Nurse education qualification courses have graduate status. Traditionally, from the times prior to Florence Nightingale, nursing was seen as an apprenticeship, often undertaken in religious institutes such as convents by young women, although there has always been a proportion of male nurses, especially in mental health services. In 1860 Nightingale set up the first nurse training school at St Thomas' Hospital, London. Nightingale's curriculum was largely base around nursing practice, with instruction focused upon the need for hygiene and task competence. Her methods are reflected in her "Notes on Nursing", (1898). Some other nurses at that time, notably Ethel Gordon Fenwick, were
Nursing literature Nursing literature Nursing literature refers to articles in journals and texts in books devoted to the field of nursing. Under the influence of Florence Nightingale, nursing became a scientific field of study and an independent discipline in healthcare. On March 6, 1886, the first nursing journal, "The Nightingale" was published, becoming the first nursing journal. In 1900, the "American Journal of Nursing" began publication, becoming the first nursing journal to be owned and operated by nurses. It remains the oldest nursing journal still in circulation. In 1952, the first journal dedicated to nursing research, "Nursing Research" was published. As the