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English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
Nursing professionalized across the 20th and into the 21st century through organized education, licensure, institutional roles, and expanding scope of practice — driven by figures like Florence Nighti...
Over the 20th century nursing moved from hospital‑based diploma apprenticeship toward college and university degrees, with baccalaureate programs expanding markedly by midcentury and graduate (master’...
The professionalization of nursing in the 19th century was driven by wars, institutional reforms, and the rise of formal training—most notably Florence Nightingale’s establishment of the St. Thomas’ t...
Formal, state‑based licensing tied to academic credentials is the modern norm: today many jurisdictions require nursing candidates to pass a licensure exam after completing accredited education progra...
Nursing education moved from informal, apprenticeship-style bedside training before the late 1800s to institutionalized hospital training schools in the late 19th century and then into university-base...
Late-19th and early-20th century reforms professionalized nursing by moving training out of informal settings into organized schools, creating professional organizations that set standards, and pushin...