Today is our topic of discussion is Historical Development of Nursing in India .
Historical Development of Nursing in India
1905: Association of Nursing Superintendents was constituted/formed.
1908 Trained Nurses Association of India was established/ formed.
1909: Bombay Presidency Nursing Association was formed.Missionary Nurses North India Board, set up under Medical Missionary Association of India.
1911: The South Indian Board was established INAI affiliated to International Council of Nurses.
1912: The First Nurses, Registration Act was enacted in (RAK),.Madras Presidency.
1930: The Christian Nurses Auxiliary formed by the missionary nurses.
1954: Government of India constituted committee to
1934: The Bengal Nurses Act was enacted for the nurses,midwives and H.V. of undivided Bengal.
1936 The Mid India Board of Education affiliated to Christian Nurses league, Christian Nurses Auxiliary Association was affiliated to TNAL.
1941: Standardized pay scales and terms of services were established in Madras. State nursing superintendent, appointed at state level (Madras).
1942 The Auxiliary Nursing Service (ANS) was established. One nursing superintendent was appointed as nursing advisor at DGHS, Government of India, to organize nursing services
1943: Establishment of School of Nursing Administration for Military Nursing Services Health Survey and Development Committees (Bhore) constituted by Government of India. Study groups worked on proposal for university education in nursing in India.
CMC Vellore and Madras General Hospital started courses to train nursing tutors. Commissioned rank was given to the Indian Military Nursing sisters.
1946: Bhore Committee submitted report, recommendations made on improvement of various aspects of nursing profession: Nursing education, working conditions, nursing services in hospital and community and deputing nurses for higher education to abroad, etc.
Establishment of the College of Nursing at Delhi (now Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing) under the Union Ministry of Health to start university nursing education programme for the first time in India leading to Bachelor’s degree in nursing, i.e. BSc (Hons.) Nursing.
1947: Indian Nursing Council Act was passed (31.12.1947) on the basis of recommendations of Bhore Committee.Degree programme for nursing started in Vellore.
1948: The first meeting of Indian Nursing Council (INC) was held.
1950: The INC took decision to establish ANM programme to meet the requirement of workers in nursing.
1952: Establishment of residential field teaching centre for teaching community health nursing in the rural area under College of Nursing, Delhi in collaboration with primary health centre Najafgarh.
1953: Ms Edith Buchanan, vice principal, College of Nursing Delhi was sent to Columbia University to earn her Doctorate in Education (D.Ed.) through WHO fellowship.
1955: Establishment of child guidance clinic at College of Nursing (RAKCON) for providing services and strengthening community health nursing and pediatric nursing. Ms Margaretta Craig, principal, College of Nursing, Delhi attended ICN meeting in France, to present a paper on the need for nursing research in India.
1957: Establishment of urbanfield teaching centre is started at College of Nursing, Delhi in collaboration with existing MCH centers of Municipal Corporation, Delhi for teaching of urban community health nursing.
1959: Dr Edith M. Buchanan, succeeded in establishing the long cherished “Master of Nursing degree programme at (RAK) College of Nursing, New Delhi under University of Delhi (October 1959). Healthy Survey and Planning Committee (Dr LN Mudaliar) was constituted by Government of India to review the progress made in health since, Bhore committee recommendation.
1961: Mudaliar Committee report published made some recommendations to improve mursing profession.
1963: A WHO assisted technical project was undertaken at the INC to Revise the GNM course. Dr Buchanan, succeeded in sending Mrs Sulochara Krishnan, one of the first graduates of this newly established. MN degree programme, University.to earn the D.Ed. degree from Columbia University.
1964: Dr Marie Furguson, a public health nurse came to the College of Nursing. Delhi was able to create greater appreciation and understanding of the need and value of research in planning nursing administration and education with senior leaders of the country conducted “activity studies to define the nursing and non-nursing functions of nursing personnel.
1965: A WHO publication on “Guide for School of Nursing” in India was published.
1966: TNAI established research section under the Chairmanship of Ms Margarata Craig. TNAI conducted “Time study” with the co-operation of Ms Anna Gupta, principal, RAKCON, under the supervision of Dr Sulochana Krishnan.
1969-71: INAI and VHAI, CHAP conducted study on survey on the socioeconomic status of nurses in India.
1973: Kartar Singh Committee report on multipurpose workers and Health and family planning department published and recommended ANM and LHVS were redesignated and health workers (F) and health assistant (F) to cover the required population at rural area for providing proper health services.
1975: Shrivastav Committee report on 3 tier-plan of health care delivery system to rural area was recommended.
1976: Dr Marie Farell and Dr Aparna Bhaduri of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, New Delhi, conducted seminars on nursing research for educationists at Delhi, Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) and Yarcaid to strength the nursing research in India.
1978: Government Nurses Association of Karnataka established.
1986 The Nursing Research Society of India (NHSI) was established to promote research within and around nursing environment. De (Mrs) Inderjit Walia was founder president. Mrs Uma Hunda was its secretary. M Phil in nursing programme started at RAKCON, under Delhi.
1987: Reports of the expert committee on health and manpower planning, production and management (Baja) Committee) published. This committee also dealt with nursing service conditions norms and nurse’s emoluments, etc.
1988: RAKCON, New Delhi was designated as World Health Collaboration Centre for nursing Developments reports of the high power committee on nursing and nursing profession published. Dr Ruth Hurner book “Nursing Education in India” published on the basis of survey.
1992: PhD in nursing programme started at RAKCON, under Delhi University. Mrs Asha Sharma got registered for the Doctoral course.
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