The history of nursing started since the civil war. If you take a look at the past in the 1870s, the nurses were untrained. During the civil war time, the government was focused on the professionalization of nursing. If you are willing to know more about the history of nursing, you can see in Wikipedia. There is well-written information in Wikipedia about the history of nursing.
Since the civil war, until today nursing course having very high demand and it will increase in the near future, there is no way the demand decreases — the following nursing schools which are ranked top in 2018.
• Johns Hopkins University
• Duke University
• Emory University
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Washington
• Case Western Reserve University
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Alabama--Birmingham
• University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
• Yale University
• Columbia University
• University of California--San Francisco
• University of Maryland--Baltimore
• University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
• Vanderbilt University
• New York University (Meyers)
• Ohio State University
• Rush University
• University of Illinois--Chicago
• Rutgers University--Newark
The above list was made based on different references. Now it may come into your mind what about the specializations these schools offer. We don't have that information at this time I suggest you check with those schools for the exact information. However, the following link will provide you the information about all the important specializations in nursing.
