Nursing History Document: The Evolution of the Nursing Profession involved menial tasks, unskilled service and a general lack of skills. of competence (Garey, “Sentimental women need not apply”). This mentality was corroborated by “untrained staff, [including] former patients, vagrants, and prostitutes,” who performed various nursing tasks (Garey). Florence Nightingale's nursing experiences during the Crimean War, her subsequent publication of Notes on Nursing, and her work to strengthen professionalism in the field transformed the way the world and society viewed nursing. She introduced life-giving ideas about patient care, the roles and responsibilities of nurses, and was an ardent supporter of nursing education. Nightingale's overall work inspired and changed the nursing profession, laying the foundation for her

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