The Faithful Nurse Analysis
According to Donahue (2011) “the concept of nursing that has been evolving throughout the ages has not yet reached its fullest maturity” (p. 6). To answer the questions if the woman looks like a nurse, in the painting The Faithful Nurse by Thomas Wood, I definitely believe this woman could be a nurse. The appearance of what a nurse looks like in our society today with scrubs or even years ago in dress uniform and nursing hat, might not be what a nurse wore in 1893 according to the artist. This is a good example in how the “connotation of the word nurse have changed over the course of human history” (Donahue, 2011, p. 4).
Donahue discussed that for a long time there were two kinds of helpers in some households, a child nurse and a sick nurse.
Donahue discussed that for a long time there were two kinds of helpers in some households, a child nurse and a sick nurse.