A history of American nursing : trends and eras

Judd, Deborah M. (Author). Sitzman, Kathleen, (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781449694401
ISBN: 1449694403
ISBN: 9781449697204
ISBN: 1449697208
Physical Description: print
ix, 381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : seven trends in nursing -- Reflections : the study of nursing history -- Nursing research and historical resources -- Nursing in the American colonies from the 1600s to the 1700s : the influence of past ideas, traditions, and trends -- Prelude to modern American nursing : the work of Florence Nightingale -- Nursing in the United States during the 1800s : inspiration and insight lead to nursing reforms -- Nursing in the United States between the 1900s and the early 1920s -- Nursing in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1940s : education rather than training for nurses -- Nursing in the United States from the 1940s to the early 1960s : professionalism, educational reformation, and acceptance of minority nurses -- Nursing in the United States from 1960 to the early 1980s : decades of change-regional conflict, segregation, and specialization -- Nursing in the United States from the 1980s to 2000 : opportunity, technology, autonomy, and globalization -- Envisioning the future of nursing in the 21st century : prospects, national healthcare reform, and nurse significance and magnitude.