HISTORY OF NURSING 1. In 1200 B.C.‚ the ill were treated with a mixture of physical‚ prayer‚ and magic spells. Temples were health centers. From the 1st-10th century initial care was at the local bishop’s house. They had deacons and deaconesses. In the 19th century‚ nurses cared for patients while at the risk of exposure to disease. Nursing in hospitals expanded in the 19th century‚ but nursing the communities did not increase significantly until 1893 when the Henry Street Settlement opened and
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Community Health Nursing: Definitions: 1) World Health Organization: a. Special field of nursing that combines skills of nursing public health… b. Function as part of total public health program for: i. Promotion of health ii. Improvement of condition iii.Rehabilitation of illness and disability Jacobsen a. Learned practice discipline with ultimate goal of contributing as individuals to promote client’s optimum level of functioning through teaching and delivery of care Dr. Ruth B. Freeman a. CHN
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nur/405 University of Phoenix Material History of Community Nursing Matrix Complete the matrix with the following concepts‚ and relate the concepts to two different periods of time in history and the present time: • Describe each period briefly. • Clarify the differences during each period with public health nursing and community health nursing. • Describe the key health issues. • Identify community health partnerships used during this period of time. • Describe
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Websites Health Professions Council. 2010. Protecting the public‚ regulating health professionals. [Online] London: Health Professions Council. Available from: http://www.hpc-uk.org/ [19 October 2010] Nursing & Midwifery Council. 2010. The Nursing and Midwifery Council: Safeguarding health and wellbeing. [Online] Nursing & Midwifery Council. Available from: http://www.nmc-uk.org/ [19 October 2010] Electronic References Department of Health. 2010. Equity and excellence: Liberating
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History of nursing profession Prior to the foundation of modern nursing‚ nuns and the military often provided nursing-like services. Florence Nightingale is the founder of modern nurses. she formed the base for the first professional nursing philosophy. She saw the role of nursing as ’having charge of somebody’s health’ (Crisp&Taylor‚2009) based on the knowledge of how to put the body in such a state to be free of disease or to recover from disease’ (Crisp&Taylor‚2009). The religious and
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History of Nursing Education in the Philippines The history in the Philippines is closely aligned with the history of medicine in the country. With the arrival Ferdinand Magellan in 1521‚ developments in Philippine education were relatively slow owing to the belief of Spanish colonists‚ notably the friars‚ that the education of the natives would be detrimental to their rule over the islands (Agoncillo and Guerrero‚1977). The growth of the educational institutions in the Philippines during the Spanish
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Health policy and resource allocation: potential impact on nursing (midwifery practice) Nurses have a professional obligation to advocate for clients through participation in the health policy and resource allocation process. Participation in the policy process influences the direction of policy and legislation‚ ultimately shaping the type of services and the resources in which clients may access services provided by nurses and other healthcare professionals. Because nurses are situated within
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and Local Health Departments. Community/public health nursing practice: health for families and populations (3rd ed.‚ p. 727). St. Louis‚ MO: Elsevier/Saunders. References Agar‚ M.H. (1973). Ethnography and the addict. In Nadar‚ L.‚ and Maretzki‚ T.W.‚ (eds.) Cultural Illness and Health. Washington‚ DC: American Anthropological Association. Agar‚ M.H. (1986). Speaking of ethnography. Beverly Hills‚ CA: Sage Publications American Nurses Association (ANA) (2007). Public health nursing: Scope and
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line of historical research in nursing. The time line begins with Florence Nightingale and her contribution to nursing research and nursing research utilization. This paper will briefly discuss five historical contributions to nursing research that this writer feels have had the most influential contributions to nursing research‚ Florence Nightingale‚ the American Nurses Association‚ nursing research journal publications‚ research funding developments as well as health promotion. Florence NightingaleUndoubtedly
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Health Informatics: Advancement Through Technology History of Healthcare Informatics It wasn’t until the 1950’s‚ that informatics started to take off‚ when Robert Ledley used computers in dental projects with the National Bureau of Standards. In the 1960’s doctors‚ graduate students‚ and computer specialists began creating diagnostic systems and other medical computer programs. In the late 1960’s‚ the MUMPs programming system was created to integrate medical databases and is still used today
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