Aims of This MOOC

To gain an understanding of nursing traditions and history as a source to develop perspective and knowledge
To identify some aspects of importance in European societal development in relevant to the emergence of modern nursing; like the spread and occurrence of diseases, medical development, gender relations and religion
To give an overview of the historical development of nursing in some countries in Europe
To highlight some specific spaces or arenas in which clinical nursing practice and nursing knowledge and competence developed: like the medical institutions, district nursing and wartime nursing

Nursing Traditions and History in Europe