...Having the knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing provides a context in which nurses understand current practice because it helps us understand how nursing even came to be. Realizing all the struggles, problems and challenges many significant people such as St Benedict to Florence Nightingale to Mildred Montag faced helps provide an understanding in how they contributed in shaping nursing as a Profession today. As early as 250 BC, St. Benedict initiated the Benedictine Nursing Order. With this initiated the beginning of nursing education which set the basis of importance of knowledge. Then there is Dorothea Lynde Dix who in the early nineteenth century witnessed how many the mentally ill and orphans lived in such shocking living conditions. Because of all her efforts in convincing those of authority the need for better care and facilities in which the ill are cared for resulted in the first hospital being built in Trenton, New Jersey. Then of course the infamous Florence Nightingale, the founding mother of modern nursing. Her work further assisted in improving the many things that others fought for such as education, improving the sanitary conditions of where people are treated. Her research and writing instated the importance of understanding disease and its relation to morality rates. These trends have helped influence my perspective of nursing practice in that it gives me the understanding of how important nursing education is and that there is always something...
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...does knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing provide a context in which to understand current practice? Identify at least three trends in nursing practice from the "Nursing Timeline of Historical Events" media piece. How have these trends influenced your perspective of nursing practice? Paraphrasing the great philosopher Santayana, we can say that those who dare to ignore the lessons of history condemn themself to go throw the same growing pains past generations had to go, unnecessarily. Modern nursing practice is based on scientific knowedge, technological accomplishments that have allowed the development of a data base of wisdom, knowledge, information and data about individuals and populations who suffer illness and sickness. Also, knowing that men and women of courage, determination and intelligence and observation skills paid a painful price to arrive to the knowledge base that we have now at our disposition, and had to fight many battles in the different communities and nations to advance the idea that the provision of a rational, compassionate and professional medical and nursing care oblige us to be grateful to they and to commit ourselves to continue practicing modern nursing without taking it for granted. One lesson contemporary medicine and nursing that shows a tendency to incorporate state of the art technologies and procedures to the nursing/medical care, may learn from this empirical stage of the nursing history is that we need to keep the compassionate...
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...Module 2 DQ 1 How does knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing provide a context in which to understand current practice? Identify at least three trends in nursing practice demonstrated by the interactive timeline. How have these trends influenced your perspective of nursing practice? Having knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing helps one to understand how nursing evolved and developed as a profession throughout the centuries. Basic knowledge about the history of nursing is necessary to understand what nursing is today. The study of nursing history helps the nurse better to understand the issues of autonomy (being self directed), unity within the profession, supply and demand, salary, and current practice. Learning from the role models of history, nurses can increase their capacity to make positive changes in the present and set goals for the future. The major reason for studying history is to learn from the past. By applying lessons learned from history, nurses will continue to be vital force in the health care syste (White, 2005 p.41). One of the trends in the nursing practice demonstrated by interactive timeline is the decision making process. Nurses make decisions every day that affects the health of the individual, family and community they serve. They continually reinvent themselves and their practice at the expense of their history. In 1939, nurse historian Mary Roberts wrote that “trends and events of today are the results of past...
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...Knowledge of the foundation and history of nursing provides a context in which to understand current practice by providing insight into the challenges faced in the past, the obstacles overcome and an understanding of the progression of the profession. If unknown, history tends to repeat itself. Learning from past mistakes and successes, such as Florence Nightingale’s revolutionary work on improving sanitary conditions, we are able to use the knowledge to further improve the profession of nursing. The understanding of current practices is directly related to the understanding and advancement of past practices. Based on the Nursing Timeline of Historical Events (n.a, n.d), the first trend that has influence my perception of nursing is the progression of a male dominated, religious calling to a women dominated profession with or without religious affiliations. While the act of nursing seems to have always been a calling to heal the sick and wounded, today it is not necessarily a religious calling but more of a calling of healing and compassion towards those in need , although many hospitals and foundations have religious roots . I believe the trend toward the women dominated profession is also shifting slightly as more males are seeking admittance into the profession. Nursing is now becoming a bi-gender profession as it is overcoming the past prejudices of society. A second important trend from this timeline is of nurses transitioning from that of uneducated, low class individuals...
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...How does knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing provide a context in which to understand current practice? Identify at least three trends in nursing practice demonstrated by the interactive timeline. How have these trends influenced your perspective of nursing practice? To understand the current practice of nursing, one must understand its history. Nursing is an art. One must have a passion for it. To be a nurse, one has to be compassionate, patient and the wiliness to give. Since the beginning of history, nurses have been caring for the wounded, sick, desolate, abandoned, and the poor. From Shiphrah and Puah to Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole, to the modern day nurse, nursing has evolved into what it is today; a professional institution. No it wasn’t easy getting there, because early on, nursing was not a glamorous profession, but through dedication and the love for humanity, nursing has become a respectfully profession. During their time, these women as well as others established formal nursing programs, conducted forensic studies and were advocates for clean and sanitary conditions for their patients. As the nursing field began to grow and develop, nursing schools were founded; professional nursing organization and public health programs were organized. From these trends came hospital based training schools, nursing licensure, and public health nursing became vital in the community. When I was growing up, the community health nurse was...
