released an update on their position on Evidence Based Practice in Vascular Nursing. Society of Vascular Nursing Position Statement | |
| 05/28/2008 | Professional Role Competence ANA position Statement | Wilcox 1/30/12. the ANA released a position statement on nursing education The public has a right to expect registered nurses to demonstrate professional competence throughout their careers. ANA believes the registered nurse is individually responsible and accountable for maintaining professional competence. | |
| 05/01/2009 | Connecticut Nurse practice act revised | Barry 1/13/12- | |
| 06/09/2009 | RN first US healthcare worker to die of H1N1 | Karen Ann Hays, RN, becomes first US healthcare worker to die from complications of H1N1 virus. The infection was complicated by a concurrent MRSA pneumonia, a rare and very lethal combination of pathogens. Both the hospital at which the nurse worked and Cal OSHA are criticized for their handling of the case. | |
| 03/23/2010 | PPACA is signed | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Barack Obama. Medicare, private and public health insurance are reformed and access to healthcare for 30 million Americans is opened. Whatever you might think about it, our practice as nurses is being changed forever by this legislation or other legislation that will come about as this legislation is revised. | |
| 06/10/2010 | NYS Education Law, Article 139, Nursing | It has given me the definition of my practice, the boundaries between the medical and nursing professions, the reason why I have to supervise the hospital attendants (and the fashion in which I have to supervise them), and how to give patients information consistent with the practice act. It also, along with section 8401, describe the nurse's ability to practice psycotherapy, consistent with this practice act | |
| 06/18/2010 | New York State Article 139, Education Law | Wilcox 1/13/2012: The education law article 139 for NYS goes into effect for Registered Professional Nurses and Nurse Practitioners. Definitions are explained and updated to guide practice. | |
| 01/01/2011 | Georgia Nurse Practice Act revised. | Kim 1/15 | |
| 03/23/2011 | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Cisneros, N 1/27/12 -- On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed comprehensive health reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, into law. The following summary of the law, and changes made to the law by subsequent legislation, focuses on provisions to expand coverage, control health care costs, and improve health care delivery system. | |
| 06/16/2011 | Justice Served 0 Winkler County Sheriff Found Guilty of Retaliating Against Nurses | Wilcox 2/14/2012 Press release from ANA. Two nurses who lost their jobs and had charges pressed against them when they reported a physician for unprofessional behavior had their charges dropped. | |
| 01/16/2012 | Illinois State Board of Nursing | Pinckney (1/15/2012) | |
| 01/19/2012 | 1956 | Cisneros, N 1/19/2012- 1956 – The Columbia University School of Nursing is the first in the U.S. to grant a master's degree in a clinical nursing specialty | |
| Timespan Dates: | Timespan Title: | Timespan Description: | |
| 01/01/1898 to 01/01/1901 |
Spanish American War | implementation of blood banks and the ability to store and transfer blood safely |
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