I worked as a nurse for many years, but not any more.
That is amazing! Nurses are awesome, they focus on the care of individuals, families, and communities
Yes the ability to care for others in need drew me into the profession. Are you involved in the medical profession by any chance?
No but I studied about Nurses!
Oh wow that's cool, in what context did you study them?
The history! For example, The word "nurse" originally came from the Latin word "nutrire", meaning to suckle, referring to a wet-nurse!
Oh wow I had no idea! Are you big into studying history? I'm not much for history myself.
military often provided nursing-like services. It took until the 19th century for nursing to become a secular profession.
Ancient history.
The early history of nurses suffers from a lack of source material, but nursing in general has long been an extension of the wet-nurse function of women.
Buddhist Indian ruler (268 B.C.E. to 232 B.C.E.) Ashoka erected a series of pillars, which included an edict ordering hospitals to be built along the routes of travelers, and that they be "well provided with instruments
any profession within health care that requires a license to practice such as physicians, surgeon's assistant, nurses, dietitians, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacist and dentists among many others.
Governing, licensing, and law enforcement bodies are often at the sub-national (e.g. state or province) level, but federal guidelines / regulations also often exist. For example, in the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the Department of Transportation has a national scope of practice for emergency medical