( 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.
One being that congress has found that multiple hospitals throughout the United States do not have enough staff to safely and adequately care for patients. They also found that the research shows patient safety is directly related to the amount of registered nurses (RNs) working. If staffing is adequate, there is a decrease in negative patient outcomes such as falls, medication errors, infection, and even death. Overall, inadequate staffing forces nurses to perform in an environment that does not support quality health care (H.R. 876/S.58, 2011).
Throughout the Civil War, medical knowledge was extremely basic. Many doctors didn’t understand infection, and those who did, did little or nothing to prevent it. Approximately two thirds of the soldiers died from infections as a result of unsound hygiene and sanitary conditions. Disease was extremely prominent in Civil War camps because of the disgusting conditions that the soldiers had to live in. Even though during the civil war, many medical advancements were being made, they were not being made quick enough to save approximately 400,000 soldiers who died from disease and infection.
Trilogy of 1940’s Women Brittanie Glover Baker College of Clinton Township Trilogy of 1940’s Women During the 1940’s women's roles and expectations in society were changing rapidly. Women had very little say in society and were stereotyped as stay home, baby makers, and to be a good home maker and wife. The 40's were different, life for women was expanding, the men were at war and someone had to step up and take their place. Not only did the women have to take care of home, they now had to take care of the finances while still looking awesome. Women in the 40’s began entering to workforce, working in factories, labored jobs and became the attention of society in the entertainment industry, some even started to join or volunteer in
During the 1900’s woman were portrayed in a very different way then in today’s society. The role of women in the 1900’s affects the way Curley’s wife is portrayed in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Woman in the 1900’s are often portrayed as the property of men. And as their property they were not allowed to work. All they were allowed to do was stay home and clean and take care of the kids if they had any.
Types of Long-Term CareResearch shows that many people do not know about or understand long-term care options. Following are brief descriptions of the major types of long-term care: Home care can be given in your own home by family members, friends, volunteers, and/or paid professionals. This type of care can range from help with shopping to nursing care. Some short-term, skilled home care (provided by a nurse or therapist) is covered by Medicare and is called "home health care." Another type of care that can be given at home is hospice care for terminally ill people.
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Moreland 1 Jesse Moreland Mrs. Smith Advanced Comp. Back to the Basics of Birth The medical advances in maternity care in hospitals are thought to be safe and effective, and often times they are. Despite this, some women have found that they prefer to give birth at home or in a birthing center with the assistance of a midwife. Midwives tend to be overlooked as an option for birth and are, in some cases, frowned upon. In midwife assisted birth, minimal intervention takes place, and a natural birth is truly natural: the body does what it is physiologically trained to do on its own, rather than using modern medicine to speed it up.
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) . Florence Nightingale’s vision to train nurses and her model of nursing education for the nursing profession indirectly influenced the development of public health nursing in the United States (Stanhope & Lancaster 2012) . During the Crimean War, the care of the sick and wounded soldiers was inadequate with cramped quarters, poor sanitation, lice and rats, and limited food and supplies. Nightingale was appointed and sent to Asia Minor to address the situation with 40 ladies, 117 hired nurses, and 15 paid servants. I t was at this time, Nightingale’s concept of public health nursing began to identify health care needs that affected the entire population to mobilize resources and organize themselves and the community to provide needs (Stanhope & Lancaster 2012).
| Medical Care During the Revolutionary War | | | | | Care of the sick and wounded in the American Revolution was hampered by many factors. There were very few well-trained physicians; a lack of hospital facilities; an ignorance and carelessness regarding sanitation in camps, barracks, and military hospitals; and a shortage of medicines and surgical instruments. Few colonia doctors had earned degrees at medical schools. It was more of a death sentence to go to the hospital then to stay on the battlefield or even go home to be treated by family. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War the colonies had very little experience with organizing a medical department.