History of Nursing Unit 1 Ancient Times The

~History of Nursing~ Unit 1 Ancient Times The Beginning of Caring

Nursing in the Beginning • Rooted in history • Nursing practiced through the ages • References to health care and caring evident in many references in the earliest of documentation.

~Since the beginning of time~ • Earliest documentation notes ‘caring’ • Nursing always evident as a caring presence • Varied in gender, role, and location

Egypt • First rules governing hygiene • Separate areas of the Nile River used for drinking hygiene and sanitation • Women allowed to have position of caring ‘nurse’

During ancient times in Egypt the caregivers were: 1. Women 2. Men 3. Physicians 4. Nuns

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~Greece~ • Illness linked to displeasing gods and goddesses • Apollo The God of Medicine • Hygeia The Goddess of Health

~Greece~ • Documentation of detailed instruction for daily nursing care • Nurses helped the sick cleanse themselves with herbs to atone to the gods

~Greece 460 BC – 370 BC~ • The Age of Hippocrates The Father of Medicine • His practitioners were caregivers • Performed nursing care – caring for the sick

In ancient Greece, illness was considered to be the result of: 1. Eating tainted meat 2. Displeasing the gods and goddesses 3. Drinking fetid water 4. Ingesting pathogens

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