NRSG 112 - The History of Nursing and Nursing Education

1617 - Marie Rollet Hubou came to Canada

1642 - Jeanne Mance established the Montreal Hotel Dieu

1639 - St. Augustinian Sisters came to Canada and established the Hotel Dieu

1700-1900s - The Grey Nuns were established in Canada

1874 - Dr. Theophilus Mack established the first hospital training school in Canada that wasn't religious based

Late 19th Century - push for hospital trained nurses, number of nurses exploded, Nightingale style of nursing made its way to Canada

Mid 19th Century - middle and upper class start using hospitals, asepsis and anesthesia

Early 19th Century - wealthy individuals established hospitals to help the sick and poor

Beginning of 20th Century - most nurses worked in private duty

Early 20th Century - governments role in health of population increased

1930s - decrease in private duty nurses

1970s - boom in hospital construction, increased use of medical supplies and technology

First half of 20th Century - nursing gained status as one of the few respectable professions for women

1899 - two men graduated from a hospital program in Halifax

2001 - 94% of Canadian nurses were female

1940 - CNA created an official policy of non-discrimination

1910-1920s - most provinces brought in registration processes

1939 - CNA recommended provinces and territories to create practical nursing programs to help address shortage of nurses post WW2

1854 - Florence Nightingale led a group of nurses to Crimean War

1920-1940s - hospitals created their own Schools of Nursing

2000 - CNA recommends all provinces and territories make entry for practice a nursing baccalaureate degree by this year

2004 - CNA and CASN jointly agree to the standard of baccalaureate entry requirements

Mid 20th Century - starting to see problems with hospital-based schools of nursing

1960-1970s - shift of nursing education into the community, not hospitals

1950s - biggest increase in university nursing schools, but shift was not made until the 1960s

1919 - UBC baccalaureate degree program established

1920 - McGill baccalaureate degree program established

1938 - first French baccalaureate degree program established

1908 - CNA founded