LibGuides: National Nurses Month: History

National Nurses Week History

National Nurses Week is celebrated on May 6th through May 12th. It was officially designated by the American Nurse Association in 1993. It coincides with Florence Nightingale's birthday on May 12th. She is considered to be the founder of modern nursing.

Biography - Florence Nightingale Museum

Click here to watch 'In the Footsteps of Florence Nightingale' on YouTube.

eBooks

Fast facts about the nursing profession : historical perspectives in a nutshell by Deborah Dolan Hunt
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 0826131395

Publication Date: 2017
Bold women of medicine : 21 stories of astounding discoveries, daring surgeries, and healing breakthroughs by Susan M. Latta
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 1613734387

Publication Date: 2017
Men in Nursing: History, Challenges and Opportunities by Chad E O'Lynn and Russell E Tranbarger
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9786611812775

Publication Date: 2010-01-13

Selected Journal Articles

Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory and its influence on contemporary infection control
'The Hands That Might Save Them': Gender, Race and the Politics of Nursing in the United States during the Second World War.
Shaping the Direction of Public Health Nursing 1950-2015.
Nursing in the Uniformed Services: Historical and Research Perspectives
Clara Barton: Angel of the battlefield
'Don't Worry About Me': The World War II Experience of Adeline Simonson, Nurse Anesthetist with the 95th Evacuation Hospital.

Nursing History Websites

Key Facts in Nursing History Every Nurse Should Know
Florence Nightingale Biography
American Association for the History of Nursing
Clara Barton Biography
American Nursing History
Florence Nightingale Museum
Nurses and Nursing History at the Smithsonian
Brief History of Men in Nursing
Florence Nightingale: The Lady with the Data
African American Nurses in World War II