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nursing school
By the turn of the century, there are over 400 hospital-based nursing schools in the U.S. There is no standardization: programs range from six months to two years in length and each hospital sets its own curriculum and requirements. These schools exist primarily to staff the hospitals that operate them. -
nursing degree
The University of Minnesota School for Nurses becomes the first university-based nurse training program. It awards a baccalaureate degree to students that complete a three-year program. -
American Nurses Association
The Nurses Associated Alumnae changed its name to the American Nurses Association in 1911 and now represents registered nurses throughout the country. -
Standards
A study known as the Goldman Report concludes that nurses should ideally be educated in a university setting, according to academic standards. -
Yale Nursing School was founded
The first independent nursing school in the United States, Yale Nursing School accepted women into its program. -
National Nurse Week
was observed from October 11 - 16. The year of the observance marked the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's mission to Crimea. Representative Frances P. Bolton sponsored the bill for a nurse week. Apparently, a bill for a National Nurse Week was introduced in the 1955 Congress, but no action was taken -
The first hospice program was created in the United States
Florence Wald was interested in nursing after spending a great deal of time in a hospital as a child because of a respiratory illness. She worked as a nurse, professor and researcher throughout her career. -
New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne
declared May 6 as "Nurses Day." Edward Scanlan, of Red Bank, N.J., took up the cause to perpetuate the recognition of nurses in his state. -
The ANA Board of Directors
expanded the recognition of nurses to a week-long celebration, declaring May 6 - 12, 1991, as National Nurses Week. -
The first registered nurse is elected to the United States Congress
Eddie Bernice Johnson did not begin her career expecting to go into politics. Johnson first earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing and then went on to obtain a Master of Public Administration.