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History of Community Nursing

The history of community nursing began in the 14th century with Saint Catherine of Siena caring for the sick during the Black Death. In the 16th century, the first hospitals were founded in Mexico, and in the 17th century, the first visitor associations were established to care for the poor. In the 19th century, the first public health nursing schools were founded, and the roles of visiting nurses were defined. In the 20th century, nursing corps were created.

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History of Community Nursing

The history of community nursing began in the 14th century with Saint Catherine of Siena caring for the sick during the Black Death. In the 16th century, the first hospitals were founded in Mexico, and in the 17th century, the first visitor associations were established to care for the poor. In the 19th century, the first public health nursing schools were founded, and the roles of visiting nurses were defined. In the 20th century, nursing corps were created.

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HISTORY OF COMMUNITY NURSING

14th century

Saint Catherine of Siena during the time of the Black Death, would visit
the patients taking care of cases of minor illnesses and sent to
the most serious cases to the hospital

16th century: (1524)

Hernán Cortes founded the hospital of the pure and clean


Conception of Our Lady, later known as
like the hospital of Jesus and which was the center of much
importance in healing type tasks.

17th century
Saint Francis de Sales and Juana Chantana founded in
France, a visiting friends association to provide care for
poor people. Among their activities was cleaning
the sick, make the beds and bandage their wounds.

Mid 17th century


Saint Vincent de Paul founded the religious order of the sisters of the
charity, promoter of systematic home visits and with
organizational criteria.
18th century (1777)
A decree was issued, by which foreign doctors
they were to present themselves before the protomedicato in order to practice the
medicine in the country.

1780
A severe smallpox outbreak has been reported. Dr. Bartolache, of origin
A resident of Guanajuato published a book about its healing.

19th century

Public health, whose origins took place in


the late 19th century, as has already been said, evolved
importantly and in 1920 remarkable events took place
advancements, establishing the foundations of its concept
actual

1842
The origins of public health nursing due to its influence
about the merchant philanthropist William Rathbone, who undertook the
task of training nurses to work in the community in
home visit tasks, health education and assistance
social.

1861
From this initiative and the relationships for its development
Rathbone established with Florence Nightingale arose the
first written documents.
1862
The first public health nursing school is established and
the evolution of Nightingale's thinking towards
sanitarian positions.

1883
The magazine called Higia was published in Spanish. In the same year, the
Dr. José Ma. Luís Mora, counselor of Dr. Valentín Gomes Farias, a
the flavor of the vice president of the republic, conceived the direction of
right to health. It did not include social aspects.

20th century

There were ongoing corporate disputes between nurses and interns, which reached
generate thoughtful legal reports to try to delineate the functions of each party. Without
embargo, we can say that, in general, the activity of home public assistance
was reserved for practitioners, while the tasks of prevention and surveillance in
the fight against the main communicable diseases constituted functions of the
nurses.

1904
The first mention, in legal terms, made in Spain.
we find the visiting nurse in article 28 of
the General Health Instruction of 1904, which establishes
the visiting nurses, although their real effectiveness arises
much later.

1923
The National School of Childcare is established, which will later offer courses including, among others,
visiting nursery nurses.
1930
It is deemed necessary to create a body of visiting nurses, coming from the
National School of Health, which will especially focus on cooperating with the
health authorities and official service doctors, to the investigation and clarification
of the aforementioned issues, as well as to educate the inexperienced girl and the women
ignorant about the dangers they have been infected with

September 26, 1930


The Royal Order states that "the function of the practitioner will be
(in addition to the medical assistant) the one corresponding to the
auxiliary services of municipal health and especially
those of prevention and defense against diseases
inevitables.

1932
The figure of the visiting nurse is effectively created.
healthcare, among whose functions were educational and
home visit. A year later, the first ones are summoned 50
positions that will perform their work in dispensaries
antituberculous.

1933
The Red Cross regulations state that the functions of the visiting nurse
psychiatric will be: "Visit the patients treated in the consultation at their home and get
in relation to the relatives to finalize or verify the reports already obtained.
Understand the moral and social environment of the patient, their professional activity, and everything
how much it may affect their illness; ensure that treatments are applied
properly at the patient's home; prevent families from becoming disinterested in the
relatives discharged; seeking placement for discharged patients by searching for them
work according to abilities.
June 14, 1935
The Body of Public Assistance Practitioners is established
Home care, also known as the Body of Practitioners
Headlines, whose main mission would be 'auxiliary assistance'
medical-surgical.

1952
The emergence of the health assistant until the creation of the
health centers and the effective implementation of primary care
of health in Spain.

June 27, 1952


The unification of the existing study plans until then is decreed, replacing the
nurse, practitioner, and midwife titles under the new common title of assistant
health technician.

1977
The first step towards a new way of thinking is established.
nursing profession, clearly oriented towards a new
health model and towards a comprehensive vision of the human being, included subjects so closely related to the
community activity such as public health, geriatrics, management, health education
behavioral sciences, etc

1984
It is characterized, above all, by the technological development of the
assistance resources and a healthcare system that is clearly hospital-centered.

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