Nurse

Nursing in India by Shubhada Sakurikar includes the following information: For many years nursing training was given to only Europeans and Anglo-Indians. The Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy (JJ) Hospital[Bombay] was the first to train nurses in Western India. The first Indian lady to come forward for nursing training was Bai Kashibai Ganpat in 1891 in Bombay. In the succeeding years, nursing schools were established all over the country in collaboration with the government and private hospitals.
The Association of Nursing Superintendents was founded in 1905 at Lucknow. The organization was composed of nine European Nurses holding administrative posts in hospitals. At the Annual Conference held in Bombay in 1908, a decision was taken to establish the Trained Nurses’ Association. The Association was inaugurated in 1909. The Nursing journal of India (Nurs J India) started in 1912. The Association of Nursing Superintendents and Trained Nurses’ Association were amalgamated in 1922 and called The Trained Nurses’ Association of India (TNAI).