Early Nursing in America

Abstract

Human beings are inseparable from history. Modern professional nursing as established by Florence Nightingale is valuable to the history of nursing as is proved by the fact that "Nursing", a general term, is often identified with "British Nursing". American nursing was started by the American humanitarians who were influenced greatly by Florence Nightingale, who developed her nursing based on a love for mankind. In spite of many twists and turns caused by social as well as economical changes, American nursing has developed into professional nursing based on behavioral science. A brief report on early nursing in the United States is presented in this paper.