History

Historical scholarship on health care history and nursing in the United States.

Fosters the importance of history in guiding the future of nursing. Membership and conference information, online gift shop, and nursing history calendar. Also provides photographs of the graves of historically significant nurses with short biographies.

Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, history page.

Historical overview of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit nurses(PACU, formerly known as Recovery Rooms).

Excerpt from "Ambulance Work and Nursing" provides an enlightening look at the nursing environment of the day.

From prehistory to the present, an informative review. Includes suggestions for further reading.

Dedicated to nurses who have died in the line of duty.

Founded in 1987, CAHN promotes interest in the history of nursing and promotes scholarship in the field. Membership and scholarship information, book reviews and news.

Is both an excellent bibliography and guide to online resources.

Provides a growing image gallery of Nurses Uniforms from the '30s to the present. An interesting resource for historians and costume designers. Includes useful links.

A collection of net links on nursing history and notable nurses, from About.com.

Highlights pertaining to the history of nursing schools, programs and organizations in Virginia from the 1890's to present.

Online slides, from the Concepts of Nursing Course given at Montgomery County Community College. The topic, "Duties of the Floor Nurse 1887", makes for interesting reading.

Devoted to the juvenile series about a mystery-solving nurse, written by Helen Wells and Julie Tatham, from 1943 to 1968.

An online scrapbook for University of Virginia Medical and Nursing Alumni.

"The Life of a Late Nineteenth Century Young Nurse". A story by former nurse Mary Roberts Rinehart, of what awaited new nursing recruits in 1893.

A timeline of the history of the National League for Nursing, the pioneers in nursing education.

Some very unique historic art and postcards of Nursing, medical, and healthcare.

Article by Lillian D. Wald referencing dates and descriptions of nursing associations, services and organizations.

Describes nursing conditions and influences during the late Middle Ages and Renaisaance.

An international mailing list for the discussion of nursing history.

A collection of photographs and documents from nursing schools, pertaining to the history of nursing education in Nova Scotia, Canada.

A nurse educator's research and findings about early African-American nurses.

An account of the development of the role and title of registered nurses in the U.S.

Letters from France from 1914 written by a Canadian nurse. Several pictures depicting scenes during the war are featured on the site.

The story of Helen Fairchild, RN, a nurse in Flanders during the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. Written by Mrs Fairchild Rote, her niece.

Established in 1991 at the University of Virginia for the preservation of the history of Nursing. Online photographs and a highlighted collection.

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Guide To Nursing History Resources: includes continuing education and career resources ... No Place Like Home: A History of Nursing and Home Care in the United States ...[2008/11/11]

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Nursing and nurses in women's history, including pioneer women nurses. ... Black Nurses in History ... Nursing History Review ...[2008/11/21]

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