...In reading in interactive timeline, it allows the reader to discover the evolution of nursing. Although history itself can be seen as a series of events that lead to the present moment, it is important to realize the impact that different people brought to the field of nursing. Appreciating the history of nursing allows the reader to recognize the job and function of nursing not only in the United States, but throughout the world (Grand Canyon University, n.d.). Understanding the history of nursing allows for a greater understanding of the issues that the pioneers in nursing faced, some of which are still relevant in today’s culture. Several trends may be seen in the interactive timeline. Nursing was originally a male dominated occupation that was fulfilled by religious organizations and military professionals (Grand Canyon University, n.d.). St. Benedict, St. Vincent DePaul, and the Alexian Brothers cared for the destitute and the dying. Their focus was in caring for the abandoned and poor (Grand Canyon University, n.d.). These men set the stage for the future of nursing. While the profession of nursing was still in its infancy, it became a career fulfilled primarily by men in the lowest class. As nursing progressed, figures such as Harriet Patience Dame, Walt Whitman, Clara Barton, and Florence Nightingale emerged as the ravages of the American Civil War broke out. The field of nursing largely centered on the care of war victims and in improving sanitary conditions...
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...The Evolution of Nursing in Health Promotion The evolution of nursing in health promotion is a continual ongoing process. In order to understand the realm and responsibility of nursing in regards to this perpetually advancing field there are parameters that need to be identified and defined. First and foremost it is important to understand that health promotion has always been the overall focus of nursing. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health promotion as a process that enables people to increase control over and to improve their health. The basis no longer focuses simply on individual behaviors but has evolved to include social and environmental factors as to affect global change in health promotion there by empowering not only individuals but entire cultures to make the necessary health promotion changes that will lead to a better future for their own societies. In order to succeed in health promotion nursing must continue to evolve. The Three Levels of Health Promotion Prevention The three levels of health promotion prevention consist of primary, secondary and tertiary preventions. Generally speaking any prevention in regards to health promotion is aimed at reducing risks. The first step is primary prevention. Interventions at this level of promotion are aimed at education, encouraging healthy life-style changes such as smoking cessation, exercise, childhood immunization programs, promotion of good nutrition, promoting regular health check-ups and avoiding...
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...From Nightingale to Now: The Evolution of Nursing and Nursing Theory Student Name Professor Name Course Name and Number School Name Date The profession of nursing has come a long way in the past century. In the 1880s nurses had a reputation as being “drunken, dishonest, and disreputable” (Hoyt, 2010); today, Americans rank nursing as the most ethical profession in the field of health care (Hoyt, 2010). Florence Nightingale was single-handedly responsible for changing not just the way nursing is conducted, but also changing public perception of the nursing profession. In the years since Nightingale established nursing as a serious and legitimate profession, many theories have been developed that continue to codify and define what nursing is and how nurses can best serve their patients. At the core of all these theories remains the most important concept Nightingale established: nurses must have a “single eye to the patient’s good” (Hoyt, 2010). The foundational paradigm of Nightingale’s approach to nursing was strict adherence to a code of ethics. Nightingale insisted that her students be “sober and truthful” (Hoyt, 2010) and that they treat patients in an ethical manner. Nightingale...
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...Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing University of Phoenix NUR/405 Sandra Byrd 3/10/14 University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of 3 major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles and functions of community and public health nursing Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: | |Key health issues | | | |1-Events such as the anthrax attacks on the US soil (GAO, 2014). | |Perspective/goals |1-Protecting the public from unhealthy and unsafe environments. | |Role/functions |1-Evaluating health trends and risk factors of population groups and helping to determine priorities for | | |targeted interventions. | | ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of three major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles and functions of community and public health nursing Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: Florence Nightingale | |Key health issues |Unclean patient environment, poor sanitary conditions delivered by “health care staff”. | |Perspective/goals |She identified a need and advocated for formalized training for women to be trained as nurses. | |Role/functions |She identified that lack of cleanliness in patient care clinical areas was directly linked to poor patient | | |outcomes. She pushed for sanitary conditions in areas where patient care such as dressing changes and wound | | |care were performed as well as cleanliness of equipment used in patient care to reduce the occurrence of | | |wound infections leading to lower death rates. ...
