Developments in Nursing Research Tara Skeates University of Phoenix Issues and Strategies in Nursing Research Utilization BSN0499-NUR429 Dr. Mirella Brooks September 31‚ 2006 Historical Developments in Nursing Research Nursing as a profession has been witness to numerous changes. From the environments within which care is given to patients‚ to the type of dress that nurses wear‚ many obstacles have been met and overcome up to the present day. Research within the profession of nursing is one aspect
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The evolution of Nursing has occurred over the course of many eras. In the Mid 1800s‚ Florence Nightingale‚ a pioneer of nursing education‚ realized that nursing knowledge was a “unique focus…distinct from medical knowledge.” (Alligood‚ n.d.‚ p. 3) However‚ it was not until the 1950’s that the profession as a whole realized the need for theory development. The apprenticeship model of vocational training was challenged at that time‚ and Nursing emerged as a Science. The curriculum era encompassed
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University of Phoenix Material Reformation Time Line and Journal Entries Part 1: Time Line Complete the time line identifying events in history during the Reformation. Identify where the event occurred on the specified date Describe the event and its significance for each date identified on the time line. DATE: October 31‚ 1517 Example: DESCRIPTION: The 95 Thesis was Martin Luther’s response to the indulgences. WHERE: The door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg DATE: May 25
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1865 The US Civil War ends with General Robert E. Lee and his officers surrendering their swords. 1865 President Lincoln is assassinated. 1865 Thirteenth Amendment 1865 Freedman’s Bureau 1866 Civil Right’s Act 1866 Ku Klux Klan created 1866 National Labor Union 1867 Military Reconstruction Act 1867 Grandfather Clause 1867 Indian Peace Commission 1868 Fourteenth Amendment 1869 President Ulysses S. Grant 1870 Fifteenth Amendment
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A Brief History of the Nursing Home Today‚ there are approximately 16‚100 nursing homes in the U.S. with approximately 1.5 million residents (www.cdc.gov). However historically‚ the sick‚ disabled‚ and aged were cared for at home by family members. Changes in technology and social changes have created a shift in how we care for our elderly and disabled‚ and there is evolution in geriatric care that continues today (Morris‚ 1995). Nurses have had a huge role in revolutionizing the care for our
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The National Institute of Nursing Researches Changing practices‚ Changing lives: 10 Landmark Research Nursing Studies HELPING YOUTHS ESTABLISHED HEALTHY HABITS OF EXERCISE AND DIET by: Dr. Joanne Harrell (professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill‚ is the principal investigator for the NINR-funded Cardiovascular Health in Children and Youth studies.) link: http://www.ninr.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/27F3FB10-FE62-4119-9FA9-1140B6950AFF/0/10LandmarkNursingResearchStudies508
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LITERATURE TIMELINE Date | Literary Period | Authors/Works | 800-400 BC | This period was dominated by Homer and other Greek tragedians | The Iliad and The Odyssey by HomerOedipus the King by SophoclesMedea by Euripedes | 250 BC - AD 150 | Writers of the Roman Empire are most noted in this time period | Famous authors from this period: Virgil‚ Horace‚ and Ovid | 450-1066 | Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period | Beowulf The rise of haiku poetry Tale of Genji by Japanese writer Murasaki
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1856: Mathew Brady created what’s known as the first modern advertisement which was placed an ad in the New York Herald paper offering to produce "photographs‚ ambrotypes and daguerreotypes." 1880: George Eastman‚ age 24‚ sets up Eastman Dry Plate Company in Rochester‚ New York. First half-tone photograph appears in a daily newspaper‚ the New York Graphic. 1888: First Kodak camera‚ containing a 20-foot roll of paper‚ enough for 100 2.5-inch diameter circular pictures. 1889: Improved Kodak camera
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July 27‚ 1976 | Very 1st person to contract Ebola virus began to show symptoms. Ten days later he was dead | 1976 | These chemicals‚ the team found‚ target the protein encoded by the NPC1 gene identified as essential by the other research group. By binding to the NPC1 gene product in the endosome‚ the drug molecules appear to prevent ebola from being able to attach itself‚ preventing it from bursting the endosome bubble and escaping into the cell. | September 1‚ 1976 | Ebola-Zaire (ZEBOV)ZEBOV
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Historical Perspective of Nursing Research Nursing research is not only the responsibility of nurse scientists but also the responsibility and obligation of all nurses. Florence Nightingale was not only a nurse but also a statistician; her approach to quality nursing care had bases on data collection and statistics. When she fought for fair treatment of soldiers during the Crimean war‚ her arguments had scientific data and statistics back up. Her statistical analysis taught her the importance of
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