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First infrastructure for professional nursing begins to emerge on the East Coast.

Date: 1878

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This includes the development of nursing manuals and structured trainings for nurses. These manuals and training reports are prepared for the Training School for Nurses at Bellevue Hospital. As nursing begins to professionalize, more and more nursing activities are standardized and documented.