Utmb intro exam 1 quizzes - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Profession - - a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long/intensive preparation - nursing Job - - Work that a person does regularly for pay History: 1500's-1800's - - rich received care from physicians - poor received care from nuns, monks, and priests Protestant Reformation (15th Century) - - value of nursing was diminished, caring for others was not respected - monasteries were closed down, nuns forced to stay home - prostitutes & women avoiding jail became nurses ...