125 Years of Nursing at Penn - University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Visit the timeline highlighting 125 years of Penn Nursing from its opening in September 1886 through 2011:125 Years of Nursing at Penn - University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

The University of Pennsylvania Almanac Volume V58 has an extensive story:

http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v58/n05/nursing.htm

The HUP Nursing Alumni Association commissioned artist Kathleen Shaver HUP'76, to create an art installation to honor the history and legacy of 125 years of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. It consists of 27 framed oil paintings on canvas depicting the evolution of Nursing at Penn.

Visit the online gallery for photos from Penn's history, courtesy of The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing and the HUP Nursing Alumni.

I found many pieces of nursing history traveling this gallery from this early instrument set

to the first Penn nurse anesthetist

[frankie,RN]

Great stuff. Its fun to look at the history of nursing, esp. at Penn, and learn a little. Thanks for posting.:)