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...Personal Definition of Nursing What is nursing? Nursing has certainly evolved over the years. In the beginning nursing was untaught and instinctive. It was performed of compassion for others, out of the wish to help others (Historical evolution, n.d.). In 1859 , in “Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is not,” Florence Nightingale became the first person to write a definition of nursing. She wrote, “I use the word nursing for want of better. It has been limited to signify little more than administration of medicines and the application of poultices. It ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet-all at the least expense of vital power to the patient.” (Black, 2014, p.115) Florence Nightingales definition may be the oldest, but it most closely matches my personal definition of nursing. Personally, I believe that nursing should be approached in a holistic manner by caring for the patient as a whole. By doing so the focus shouldn't simply be on administering medications and carrying out orders. As nurses it is our job to advocate for our patients to ensure that they receive high quality care. We should ensure that we provide the patient with adequate education in disease prevention and caring for their mind, body, and spirit. I also believe that nursing is a ministry. Ministry has been described as “meeting people where they are at and taking them to where God wants them to...
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...Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing. Jessica Pham Date: May 26, 2016 Instructor: Diane Schlicke University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of three major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: • Key health issues at the time • Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing • Roles and functions of community and public health nursing • Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: | |Key health issues |Key health issues and maternal deaths: Poor health care in rural Appalachian mountains. Increased number of | | |child due to lack of care and services. | |Perspective/goals |In 1925 Mary Breckenridge started the Frontier Nursing Services. The goal was to provide obstetrics to the | | |people who lived in rural settlement areas. | |Role/functions |She went to train...
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...provide further insight to the following topics as they pertain to the case study and the article written by Zinn titled A good look back over our shoulders Nursing Homes & Long Term Care Management: discussion of the evolution of nursing homes in the United States; what features "shocked" or "surprised" the reader the most during the reading while reading the reader was asked what new information was learned about long term care and facilities in the United States? This assignment also discusses wither regulatory bodies are believed to justified in their formulating so many strict rules and regulations in governing long term care? To close the assignment we answered, how does the past of long term care inform the future of quality assurance in long term care settings? Discuss the evolution of nursing homes in the United States. What features "shocked" or "surprised" you the most? What new information did you learn about long term care and facilities in the United States? Are regulatory bodies justified in their formulating so many strict rules and regulations? How does the past of long term care inform the future of quality assurance in long term care settings? In the twenty-first century, nursing homes have become a standard form of care for the most aged and incapacitated persons. However, historically nursing homes were often thought of dark drab places that Americas would send their elderly when they have determined there was no further use for them in society...
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...Running head: Evolution of Health Care Information Systems Evolution of Health Care Information Systems HCS 533 Health Information Systems Tana M. Daniel Steven Fowler January 31, 2011 Evolution of Health Care Information Systems Bridging the gap in health care information technology will promote safe, proficient, patient-focused, and effective patient care in a timely manner. In this paper the subject is to examine two contemporary health care organizations and compare and contrast several features that will include the type of information systems currently in use, analyze the transmission of data 20 years ago and how the exchange of data today. In addition, this paper will cover two major events and technology advances that have influenced current HCIS practices. Five information systems seen in health care organizations are (Wagner, 2009) 1) computerized provider order entry 2) medication administration 3) telemedicine 4) telehealth, and 5) personal health records (p. 121). Each system can provide quality improvement, improve patient safety, and be cost effective. Skilled Nursing Facilities have made significant changes over the last 20 years, in comparison to now. Looking at a skilled nursing facility present time versus a skilled nursing facility operation of Dunseith Community Nursing Home in North Dakota 20 years ago. With the implementation of new rules and regulations, this requires skilled nursing facilities to focus...
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...Historical Development of Nursing In the world history, the development of nursing is regarded as the most fantastic journey mainly because of its high dependence on talented independent women, rather than a patriarchal society. Much of the evolution that took place in the ancient periods is lost to us, but during the Christian era, where Jesus Christ propagated the philosophies of love and mercy, there was significant growth in the community works (Donahue 80). Christian women came together in groups to volunteer and uplift the lives of the depraved members of the society thereafter (Donahue 81). The nineteenth century saw a lot of incidents which turned out to be turning points in this process of development. There were many research studies that went behind identifying the root and spread of communicable diseases. It is also in this period that anesthesia was invented and widely used, but the general masses continue to be in a situation where best of the medical treatment were unavailable. Reform activities were the need of the hour especially when sanitation issues troubled larger parts of Europe and the United States. This was the time when British nurse Florence Nightingale entered the nursing field. She would go on to change the course of the profession and the way the medicines are prescribed. Miss Nightingale was serving along with a group of women, taking care of the soldiers in Scutari, Turkey during the Crimean war between England and France in 1854. The conditions...
