Historical Development of Nursing Timeline Tiffany C. Dovgan NUR/513 October 15, 2012 Dolores Diehl Historical Development of Nursing Timeline The discipline or practice of nursing has developed over time and many nursing theorists contributed to the professional practice as we know it today. Nursing theories provide structure to the critical thinking and decision- making processes. Theory, research and applications to clinical practice are symbiotic as new concepts, practices and empirical data emerge professional practice changes or evolves. Florence Nightingale’s writings originating in 1859 are considered the first nursing theories postulated. She is known for decreasing mortality rates in hospitals during the Crimean War (George, 2011).
Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing NUR 405 October 21, 2013 Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing The evolution of community and public health nursing goes back four centuries ago from the British settlers into the New World of America. Many events have led to the advancement of the nursing field after the American Revolution bringing public support for establishing government-sponsored boards of health (Stanhope & Lancaster 2012). Key health issues, perspectives, goals, roles, functions, community and public health partnerships will be discussed. The first influence was the complexity of medicine during the nineteenth-century. Many women performing nursing functions in the almshouses (medical care for all by the Elizabethan Poor Law provided minimal care, most often in almshouses supported by local government, sought to regulate where the poor could live as to provide care during illness) and early hospitals in Great Britain were poorly educated, untrained and often undependable (Stanhope & Lancaster 2012) .
Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Task 1 Western Governors University A. Embedded in the founding principles of nursing is the responsibility of nurses to measure, evaluate and improve practice. Hospitals use data and clinical tools to compare themselves to other healthcare organizations in an effort to achieve quality patient outcomes. Having an understanding of the principles of nurse-sensitive indicators, organizational leaders can advance patient care throughout the hospital. A. Nursing-Sensitive Indicators Healthcare organizations and regulatory agencies recognized a relationship between nursing interventions and overall quality of patient care in the mid 1990’s (Erickson, 2011). This is when nursing-sensitive indicators (NSIs) were introduced as a means to measure patient outcomes.
| Evidence-Based Practice & Applied Nursing Research Performance Task: 1 | Article | Rarey, K., Shanks, R., Romanowski, E., Mah, F., & Kowalski, R. (2012). Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Endophthalmitis are Hospital-Acquired Based on Panton- Valentine Leukocidin and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 28 (1), 12-17. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com | Background or Introduction | The researchers addressed the introduction by detailing the most frequent cause of bacterial endophthalmitis after penetrating trauma to the eye, or after ocular surgery, which is Staphylococcus aureus. It was noted that Staphylococcus aureus can be divided into 2 groups
There are some patient quality and safety measures which have been shown through research to be significantly affected by nursing care or “nurse-sensitive” measures. These are collected through a combination of medical record review and administrative data, according to common definitions. The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators is a leading voluntary system for collection and analysis of these data. (Nursing Quality Organization, 2011) “The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®) is a proprietary database of the American Nurses Association. The database collects and evaluates unit-specific nurse-sensitive data from hospitals in the United States.” (Nursing Quality Organization, 2011) Knowing about pressure ulcer prevention and the risk factors to look for would have helped the CNA to be more cognizant of the fact the this particular patient was in the beginning
University of Phoenix Material History of Community Nursing Matrix Complete the matrix with the following concepts, and relate the concepts to two different periods of time in history and the present time: • Describe each period briefly. • Clarify the differences during each period with public health nursing and community health nursing. • Describe the key health issues. • Identify community health partnerships used during this period of time. • Describe how Watson’s Theory of Human Transpersonal Caring is related.
State of Advance Practice/Week 2 Patricia Grayson-Canty Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 510 Leadership and Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse Terri Schmitt Professor Spring B 2014 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to further examine the state of advanced practice nursing from a local, state, national, and international perspective. The role of the nurse practitioner (NP) “evolved from the shortage of primary care medical providers in underserved areas in the 1960s” (DeNisco & Barker, 2013, p. 20). NPs became a much needed asset during the Great Society era due to the development of the government health programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and Community health Centers that needed care providers. These programs helped
Public health first went on record in 1601, when the Elizabethan Poor Law was written. This law, which was based on Great Britain’s health care model, and “guaranteed medical care for the poor, blind, and “lame” individuals, even those without family” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008, p. 24). As the United Stated grew so did public health. Some of America’s milestones in public health include: the establishment of the American Public Health Association in 1872, the Public health nursing program was instituted at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York in In 1910, and finally the Public Health Nursing textbook was written by Mary S. Gardner in 1919 (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008). The history of public health in Ohio, yield incomplete results.
The major priority needs that has to be considered in planning for Mrs. Green`s discharge areeducating the patient and the family regarding the after-discharge care and medical treatmentby initiating patient specific – care plans, establish patient referrals with other teams likephysiotherapy and primary care providers (Lees, 2004). In the case of Mrs.Green, nurse shouldgive priority in educating Mrs.Green and her family members regarding guidance on performingthe activities of
( History of Medicine Division, NLM 2014) The Nursing Profession in the 1900’s compared to Nursing in the 21st century History of Medicine Division, NLM Nursing history Duties of nursing as it is today is virtually unrecognizable when compared to the duties of nurses in the early 20th century. Nursing duties were closer to those of a housekeeper, they cleaned everything from celling to floor and all that is between, cleaning bedsheets to the equipment used by the doctors. They went out into the community and taught how to clean and other basic health care, this was the main role of a nurse. Stopping the spread of disease was the primary goal. (national institutes of health , 2014) Military nursing.