Fast Facts About the Nursing Profession
Fast Facts About the Nursing Profession
Editor/Author
Hunt, Deborah Dolan
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Single-User Purchase Price:
$35.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$52.50
ISBN: 978-0-82-613138-6
Category: Health & Medicine - Nursing
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This resource captures the essence of pivotal events and individuals in nursing history who have driven the evolution of the nursing role from that of a "handmaiden" to a key health professional. It distills important historical information--often neglected in today's nursing programs--that fosters an understanding and appreciation of the issues that inform nursing practice today.
Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Foreword - Marilyn Klainberg, EdD, RN
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to the History of Nursing Through the Eyes of a Historian: An Interview With Dr. Jean Whelan
- Part I THE ORIGINS OF THE NURSING PROFESSION: NURSING BEFORE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
- 1. The Relevance of Nursing History and Why It Matters Today - Brigid Lusk
- 2. Nursing and Medicine in Ancient Times
- 3. Nursing and Medicine: First Century CE to the Early Middle Ages
- 4. Nursing From the Renaissance to the 18th Century
- 5. Nursing Around the Globe in the 18th Century
- 6. 19th-Century Nursing in the Pre-Nightingale Era and Beyond
- Part II FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AND BEYOND
- 7. The Lady With the Lamp: Florence Nightingale and Her Effect on the Nursing Profession in the 19th Century
- 8. The Nursing Profession in the 20th Century
- Part III NURSING PROFESSION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
- 9. Shaping the Modern Nursing Profession: Nursing Theorists and Leaders
- 10. Pioneers in Nursing Education and Social Activism: Lavinia Lloyd Dock, Isabel Hampton Robb, and Mary Adelaide Nutting - Donna M. Nickitas
- 11. The Growth of Nursing Education and Expansion of Degree Programs
- 12. Nursing Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Research and Using the Evidence in Practice
- 13. Professional Organizations and Key Developments
- 14. The Nurse of Tomorrow