Nursing is an art, and since it is an art, it requires a special dedication, a difficult preparation, just like the work of a painter or a sculptor. But if they deal with dead paint or marble, nurses deal with the living body which is the temple of the spirit of God. Therefore nursing is one of the Fine Arts, nay, the best of the best of the arts.”– Florence Nightingale
Nursing has existed in various forms in every culture and its practice has changed greatly over time. Nursing, in the sense it has today, dates back to the time of the Crimean War, when Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910), laid the foundation for professional nursing.
In Albania, in 1910, nursing care was practiced individually by women educated abroad. On December 30, 1921, the first data on the development of nursing as a profession and as a service, with the corresponding education, training and formation, were described. It was the Albanian Red Cross that founded the School of Nurses in Tirana…