C.R. Bard has a long history of innovations in urological drainage products dating back to 1934 when it became the first company to offer a coated catheter. Some key innovations included becoming the first to distribute the Foley catheter in 1940, produce a woven catheter in America in 1976, and offer anti-infective Foley catheters in 1986. The document outlines Bard's continued leadership in urological products such as latex and silicone Foley catheters and traces innovations in nursing education from Florence Nightingale founding the first nursing school in 1860 to the first DNP program starting in 2001.