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Prior to the foundation of modern nursing, nuns and the military often provided nursing-like services.

The religious and military roots of modern nursing remain in evidence today in many countries, for example in the United Kingdom, senior female nurses are known as sisters. Nurses execute the "Orders" of other health care professionals in addition to being responsible for their own practice.

The first known Nurse, Phoebe, was mentioned in Romans 16:1.During the early years of the Christian Church, St. Paul sent a deaconess Phoebe to Rome as the first visiting nurse. She took care of both men and men