The History of Nursing Prior to 1850 the state of nursing worldwide was substandard. Often places of treatment were dirty, unsanitized environments, diseased ridden and highly contagious with floating airborne diseases such as small pox, tuberculosis and measles. Nursing started as an intuitive way of caring for the sick members of the family, nursing was untaught and instinctive. Often unskilled women commonly prostitutes, women over the age of 30 with no family or hope of marriage , and catholic sisters of mercy were offered or promoted to nursing roles despite having no education or training. A large majority of these women could not read nor write.
Whereas, Aphra Bont transforms for the worst because her ignorance. In the novel, most of the characters become reshaped from the survival of the Plague, one of these characters is Anna Frith. Before the plague, Anna was ignorant towards the world, ‘I… wished to know how things stood in the world,’ and was quite isolated in her village. During and after the Plague, Anna changed and grew tremendously. She learned the value of herbs as medicine as she wanted to help those who were affected by the Plague as she had already lost so much.
He work and accomplishments have been felt by many. She was a revolutionary for the mentally ill and began her work even before women’s suffrage. Dorothea has been described as “the most effective advocate of humanitarian reform in American mental institutions during the nineteenth century” (Goldenson, 1970). Dorothea was not an expert in the mental health field, which makes her accomplishments and endeavors even more intriguing and unimaginable. That this woman could offer so much reform and understanding for individuals without having a degree in this field is remarkable beyond words.
Once I started researching a career in nursing I realized that there were a lot more types of nurses then I had originally imagined. I have not decided on which field of nursing I would like to specialize in yet but I just imagine myself as a general nurse, working in a hospital setting. A Registered Nurse (RN) is not a doctor assistant; a RN gets to treat wounds, give IV’s and basically get to treat their own patients. Right now my main priority is to stay focused on taking all necessary steps to pursuing Nursing as a career.Gwendolyn Mink describes most Registered Nurses as working directly with the patients and their families. They are the families’ contact with the medical world, in the hospital and at the patients’ home.
Nursing has evolved from nuns and military personnel providing services similar to a nurse into the modern practice of not only being a support system within the different clinical settings, but also being leaders and crucial members of the healthcare system. One of the issues with nursing is that there’s always a shortage. Some of the obstacles that the nursing profession faces are the stereotypes of it being a female only profession, being the assistant to the doctor and doing all the dirty work, and being a fall back profession if you don’t make it into medical school. But according to Kirby (2009), “Revisiting the past demonstrates the continuity of the debate on the preparation of nurses and the role of the press in an emotive misrepresentation of nursing” (p. 2). Kirby (2009) also mentions that, “Nursing was not unpopular.
Critique of Cervical cancer prevention by vaccination: nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and intentions - Psychology Research Paper by Sidney Otoboeze Northern Lights College for PSY 101, Introduction to Psychology Tanya Clary May 18, 2011 Abstract One of the first tasks involved in the critiquing of a research paper is to try to explain the performance and tasks that have taken place. Critiquing research involves a careful examination of all aspects of a study in order to judge its strengths, limitations, meaning and significance (Hek, 1996). As demonstrated in the paper written by Boulianne, Duval, Dube, Ouakki, Gilca,Halperin, Sauvageau, Pielak, Lavoie & Simpson, (2009), it can be concluded that cervical cancer is the second most
The education process in these early nursing times did not exist. It evolved with the help of several nursing leaders. Most commonly know is Florence Nightingale. She worked to change the sanitary conditions of hospital and advance education for nursing. Today there is several levels of education of nursing.
The novice is the student nurse who has very little or no knowledge whose main concern is with rules and guidelines to complete tasks. Next is the advanced beginner or the graduate nurse who understands the concepts of nursing but sees difficult situations as more difficult tasks to complete and more rules to learn and often feels overwhelmed frequently consulting with more experienced nurses. For example a new patient arrives to the unit the nurse has not completed the tasks for the patients she already has becomes overwhelmed with how to prioritize and meet each patient’s needs. At the competent stage the nurse no longer functions entirely within a set of rules. Organizational and technical skills have improved the nurse is adaptive able determine what is important and what is not, and is comfortable with nursing care.
The hierarchy of Nursing- Medieval Period * Nursing was untaught and instinctive. (Historical Evolution of Nursing, Nursingcrib.com, 2007, WEBSITE) * Viewed by society as a natural job for a woman and it was expected of them to care for children, sick and elderly. (Historical Evolution of Nursing, Nursingcrib.com, 2007, WEBSITE) Middle ages * Nurses had no formal education and were taught with on the job training by more experienced nurses. (Historical Evolution of Nursing, Nursingcrib.com, 2007, WEBSITE) * The work of a nurse was done by the least desirable of women, including prostitutes, prisoners and alcoholics. (Historical Evolution of Nursing, Nursingcrib.com, 2007, WEBSITE) Nightingale Era 19th century * Formal education and services for nurses began (Historical Evolution of Nursing, Nursingcrib.com, 2007, WEBSITE) * Increased educational opportunities and social consciousness helped to enhance the nursing profession.
Introduction Nursing is a profession that was known even before our year count started. In history, nursing has been described as caring for those in need of support due to poor health. In the past nursing was not the task of professionals but of those surrounding the ill (Verberk and Kuiper, 2006). Around 1859 a description of nursing as a profession was created from the writings of Florence Nightingale. Due to Nightingale’s efforts to develop nursing into a profession and to provide those practicing with proper education, nursing was professionalised.