NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -1890Lillian Wald, founder of the Henry Street Settlement (1893) in New York City, invented the term public health nursing to put emphasis on the community value of the nurse whose work was built upon an understanding of all the problems that invariably accompanied the ills of the poor.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lillian D. Wald helped to bring health care to the residents of New York’s Lower East Side at the turn of the twentieth century. As a “practical idealist who worked to create a more just society, ‘’ Wald fought for public health care, women’s rights, and children’s rights while running the Henry Street Settlement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lillian Wald-Mother of Public Health Nursing.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Beginning of VNS Health VNS Health was founded in 1893 by Lillian Wald, who was not only the first public health nurse but also one of the most influential pioneers in the history of nursing, public health, and social reform.