Selanders L
Nurs Pract. 1990;3(3):24-5. doi: 10.7748/ns.4.35.24.s63.
The work of Florence Nightingale has dominated not only the development of British nursing, but also affected nursing across the globe. She was particularly influential upon nursing in the United States of America. In this paper, the transfer of the Nightingale approach to the United States is explained. The early developments of nursing in North America, particularly at the time of the Civil War, and in public health nursing are applied.
