origins

When Hippocrates was running around trying to convince everyone it wasn’t the Gods causing disease and that regular human sacrifice was not actually necessary, there were already men and women engaged in nursing activities. Of course the term nursing didn’t yet exist, but the vocation sure did. There is even biblical evidence of how to care for the sick. In those early days of healthcare, human life was a lot cheaper than it is today. Thus, the people caring for the ailing were not well educated or considered important members of society. How times have changed.