NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -(n.d.) divided nursing history into four periods: Intuitive, Apprentice, Educative, and Contemporary, while Tomey and Alligood (2002), divided the history of professional nursing into curriculum era, research era, graduate education era, and the theory era.

Detailed explanation-2: -Research Era: The 1950s and the 1970s In the 1950s, research emerged as a beginning force. Nurses were encouraged to learn how to conduct research, developing the role for nurses for that specialized body of knowledge.

Detailed explanation-3: -History of Nursing Theories. The first nursing theories appeared in the late 1800s when a strong emphasis was placed on nursing education. In 1860, Florence Nightingale defined nursing in her “Environmental Theory” as “the act of utilizing the patient’s environment to assist him in his recovery.”