NURS 1110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Decision-Making, American Nurses Association, Nightingale Pledge
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Chapter 1 - the development of professional nursing: history. How can one prepare to be successful as a student, to graduate, to obtain licensure, and then provide quality care? from past to present: nursing history. Nursing"s history provides a framework for understanding how nursing is practiced today and societal trends that shape the profession. From paternalism to professionalism: movement from trained assistants with. Discipline of nursing evolved from a myriad of roots. Early publications about nursing showed narrow view of history of nursing; this changed in the 1950s and 1960s. Themes: looking into the nursing profession"s history. Move from role based on family, religious ties, need to provide comfort, and care, to an educated person holding health care system together. Move from hospital nursing to university training. View that nurses are angels of mercy rather than well-educated professionals. Florence nightingale - first organization of nursing in london in 1860.
