<P> The Nightingale model was widely copied . Linda Richards ( 1841 -- 1930 ) studied in London and became the first professionally trained American nurse . She established nursing training programs in the United States and Japan , and created the first system for keeping individual medical records for hospitalized patients . The Russian Orthodox Church sponsored seven orders of nursing sisters in the late 19th century . They ran hospitals , clinics , almshouses , pharmacies , and shelters as well as training schools for nurses . In the Soviet era ( 1917 -- 1991 ) , with the aristocratic sponsors gone , nursing became a low - prestige occupation based in poorly maintained hospitals . </P>
<P> The Nightingale model was widely copied . Linda Richards ( 1841 -- 1930 ) studied in London and became the first professionally trained American nurse . She established nursing training programs in the United States and Japan , and created the first system for keeping individual medical records for hospitalized patients . The Russian Orthodox Church sponsored seven orders of nursing sisters in the late 19th century . They ran hospitals , clinics , almshouses , pharmacies , and shelters as well as training schools for nurses . In the Soviet era ( 1917 -- 1991 ) , with the aristocratic sponsors gone , nursing became a low - prestige occupation based in poorly maintained hospitals . </P>
when were the first documented medical records created
when were the first documented medical records created
19th century
19th century