1. Chapter 2 History and Evolution of Nursing

2. Nursing in Antiquity Primitive societies Greece and Rome –Hippocrates Early Christian Era Middle Ages The Reformation

3. The Industrial Revolution Medical and scientific advances

4. The Industrial Revolution Florence Nightingale –Contributions to the profession

5. The Civil War Union Nursing –Dorothea Dix –Clara Barton Confederate Nursing –Issues

6. Wars Spanish-American War World War I The Great Depression World War II

7. 1950s Through 1970s Advances in Health Care –Health care is a right –Government involvement –Medical insurance –Increased cost and complexity within health care systems

8. The 1980s and Beyond Change in payment and reimbursement systems DRGs Rural versus urban care