This paper provides a critical analysis of primary sources, such as publications, diaries and letters by the battlefield nurses and secondary sources addressing the involvement of women nurses (battlefield angels) in the American civil war. Battlefield Nurses during the Civil War Volunteer nurses were invaluably resourceful during the civil war by providing aid and comfort to wounded as well as sick soldiers. At the beginning of the national struggle, the nursing profession was dominated by men due to the consideration that women were too frail to handle the severities of administering to the wounded and sick. The insufficient medical supplies and insufficient medical treatment in
Nursing in the Film Wit Synopsis The film Wit portrayed the progression of Stage IV ovarian cancer and the deep reflection of Vivian Bearing (Emma Thompson), the English literature professor, who endured the life-altering diagnosis. Vivian was a well-known, highly intellectual educator in her field of philosophical poetry. After meeting with her colleague, oncologist Harvey Kelekian, she was prescribed countless experimental chemotherapy treatments. Vivian frequently commentated the experiences of the side-effects, the violent episodes of nausea and vomiting, and her reactions to the way she was treated by the medical personnel. She often referred to the poet, John Donne, throughout the film to relate her illness to what she loved and studied all of her life.
Women helped cure many troops during the war. Because of the numerous amounts of soldiers being wounded in the trenches everyday, women were brought to the front line to help and cure the injured by joining the humanitarian organization, the American Red Cross. It was surely not an easy task, for the women ran the risk of being hit by a stray bullet, or even shelled during the enemy’s bombardment. Women without any medical knowledge usually served as drivers in ambulances, also
Compassion Fatigue and its Affect on Nursing Kelly Kramer Drexel On-Line Compassion Fatigue and its Affects on Nursing Compassion fatigue is a rising issue for nurses working in all specialties of nursing, mainly in critical care. In this paper I will be discussing compassion fatigue, it’s symptoms, how it affects the nursing profession and individual nurses, as well as the hospitals and what untreated compassion fatigue can mean for the future of nursing. Compassion fatigue, also referred to as secondary traumatic stress syndrome, has been defined by Charles Figley as the “natural consequent behaviors and emotions resulting from knowing about a traumatizing event experienced by a significant other – the stress resulting from helping, or wanting to help, a traumatized or suffering person”(Figley, 1995, p. 7). Although compassion fatigue has been studied more in the past 20 years in regards to nursing, there have not been many tools developed to measure the presence of it. There is a general consensus among all the articles that I read regarding the need for more studies, tools to assess and programs at hospitals for nurses.
* The value of formal education through theory and clinical experience. * The Bolton Act of 1942 was the first bill passed in Congress to provide funding for nurse education during war times. * Florance Blanchfield ranked Colonel during WW2. Later in her career advocated for the military to compensated nurses for their honor and dedication to the United States People. * Helped change the cultural ideologies of the role women in our society.
First, women’s contribution to the war effort was definitely a major factor in granting women the vote in 1918. To start with, women’s role was to stay at home and encourage men to fight. However, many realised this was total war, involving civilians as well as the soldiers. Women were needed to fill roles of men who had gone off to war, and so women of all classes volunteered to help the war effort. Many women were nurses and ambulance drivers on the front line.
The research is smoothly incorporated into the storyline such as when that ambulance driver's hands become so infected that she can no longer work and leaves for treatment. She later returns to her duty with hands that are healing but that will be permanently scarred. There are some chapters of factual notes at the end of the novel that explain in general terms the extent of the work women did during the Great War and that also expands on such details as infected and scarred hands. French writes, "Most women suffered severe infections, especially to their hands, from the suppurating wounds they tended, and in later years would recognize a fellow war volunteer by the scars on their hands, red and shiny and so thick it was difficult to sew or knit or even hold a teacup without dropping
Over the years, the nurse anesthesia specialty evolved to meet the demands of surgeons in quest of a solution to the high morbidity and mortality caused by anesthesia. As pioneers in anesthesia, nurse anesthetists actively participated in the fine-tuning of anesthesia delivery techniques and equipment improvement. The AANA (2009) recognizes Sister Mary Bernard as the first nurse who chose anesthesia as a specialty. She was a Catholic nun who entered St. Vincent's Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, to assume the duties of anesthetist in 1877 (AANA). At the end of the nineteenth century, the art of anesthesia improved greatly with the contribution of Alice Magaw.
History of the American Red Cross Jane Delano, a former Red Cross nurse, once said “I would rather live on a crust and serve the Red Cross than do anything else in the world.”(Bulman 32). The American Red Cross has had a huge impact on the United States. Whether helping soldiers in combat or supporting a community that suffered from a natural disaster, the Red Cross is there to aid individuals, families, communities and military personnel in one way or another. Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, is responsible for the administration and service that the American Red Cross provides, not only in the United States but also in other countries. The founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton, started her volunteer work
At the beginning of the 1980’s a collective view was created on the aspects which were key to nursing being: the person, the environment, health and nursing, also known as ”the metaparadigm of nursing”. This is the basis for all current nursing theories (Verberk and Kuiper, 2006). A theory is constantly subject to changes in the environment to which the theory is applied and to the vision of the professionals who work with the theory (Smith, 1994). Theories are developed to make people work according to an underlying structure and specific approach so that they will work towards the same goals with the same vision in mind (Aggleton and Chalmers, 1986). A theory, however useful it might be as a support for the development of care approaches, should never become an unbreakable code.