History of Pediatric Nursing

  • Father of Pedatrics

    Abraham Jacobi "the father of pedatrics"
  • 1st Children's Hospital Opened

    The first Children's Hospital opened in the United States. It was opened in Philedelphia, Pennsylvania. It marks for where pedatrics first started,
  • Civil War

    During the Civil War pediatrics was considered obstetrics in the United States
  • American Pediatric Society was created

  • 10 Medical Schools

    By the 1900's 10 schools of medicine had full time pediatricians
  • Lillian Waled opened Nurse's Settlement House

    37 nurses were employed
  • Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921

    The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 provided money to improved child health which resulted in the employment of many nurses in infant welfare centers, maternity centers & educational classes for mothers, midwives, and mothers' helpers.
  • Great Depression

    Nursing became a big job again
  • Standard Cirriculum

    promoted normal child development
  • Association for the Care of Children's Health

  • National Association of School of Nurses

  • Pediatric Nursing Certification Board

  • Recent News

    Today there is a blase for children's health care, where school nurses and pediatric nurses adress epidemices such as child obesity, asthma, mental health and behavioral problems