Dorothea L. Dix PSY 310 December 19th, 2010 Dorothea L. Dix Dorothea L. Dix was a woman of many splendors. She was not one who wanted credit for her accomplishments for she acted simply in a matter that would best help people. She was driven by the purest desire to help individuals obtain a better life. “There are few cases in history where a social movement of such proportions can be attributed to the work of a single individual” (Gardner & Kovach, 1972). Dorothea accomplished extreme reform for the treatment of the mentally ill.
Historical Figures of Nursing Diane Eugenio NUR/391 January 20, 2013 Tricia Proctor Historical Figures of Nursing Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton were two intelligent, dedicated, and brave women who gained worldwide adulation (Spiegel, 1995, p. 501) and helped advance the practice of modern day nursing. Nightingale, using statistics, decreased the amount of soldiers’ deaths due to infection during the Crimean War and created a system of training nurses that would lead to them being considered “professional” for the first time. Clara Barton “embarked on a lengthy struggle to found the American Red Cross” (Spiegel, p. 501), which to this day gives aid and comfort following calamities throughout the world. Florence Nightingale came from an upper class family in England. She was well-educated, after completing her studies in math, natural science, Greek, Latin, German, French, Italian, and ancient and modern literature (Egenes, 2009, p. 4).
Who had the greater impact on nursing in the Crimean War- Florence Nightingale or Mary Seacole? Even though I believe that Mary Seacole is the better nurse and she helped more soldiers, I think that Florence Nightingale had a bigger impact on nursing because for one, she did run a big team of nurses in a hospital and set up a nursing school after the war but two, Mary Seacole had no way of impacting nurses because she was bankrupted after the war and she worked on the front line. Florence Nightingale had formal nurse training and went to help the soldiers in the Crimean war because she was invited to head the nursing staff there through the influence of powerful friends: Sidney Herbert (secretary at war at the beginning of the Crimean conflict) and his wife Elizabeth. Nightingale was to be accompanied by a team of 38 nurses who were picked by a committee who was careful to keep a religious balance among the volunteer nurses. On the other side of the world, Mary Seacole learnt about nursing from her mother which was informal unlike Florence Nightingales training.
In 1938, Dr. Apgar returned to Columbia University as the director of the division of anesthesia Despite her title, she had trouble recruiting physicians because Surgeons did not accept anesthesiologists as equals, and the pay was low. Apgar was the only staff member until the mid-1940s. By 1946, anesthesia began to become an acknowledged medical specialty with required residency training, and in 1949, when anesthesia research became an academic department, Dr. Apgar was appointed the first woman to become a full member a professor at the Columbia University College of Physicians and
Differences in nursing competencies; ADN vs. BSN Susan Grigg Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics, NRS-430V August 8, 2015 DIFFERENCES IN NURSING COMPETENCIES; ADN vs. BSN “An ignorant woman, who was not fit for anything else, is good enough for a nurse” (Draper, 1893, 1949). Nursing has evolved tremendously over the past 150 years, not only in society’s view of a ‘nurse’, but in education levels as well. Crossing a span from prostitutes and women of ill repute, to today’s view of nurses as knowledgeable professionals with expertise in the area of caring for people. Inspired by the Nightingale model, early nurse training schools and today’s educational programs continue to evolve and grow. The author will discuss the difference
She was very smart and exceptionally gifted. She began teaching at the age of 17, and six years later she opened a school in Bordentown, New Jersey. After her teaching career she decided to gain employment and work as a civil war nurse. She was the first women to work as a nurse. What Battlefields was Clara a nurse at?
In this present day many nurses have indeed contributed to modern medicine like Margaret Sanger. Margaret Sanger devoted her life to legalizing birth control and making it available to woman in the 1800s although she faced many challenges she did not give up until it was legalised and women had access to birth control. This has made life much easier for women nowadays to plan they futures before having children and preventing children been born with diseasesand unwanted pregnancies can be avoided instead of having abortions. People may not agree with the way Margaret went about it and may say she was racist but all races today use birth control pills. Margaret Sanger was born in 1879 in Corning, New York.
Susan B. Anthony led the only non-violent revolution in our nation’s history. Her canvassing plan is still used in political organization today. Unfortunately, Anthony did not live to see her hard work and dedication pay off. She died on March 13, 1906, in her home in Rochester, New York. “Failure is Impossible” were her last public words (“Susan”
She encouraged medical education for women and aided other women to aspire other careers. According to the article, Changing the Face of Medicine, By establishing the New York Infirmary in 1857, Elizabeth Blackwell offered a practical solution to one of the problems facing women who were rejected from internships elsewhere but determined to expand their skills as physicians. She also published several important books on the issue of women in medicine, including Medicine as a Profession for Women in 1860 and Address on the Medical Education of Women in 1864. Blackwell had no idea how to become a physician, so she consulted with several physicians known by her family. They told her it was a fine idea, but impossible; it was too expensive, and such education was not available to women.
Out of the Six women who discussed Instructor, four women talked about their own specific Instructor, how much having a Instructor contributed to their success, and how grateful they were to have a Instructor. The other two women discussed how not having a Instructor impacted their career. These two women both expressed a desire to have a female Instructor in the sports field, however they, themselves were the pioneers so there was no one to go to. Cubby -