Leilani Sioux Wallen By leilanisioux 100 Nursing started with Jesus healing Peter's Mother-iin-law Feb 6, 1752 First hospital founded and opened, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanis Jun 14, 1775 George Washington recruited nurses care for wounded Mar 1, 1847 Mental Instituations were created for metally ill, by Dorothea Dix Mar 1, 1853 Florence Nightingale created holistic nursing during Crimean War Dec 31, 1859 Note on Nursing, by Flrence Nightingale Jul 9, 1860 Florence Nightingale opened Schol of Nursing in London Jan 1, 1861 Nurses began to wear uniforms Sep 1, 1873 First American trained nurse, Linda Anne Judson Richards Sep 1, 1879 First African American Nursing graduate, Mary Eliza Mahoney May 21, 1881 Clara Barton established the American Red Cross Oct 1, 1900 First published American Journal of Nursing Jan 10, 1902 First Registered Nurse, Ellen Dougherty Oct 1, 1902 First public school nurse hired, Lina Rogers Struthers in New York City Jan 1, 1917 Planned Parenthood and Birth Control meetings established by Margaret Sanger Apr 1, 1921 The Sheppard-Towner Act infant/mother mortalitiy Jan 1, 1955 First Intensive Care Units established in late 1950's First idea was in 1955 by Dr. William Mosenthal a surgeon in the US at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Jul 13, 1967 First hopice patient started by Dame Cicely Saunders Jan 1, 1990 Nurses started dressing more causual by wearing "scrubs" Aug 6, 2005 The Lewis Blackman Act Patient safety act