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The historical tradition of the nursing occupation is covered in Cecil Blanche Woodham Smith, Florence Nightingale, 1820–1910 (1950, reissued 1983); Monica E. Baly, Florence Nightingale and the Nursing Legacy: Building the Foundations of Modern Nursing & Midwifery, 4th ed. (1998); M. Patricia Donahue, Nursing, the Finest Art: An Illustrated History, 2nd ed. (1996); Philip A. Kalisch and Beatrice J. Kalisch, American Nursing: A History, 4th ed. (2004); and Susan Muaddi Darraj, Mary Eliza Mahoney and the Legacy of African American Nurses (2005).
Nursing practices are explored in Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead, Current Issues in Nursing, 7th ed. (2006); Diana J. Mason, Judith K. Leavitt, and Mary W. Chaffee, Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 5th ed. (2006); and Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress, 4th ed. (2006).
Education for the nursing profession is the subject of Committee for the Study of Nursing Education (U.S.), Nursing and Nursing Education in the United States (1923, reprinted 1984), a classic report on nursing training; and Bryn Davis (ed.), Nursing Education: Research and Developments (1987).
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| Introduction revised and updated. | Oct 29, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Exploring Influential Factors Shaping Nursing as a Profession and Science in Healthcare System - A Systematic Literature Review. | Oct 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Heliyon - Artificial intelligence in future nursing care: Exploring perspectives of nursing professionals - A descriptive qualitative study. | May 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Fundamentals of Nursing - Introduction. | Oct 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Evidence-Based Practice: Ethical Questions for Nursing (PDF). | Apr 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Science and Healthcare Research - Nursing as a Profession beyond Tropes of the Image among Public, Media, and the Identity Crisis: A Discussion Paper. | Nov 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Medical Journal - How the nursing profession should adapt for a digital future. | Mar 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Council of Nurses - Nursing definitions. | Oct 27, 2023 | ||
| Video and links added. | Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Exploring Influential Factors Shaping Nursing as a Profession and Science in Healthcare System - A Systematic Literature Review. | Sep 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Pennsylvania - Penn Nursing - American Nursing: An Introduction to the Past. | Mar 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Nurses Association - What Is Nursing? | Mar 01, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 16, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 10, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Nursing. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Nursing. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Feb 15, 2008 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Feb 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Official Site of the American Nurses Association. | Jul 12, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 02, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |