Who were the nurses responsible for the development of nursing education and nursing organizations and for the advancement of nursing as a profession?
Isabel Hampton Robb was an early advocate for shorter working days for student nurses and was involved in founding the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. Adelaide Nutting was the first director of the Department of Nursing and Health at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City and an early advocate of college preparation for nursing. Linda Richards developed 10 nursing schools, introduced nurse’s notes and physician’s orders into the medical record, and introduced the nurse’s uniform. Shirley Titus, executive director of the California State Nurses’ Association during the 1940s, was the first to advocate economic security and collective bargaining for nurses.
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