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The International Council of Nurses (ICN)

The International Council of Nurses, the oldest of all international nursing organizations, was formed in 1899. Founded by Mrs. Bedford Fenwick, it held its first meeting in Buffalo, New York, at the World Exposition in 1901. Mrs. Fenwick was the…

Florence Nightingale

Nightingale did not develop a theory of nursing as theory is defined today, but rather she provided the nursing profession with the philosophical basis from which other theories have emerged and developed. Nightingale’s ideas about nursing have guided both theoretical…

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