Nursing Timeline By rachellet21 Jan 1, 1220 The Study of medicine was founded May 11, 1751 First Hospital Found in America Pennsyvania Hospital Jan 1, 1800 First Nurse Uniform Jan 1, 1850 Florence Nightingale founded modern nursing Jan 1, 1870 First American Female Trained Nurse May 21, 1881 American Red Cross was found Jan 1, 1896 The American Nurse Association was established