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===20th century===
{{Further information|Women in nursing}}
[[File:RedCrossNursen.jpg|thumb|left|A recruiting poster for Australian nurses from [[World War I]]
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Hospital-based training came to the fore in the early 1900s, with an emphasis on practical experience. The Nightingale-style school began to disappear. Hospitals and physicians saw women in nursing as a source of free or inexpensive labor. Exploitation of nurses was not uncommon by employers, physicians and educational providers.<ref name=CHIN2008>{{cite book|last1=Chin|first1=PL|last2=Kramer|first2=MK|title=Integrated Theory and Knowledge Development in Nursing|date=2008|publisher=Mosby Elsevier|(contracted; show full)

===Canada===

{{Main article|Nursing in Canada}}

====History====

Canadian nursing dates back to 1639 in [[Quebec]] with the Augustine nuns.<ref name="test">[http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/nursing/certification/specialties/default_e.aspx Link text] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229233442/http://www.cna-nurses.ca/cna/nursing/certification/specialties/default_e.aspx |date=29 December 2011 }}
, additional text.</ref>   These nuns were trying to open up a mission that cared for the spiritual and physical needs of patients. The establishment of this mission created the first nursing apprenticeship training in North America.<ref name="test" />   In the nineteenth century there were, some Catholic orders of nursing that were trying to spread their message across Canada. Most nurses were female and only had an occasional consultation with a physician. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, hospital care and medical services had been improved and expanded. Much of this was due to Nightingale's influence. In 1874 the first formal nursing training program was started at the General and Marine Hospital in St. Catharines in Ontario.<ref name="test" />

====Education====

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===Japan===

{{main article|Nursing in Japan}}

====History====
Nursing was not an established part of Japan's healthcare system until 1899 with the Midwives Ordinance.<ref name="nurse">
[{{cite web|title=Nursing in Japan - Overview of Japanese Nursing System|url=http://www.nurse.or.jp/jna/english/nursing/system.html Link text], additional text.|accessdate=25 February 2018|website=nurse.or.jp}}</ref>   From there the Registered Nurse Ordinance came into play in 1915. This established a legal substantiation to registered nurses all over Japan. A new law geared towards nurses was created during [[World War II]]. This law was titled: the ''Public Health Nurse, Midwife and Nurse Law'' and it was, established in 1948.<ref name="test" /> It established educational requirements, standards and licensure. There has been a continued effort to improve nursing in Japan. In 1992 the Nursing Human Resource Law was passed.<ref name="test" /> This law created the development of new university programs for nurses. Those programs were designed to raise the education level of the nurses so that they could be better suited for taking care of the public.

====Types of nurses====

(contracted; show full) is in need of more nurses. The driving force behind this need this is the fact that country is aging and needs more medical care for its people. The country needs a rapid increase of nurses however things do not seem to be turning around. Some of the reasons that there is a shortage are poor working conditions, an increase in the number of hospital beds, the low social status of nurses, and the cultural idea that married women quit their jobs for family responsibilities.<ref name="nurse2">
[{{ref web|title=Nursing in Japan - Working conditions in Japan|url=http://www.nurse.or.jp/jna/english/nursing/employment.html Link text], additional text.|accessdate=25 February 2018|website=nurse.or.jp}}</ref> On average, Japanese nurses will make around 280,000 yen a month, whichand it is one of the higher paying jobs. hHowever, physicians make twice the amount that nurses do in a year.<ref name="worldsalaries">[http://www.worldsalaries.org/professionalnurse.shtml Link text], additional text.as much as nurses.<ref name="worldsalaries">{{cite web|title=Professional Nurse Salaries - International Comparison
|url=http://www.worldsalaries.org/professionalnurse.shtml|website=worldsalaries.org|accessdate=25 February 2018}}</ref> Similar to other cultures, the Japanese people view nurses as subservient to physicians. They are considered lesser and oftentimes negative connotations are associated with nurses. According to the [[American Nurses Association]] article on Japan, "nursing work has been described using negative terminology such as 'hard, dirty, dangerous, low salary, few holidays, minimal chance of marriage and family, and poor image'".

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