Societal Trends Influencing the Development of Nursing

• Religious Tradition-Catholic/Protestant

  • Courage
    • care of sick in battlefields, military/naval hospitals and prisons
    • care of sick and dying during epidemics
      • cholera, typhus, smallpox
    • Sacrifice
    • Creativity
      • founding of Alcoholic Anonymous & Al-Anon
    • Compassion

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