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...Without an understanding of basic nursing there is no room for improvement. “By understanding the history and foundation of nursing nurses can develop a sense of professional identity and build a better future for the profession and the people they serve” (lc.gcumedia.com, 2013). We also have a better appreciation for the nursing profession and what it has evolved into today. Three trends that were demonstrated by the interactive timeline were: 1. Nursing was for the undesirables. “Ill individuals were taken care of by “sinners, saints, or mothers” “(lc.gcumedia.com, 2013). Florence Nightingale was born in a wealthy English family and had educational opportunities; however she would still often find herself wanting to help the poor. Soon after completion of nursing school she travelled to the Crimea War. There she suggested there were “five essential components to an optimal healing environment; pure air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness and light” (Kelly, 2012, p. 2397). With those changes alone the mortality rate decreased and the meaning of nursing was forever changed into what we know today. 2. Nursing was predominately for males. Like every profession in the past, men would work while women stayed at home. During war men would act like nurses by treating injured soldiers and attempting to save others lives. Florence Nightingale once again changed nursing from the past to what we know today by walking on the battle fields rendering aid to those who were...
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...foundations of the history of nursing has refreshed my mind on current practices. Nursing has come a long way and has evolved from a trade to a profession requiring education. Nursing now has a broader meaning such that nurses take care of the whole human being no matter what specialty one is in. A Urologist having a patient with cardiac problems will consult a cardiologist, whilst a nurse will take care of this urology patient with heart attack, AMS, family issues and what have you. Describing a nurse in a few words is to say: Nursing is a “unique profession in that it is concerned with all the variables affecting the individual’s response to stress” (Neuman,1982, p.14). Based on the history of Nursing it is a building block for trusting relationships, and current practices emphasize on strong trustworthy relationships. Education and training for nurses provides qualified skillful professionals who have the ability to provide the appropriate services required of a nurse. Although technology is modifying and improving how nursing is being carried out, it cannot change the responsibilities of nurse as described in the history: The art of nursing is ability to form trusting, perform procedures skillfully, prescribe appropriate treatments and morally conduct nursing practice(Johnson,1994). There seem to be no fixed theory when you read all the theories dealt with in the nursing foundations and history, as they all make similar references to nursing in meaning. It is...
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...Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive and irreversible brain disease that destroys mental and physical functioning in human beings, and invariably leads to death. It is the fourth leading cause of adult death in the United States. Alzheimer's creates emotional and financial catastrophe for many American families every year, but fortunately, a large amount of progress is being made to combat Alzheimer's disease every year. To fully be able to comprehend and combat Alzheimer's disease, one must know what it does to the brain, the part of the human body it most greatly affects. Many Alzheimer's disease sufferers had their brains examined. A large number of differences were present when comparing the normal brain to the Alzheimer's brain. There was a loss of nerve cells from the Cerebral Cortex in the Alzheimer's victim. Approximately ten percent of the neurons in this region were lost. But a ten percent loss is relatively minor, and cannot account for the severe impairment suffered by Alzheimer's victims. Neurofibrillary Tangles are also found in the brains of Alzheimer's victims. They are found within the cell bodies of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex, and take on the structure of a paired helix. Other diseases that have "paired helixes" include Parkinson's disease, Down's Syndrome, and Dementia Pugilistica. Scientists are not sure how the paired helixes are related in these very different diseases. Neuritic Plaques are patches of clumped material lying...
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...This discussion topic made me think of a quote,” Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” by George Santayana. Having a knowledge of the history of nursing is essential in order for the profession to progress. Nurses have to know their history in order to learn and establish better health care practices which foster better patient outcomes. “Past events, still exert a profound influence on current nursing practice, particularly in relation to image, education, advancement in practice, workforce issues, licensure/regulation, and research.”(Judd,Davis & Sitzman, 2009) The first trend that stood out to me was the movement to racially diversify nursing. Mary Mahoney helped pioneer the way for minority racial groups in nursing. Now, the nursing profession is more diversified and have associations, such as the ANA, established to assist in eliminating discrimination in the profession. Although nursing has made great strides to diversify the profession, there is still an under-representation among racial and ethnic minorities, men and people with disabilities. “Just over one-third of the U.S. population self-reported as being a minority in the 2010 census. But according to findings from the 2008 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, ethnic and racial minorities constituted just 16.8% of the nursing workforce. Although those of Asian background were slightly over represented, blacks, Latinos, and American Indians and Alaska natives were significantly underrepresented...
