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Chinese Journal of Nursing Education ›› 2024, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (10): 1271-1274.doi: 10.3761/j.issn.1672-9234.2024.10.019

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A historical investigation of modern nursing education in China - tracing the origin of nursing schools in China

HUANG Xi(),ZHU Yanchen,ZHENG Cuihong,ZENG Wuqi()   

  • Received:2024-01-02 Online:2024-10-15 Published:2024-10-24

Abstract:

Objective To verify the founding time,founder and historical relationship between China’s first nursing school and China’s first registered nursing school,and explore the origin and development of China’s nursing school. Methods Through collecting historical materials,the historical documents related to the establishment,development,merger and division of the first nursing school in China and the first registered nursing school was summarized and analyzed. Results The nursing schools founded by Ella Johnson and Cora E. Simpson were historically related. Conclusion The first registered nursing school in China(1909) was founded by Cora E. Simpson inherited and developed the first nursing school in China(1888) and the Nightingale-style nursing education was implemented by the founder Ella Johnson,which had a positive influence on the development of nursing in China.

Key words: Nursing Education, Establishment, Nursing Schools, Nursing history