In Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and its Power to Change the World, author Sarah DiGregorio tells how nurses had great stature centuries ago — and how they got pushed into the background.

A Brief History of Nurses Day Nurses Day is celebrated every year on May 6th, kicking off National Nurses Week, which ends on May 12th—Florence Nightingale’s birthday. She’s often considered ...

A Brief History of National Nurses Week 1953: Dorothy Sutherland of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sent a proposal to President Eisenhower to proclaim a “Nurse Day” in ...

A Brief History of National Nurses Week 1953: Dorothy Sutherland of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sent a proposal to President Eisenhower to proclaim a “Nurse Day” in ...

And nursing is more than just an occupational niche for them. The history of Filipino nurses goes back to the U.S. colonizing the country in 1898.

Nurses were star players in ancient times Both doctors and nurses had to have knowledge about medications, but it was the nurses who provided direct patient care, according to Charaka-Samhita, a key ...

In Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and its Power to Change the World, author Sarah DiGregorio tells how nurses had great stature centuries ago — and how they got pushed into the background.