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...Holistic Nursing Journal of Holistic Nursing Florence Nightingale in Absentia: Nursing and the 1893 Columbian Exposition Barbara Appleton NRS-433V Introduction to Nursing Research 14-Nov-2011 November 21, 2011 Summary During the 1893 Colombian Exposition, nursing leaders worldwide were provided a podium to work together to organize and establish the globalization of nursing education and standardize the nursing curriculum to improve patient care worldwide. In collaboration and discussion on the evidence based practices of Florence Nightingale and on the current nursing developments and improvements of social, cultural, educational and scientific advancements in healthcare for the expansion of a more unified practice of the nursing profession nationally and internationally based on a theoretical path of deductive reasoning, a quantitative approach. American and European nursing leaders: Isabel Hampton (Robb), Lavinia Dock, Eva Lückes, and Ethel Bedford Fenwick (Crane 2010), were given the opportunity to influence and provide guidance to sanction the evolution of nursing education processes for the development toward the progression of second generation of nursing. As a result of this event, the nursing profession has become one of the most respected professions devoted to health promotion for the benefit of mankind. This paper will explore the development of how clinical expertise developed, and by what methodologies influence the development nursing education...
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...emergency. Accident and Emergency Nursing, 13(1), 9-14. This article discusses the nurse-patient relationships in the accident and emergency. It looks into nursing theory and research about three distinct experiences from the author. I found the article to be of interest in regards to the topic of barriers in forming the nurse-patient relationship in the emergency setting. Being an ER nurse I can relate to the authors thinking. It can be difficult to establish a relationship due to the limited time spent with the patient. Most relationships can be viewed as “superficial” or “if existing at all”. The nurse could also experience a short but memorable and intense relationship in the emergency setting. The author discusses three distinct relationships and examines them using nursing theory. Cara, C. (2003). A Pragmatic View of Jean Watson's Caring Theory. International Journal for Human Caring, 7(3), 51-61. The article discusses essential components of Watson’s caring theory and the use in the clinical setting, application, and show how to apply it to the practice setting. It gives a brief overview of the caring theory and gives background information about Jean Watson. The author goes over a clinical scenario and applies nursing theory. The author wants to help other nurses understand and apply nursing theory into their nursing practice. Foster, R.L. (2006, October). A Perspective on Watson's Theory of Human Caring. Nursing Science Quarterly, 19(4), 332-333...
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...describe nursing as an exciting and always changing profession. Further, they view nursing at a crossroads with education and practice being challenged to meet the “complex needs of contemporary patients, foster healthy communities, execute prevention strategies to effectively reduce chronic disease, improve patient safety, reduce medical error, and more rapidly translate and implement the emergent scientific break throughs to patients and health care systems” (Cary & George, p. 10). In 2004, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) endorsed the creation of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree as the minimum entry level for advanced nursing practice (APN). The DNP as an academic degree...
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...University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of 3 major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles and functions of community and public health nursing Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: America’s Colonial Period and the New Republic | |Key health issues |Communicable diseases, environmental hazards, environmental sanitation, concerns for the health and care of | | |the people in the community | |Perspective/goals |The goal was how to prevent, understand, and control diseases | |Role/functions |In 1847, the American Medical Association (AMA) formed a hygiene committee to conduct sanitary surveys and to| | |develop a system to collect vital statistics. (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p 25). | |Health partnerships |The Howard Association of New Orleans, Louisiana, responded to periodic yellow fever epidemics...
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...Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of 3 major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles and functions of community and public health nursing Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: World War I | |Key health issues |Infectious and parasitic diseases, typhoid fever, diphtheria and scarlet fever were the main issues | | |addressed. | |Perspective/goals |The goal was to improve sanitation and reduce occurrences of the diseases. | |Role/functions |Keller and Strohschein (2012) states “in 1911 efforts to control typhoid fever in Yakima County, Washington, | | |and to improve health status in Guilford County, North Carolina, led to establishment of local health units | | |to serve local populations. Public health nurses were the primary staff members of local health departments. | | ...
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