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...How does knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing provide a context in which to understand current practice? Identify at least three trends in nursing practice from the "Nursing Timeline of Historical Events" media piece. How have these trends influenced your perspective of nursing practice? Knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing helps to provide nurses with an understanding of how nursing became established, how current practices were put into place and became effective, and enables you to see the significant changes that were taking place to make nursing into a profession. According to the “Nursing Timeline of Historical Events,” it was interesting to find out that nursing started being performed by people who were considered to be uneducated, unaccepted, and lower class. In comparing nursing to to now, it has became a profession that requires a lot to become licensed to practice. It has a very intense curriculum, skills training, and requires testing in order to become licensed to practice. There have been so many changes within the nursing profession and continue to change daily. Some of the changes on the “Nursing Timeline of Historical Events” and current practices today include changes in education, uniforms, and technology. As far as education, nursing was once completed by people who were uneducated and now the you are required to at a minimum receive an associate degree and pass a licensure exam. Nurses are also held responsible to practice...
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...the foundations and history of nursing provide a context in which to understand current practice? Identify at least three trends in nursing practice from the "Nursing Timeline of Historical Events" media piece. How have these trends influenced your perspective of nursing practice? My understanding of the nursing history used to be limited to Florence Nightingale time during the Crimean war. However, after watching the slides and read other resources, I realised that nursing history go way back before Florence Nightingale. In order to understand nursing, the history must not be waved aside as a thing of the past.Nursing over many decades has made a lot of great progress. Dorothea Lynde Dix made a landmark by initiating first nursing registration.Effort of Elizabeth Mahoney for coloured nurses despite racial discrimination made positive change among coloured nurses.Midred Montag's idea about 2 year associate nursing degree gave birth to many nursing schools. All these people and many others have made a tremedous progress in nursing,from bedside nursing to nursing research. The foundation of nursing today is laid on the efforts of brave men and women who practiced and gave their best to the profession. Nursing has risen from a profession that is not respected to a highly competitive profession. Despite many changes and trends in nursing, nursing has remained a profession whose primary responsibility is to care for the patients. From the "Nursing Timeline of Historical Events"...
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...Foundations and History of Nursing provide a Context in which to Understand Current Practice? Identify at least three trends in nursing practice demonstrated by the Interactive Timeline. How How does knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing provide a context in which to understand current practice? Identify at least three trends in nursing practice demonstrated by the interactive timeline. How have these trends influenced your perspective of nursing practice? Foundation is everything we build or improve on. Having knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing provide a context in which to understand current practice, and how evolved and developed as a profession throughout the centuries. By understanding the history and foundation of nursing, nurses can build on that foundation and develop a sense of professional identity and build a better future for the profession and the people they serve “(Ic.gcumedia.com.2013). Looking at the foundations and historical perspective of nursing, we the present generation of nurses has no choice but to appreciate the nurses of the past centuries for their enormous contributions that get us to where we are today. We have many theories such as Florence Nightingale and host of others to be appreciated for preparing the way for subsequent generations of nurses. Interactive timeline have shown many trends, three of which were: One trend in nursing education is the growing number of students receiving basic nursing education...
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...How does knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing provide a context in which to understand current practice? In order to comprehend the art of nursing one must appreciate and have knowledge of the nursing foundation and historical events that have evolved over time to understand and apply to their current practice. The article Nursing History, Theory and Conceptual Models states that before Florence Nightingale, nurses were the “sinners, saints, or mothers.” The women that were nurses’ from the beginning of time were women that were either religious leaders or more commonly had a disgraceful reputation to society and over the years nursing has evolved to a highly respectable profession. I remember learning the historical events and the history of nursing before learning anything else in my first nursing class. In order to move forward sometimes you must step back and take a closer look to understand things clearer. Identify at least three trends in nursing practice from the "Nursing Timeline of Historical Events" media piece. 1. One trend in nursing would be Florence Nightingale’s dedication to improve healthcare sanitation and hygiene which has saved so many lives and continues to be pursued to the modern day of nursing. The Nursing Timeline of History piece discusses how her development and advancement to enhance nurses’ education contributed to the “establishment of measures to analyze disease and mortality rates using statistical measures.” Through evidence...
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...Historical Development of Nursing Timeline Abstract This paper discusses a timeline of the development of nursing science history starting with Florence Nightingale to present times. Significant historical events to include dates which have enhanced the field of nursing will be discussed. Relationship between nursing science and the profession will be discussed. Influence on nursing science of other disciplines, such as philosophy, religion, education, anthropology, the social sciences, and psychology will also be included. Florence Nightingale and Nursing Timeline Florence Nightingale worked to improve the conditions of soldiers in the Crimean War (1854), and is known for laying the foundation for professional. Statistical charts and graphs were utilized by Florence Nightingale for the support of her theory as the first nursing theory. For example, her theory related to a positive, clean environment. In 1859, Florence Nightingale published a small book called Notes on Nursing, relating to how to take care of babies (Florence Nightingale). Florence Nightingale was responsible for providing a new image for female nurses as a profession. She opened the Nightingale School of Nursing, the first formal nurse training program. For example, the Nightingale Training School was opened in 1860, and modern nursing was created (Florence Nightingale). She also reformed midwife practices and established a health visitor service in Britain. Timeline: 1860- Florence Nightingale: Manipulating...
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...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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