This episode of the NLN Nursing EDge Unscripted Saga track is part one of two celebrating the history of the National League for Nursing. The episode recounts the formation of the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses in 1893, marking the beginning of organized nursing in the U.S. It highlights the growth of nursing education influenced by Nightingale's principles and the establishment of standards and curricula. The Society faced opposition from physicians but worked to overcome the image of untrained nurses and emphasized discipline and rigor. The episode also mentions the formation of the Nurses Associated Alumnae, which later became the American Nurses Association, and the evolution of the society into the National League of Nursing Education and eventually the National League for Nursing.

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