Nursing in India is the practice of providing care for patients, families, and communities in that nation to improve health and quality of life.
There is evidence of institutionalised hospitals and nursing in India going back to the 5th century BC.
[1] Florence Nightingale had a great influence over nursing in India and had a close knowledge of Indian conditions, especially in the army.
In 1871, the first school of nursing was started in Government General Hospital, Madras with a six-month diploma midwives programme with four students.
The first nursing school for women was started at Kanpur's Saint Catherine's Hospital by Dr Alice Marval.