NUR 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Theory
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No nursing degree in colleges or universities. No licensure mandatory for all until 1950s. Influencing of education on the growth of nursing theory. First 2 years nursing program open in 1873. Many believed nurses only needed technical skills. 1977: nln required curriculum to be based on conceptual frameworks. 1996: the american association for colleges of nursing. New accrediting agency for baccalaureate and graduate programs. Other influences on the growth of nursing theory. Schlofelt and ellis establishment of nursing as field of study. Ellis idea of importance and testability in evaluating theory. Brown conducted a study for the national nursing council in late 1940s. Recommended nursing be established in colleges and universities. Problems were academic; nursing lacked academic acceptability to be higher education institutions. Important foundation for nursing knowledge and springboard for movement into higher education. Division of nursing resources to collect data about nursing needs and resources. Ana began 5-year study for functions, standards and qualifications for practice.
