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).
(national institutes of health , 2014) Military nursing. With the start of nurse corps in early 1900 the role of nursing began to incorporate women into the military which came with a stigma that the armed forces were not appropriate for women. Though there was plenty of social backlash toward women in the military in general, the nursing profession was what sparred the harshness of the critics due to the government propaganda which directed its focus at the idea military nursing was a noble feminine pursuit. They
The purpose of this paper is to discuss opportunities, challenges, and practice requirements that Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner has to overcome in order to address the needs and demands of the healthcare system in the state of New Mexico. The significance of utilizing nurses to deliver primary care comes from the late 1800s when nurses started visiting poor immigrants throughout the country (Hamric, Spross, & Hanson, 2009). Over the decades the demand for nurses who can provide primary care in underserved and rural regions only increased and their influence on the future of the healthcare system has risen. Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, as members of the health delivery network, practice family medicine, internal medicine, and geriatrics. They are prepared to diagnose, treat, educate, and council patients with acute and chronic illnesses.
This is where she used her knowledge of cleanliness that stared and paved the future of nursing. Her concepts are still use today and will continue to evolve and shape the role of nurse and patient care. Florence Nightingale concepts are a major influence on nursing cleanliness, ventilation, and nutrition this is very important to maintain the best optimal health of patients. Hildegard E. Peplau (1952): Peplau believed that the nurse and patient meet as two strangers and the patient or the family has a felt need (George, 2011). Nursing as a science References George, J.
After Nightingale came back to England from the Crimean War, she published two books, Notes on Hospital (1859) and Notes on Nursing (1859). With the support of wealthy friends and John Delane at The Times, Nightingale was able to raise £59,000 to improve the quality of nursing. In 1860, she used this money to found the Nightingale School & Home for Nurses at St. Thomas's Hospital. She also became involved in the training of nurses for employment in the workhouses that had been established as a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. This was a critical long term contribution to medicine as it helped professionalise nursing which was once associated with working class women.
Barton was a union war nurse who was often found on the battlefield nursing the injured. In 1869 Barton was introduced to the Red Cross and the idea of providing relief care ("National Women's History Museum,” 2012). Inspired Barton returned to the United States and introduced these theories to the American people, thus creating the first American Red Cross ("National Women's History Museum,” 2012). Nurses such as Nightingale and Barton are just two of many nurses who have created what is referred to today as nursing science. The creation of the science of nursing has opened the door for many
Bria M. Favors Light-Davidson English Comp November 8, 2012 Society Image of Nursing: Is It Positive or Negative? What thoughts do the average American think when they hear, the profession of nursing? What type of images flash threw their minds? Some Americans agree that"nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. (ANA 7)” This formal definition of nursing comes from the Scope and Standards of Practice nursing book written by the American Nurses Association.
Watson's Theory of Human Caring Deborah Bahador NUR/403 August 30,2010 Kimberly Frommel Watson's Theory of Human Caring Dr. Jean Watson developed a theory of human caring that I believe is essential to nursing. Caring is at the core of nursing and if nurses don’t care for our patients than they shouldn’t be nurses at all. With this our jobs become a gratifying profession as opposed to an ordinary job. According to Cara, (1991), “Upholding Watson’s caring theory not only allows the nurse to practice the art of caring, to provide compassion to ease patients’ and families’ suffering, and to promote their healing and dignity, but it can also contribute to expand the nurse’s own actualization (p. 51) According to Bailey, (2009), “Watson’s theory of human care proposes that caring might transform health care and preserve human dignity in the health care system (p. 19). If nurses are applying Watson’s theory to their practice, the result should be a continual transformation in health care.
Obstetrical nurses identify themselves as advocates for laboring women (James, et al., 2003). But, Thorman, et al. (2006) in a Round Table Discussion of Perinatal Nurse Executives, states that, “much work is still needed to support appropriately assertive communication techniques when nurses have concerns about patient status”, to promote and ensure patient safety. My research interest is focused on identifying the barriers to assertiveness, or implementing the chain of command, when an obstetrical nurse is faced with clinical discord that threatens patient safety. This interest, sparked by quality assurance record reviews, led me down a path of communication factors and teamwork systems.
In the quest for professionalism, nurses were constantly confronted with conflicting assumptions on which their role was based. While the development of knowledge is an essential task for nursing, the work of historians suggests that professional status is not likely to evolve passively form nursing’s recognition as a scholarly discipline. It was in that era that actual cures were developed for certain endemic infectious diseases. However the decline in many of the most lethal