The Civil War and Nursing: A Closer Look into how Nurses Impacted the Civil War
1861-1865
An Introduction to my Research Topic
Where is a better place to grow up in than in one of the greatest cities in the United States? The city of Boston is known for many great things like the Big Dig, our dedicated sports teams, Dunkin’ Donuts, many ivy league colleges, and most importantly our education in medicine. The greater Boston area is a phenomenal place to grow up especially if you are interested in studying medicine, like myself. Ever since I was little I have wanted to grow up to be a nurse just like my mother. I hope to become an incredible nurse like she is someday and I am very lucky to have grown up in Boston which is full of great experiences for new nurses. My mother is a very hardworking nurse who graduated from Laboure and Northeastern. Her compassion and love for helping people is what makes her such an amazing nurse. Her love for nursing made me realize how great of a profession it is which inspired me to want to study nursing someday. My older brother is also on the road to becoming a nurse as he just finished his first year of nursing school at Regis College. I'm very proud of my family and their love for helping people in need. My whole life I have dreamed of becoming a nurse and that is why I picked a research topic related to nursing, medicine and the Civil War.
Boston is home to an extensive amount of medical schools and hospitals like Boston University, Harvard, Tufts, Boston Children’s Hospital, Mass General Hospital, Brigham Women's Hospital and many more. But Boston has not always been like this. Before the Civil War, the practice or study of medicine was very uncommon and there weren't many hospitals around in any part of the United States. During the civil war many brave men and women stepped up to help wounded soldiers in need. Many of these people had little to no experience in nursing and had to learn from other people. But after the Civil War ended everything changed and now Boston is full of some of the smartest doctors and nurses in the world. I expected to find many great stories about strong nurses that worked in the civil war which made them so special to the history and development of nursing. So I asked: How did nursing and medicine evolve throughout the Civil War? This relates to our unit that we just finished on the Civil War. We learned a lot about the different battles occurring and many beloved people dying but not much about the nurses who helped the soldiers who did survive. I thought it was important to bring recognition to the nurses and doctors who worked very hard until the end of the war in 1865.
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