Chapter 2 History and Evolution of Nursing

Nursing in Antiquity Primitive societies Greece and Rome –Hippocrates Early Christian Era Middle Ages The Reformation

The Industrial Revolution Medical and scientific advances

The Industrial Revolution Florence Nightingale –Contributions to the profession

The Civil War Union Nursing –Dorothea Dix –Clara Barton Confederate Nursing –Issues

Wars Spanish-American War World War I The Great Depression World War II

1950s Through 1970s Advances in Health Care –Health care is a right –Government involvement –Medical insurance –Increased cost and complexity within health care systems

The 1980s and Beyond Change in payment and reimbursement systems DRGs Rural versus urban care