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A 5 page paper which examines how the field nursing evolved from the past to present. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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times she was a slave, and in the civilized era a domestic. Overlooked in the plans of legislators, and forgotten in the curricula of pedagogues, she was left without
protection and remained without education. She was not an artisan who could obtain the help of an hereditary guild... Drawn from the nameless and numberless army of poverty, the
nurse worked as a menial and obeyed as a servant. Denied the dignity of a trade, and devoid of professional ethics, she could not rise above the degradation of
her environment. It never occurred to the Aristotles of the past that it would be safer for the public welfare if nurses were educated instead of lawyers. The
untrained nurse is as old as the human race; the trained nurse is a recent discovery. The distinction between the two is a sharp commentary on the follies and
prejudices of mankind" (Donahue 1). The evolution of nursing is one of the most amazing journeys in world history because it was largely dependent upon the courageous acts of
independent women instead of the collective endeavors of patriarchal societies. Its ancient origins remain largely undocumented, but during the Christian era, the religious fervor generated by the teachings of
"love and mercy" by Jesus Christ resulted in a dramatic increase in charitable community works (Donahue 80). Christian women began taking it upon themselves to take care of the
infirmed members of society, and organized into groups shortly thereafter (Donahue 81). What first began as an extension of social work was initially carried out by deaconesses, widows, and nuns
(Donahue 81). Phoebe, a deaconess friend of St. Pauls frequently attended to sick people in their homes, thus earning the distinction of being the first "visiting nurse" (Donahue 82).
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