Nursing's greatest leaders : a history of activism / [edited by] David Anthony Forrester.
With an emphasis on the qualities that have fostered strong nursing leadership, this book provides a unique perspective on the lives and achievements ofthe most revered nurses throughout history. It is comprised of biographies of many of nursing's most important activist agents of change, with a focus on those characteristics that enabled them to accomplish their goals and implement changes that improved nursing, health, health care, and society. These biographies examine the evolution of nursing and society around the globe and underscore the resourcefulness and political savvy these nurses used to meetthe increasingly complex needs of society. Using Kouzes and Posner's five practices of exemplary leadership as a framework, the biographies demonstrate how the nurses used these processes to achieve their goals. Placed within the context and dynamics of each nurse leader's lifetime -- including gender roles, science and technology, religion, politics, and economics -- each biography includes a personal history, timeline, accomplishments, anecdotes, and legacy. The book honors such well-known nurse leaders asFlorence Nightingale, Clara Barton, and Dorothea Dix, along with lesser known nurse leaders. By telling the stories of these luminaries, the book show cases nursing's rich history and its influence on society. Ultimately fostering an understanding of the very nature of leadership, it provides a strong foundation and inspiration for nurses to lead nursing, health care, and society into a better future. --Back of book.
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- ISBN: 9780826130075
- ISBN: 0826130070
- Physical Description: xviii, 293 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: New York : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, NY [2016]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Exemplary nursing leadership / David Anthony Forrester -- Florence Nightingale : where most work is wanted / Frances Ward -- Mother Mary Aikenhead : a life of vision / Deborah Cleeter -- Clara Barton : angel of the battlefield / Karen Egenes, Frances Vlasses -- Margaret Higgins Sanger : the law shall be broken / Patricia Hindin -- Sister Elizabeth Kenny : conviction and controversy / Mary Kamienski -- Clara Louise Maass : servant leader undaunted / Carol Emerson Winters -- Dorothea Lynde Dix : privilege, passion, and reform / Barbara Caldwell -- Lillian D. Wald : pioneer of public health / Mary Ann Christopher, Regina Hawkey, Mary Christine Jared -- Mary Breckinridge : angel on horseback / Denise M. Tate -- Edith Louisa Cavell : courage in the face of duty / Barbara J. Patterson -- Nurses leading change : the time is now! / Susan W. Salmond, David Anthony Forrester. |
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Subject: | Nurses > Biography. Nurses. History of Nursing. Leadership. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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Nursing's Great Leaders : A History of Activism
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Table of Contents
Nursing's Great Leaders : A History of Activism
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Contributors | p. xiii | |
Foreword Susan B. Hassmiller | p. xv | |
Preface | p. xvii | |
Acknowledgments | p. xix | |
Part I | Introduction | |
1 | Exemplary Nursing Leadership David Anthony Forrester | p. 3 |
Why Study Exemplary Nursing Leadership Within the Context of Nursing History? | p. 3 | |
What Is Leadership and What Is Exemplary Nursing Leadership? | p. 5 | |
What Is the Difference Between Nursing Leadership and Nursing Management? | p. 5 | |
What Are the Essential Traits or Characteristics of Exemplary Nurse Leaders? | p. 6 | |
Five Practices of Exemplary Nursing Leadership | p. 7 | |
Summary | p. 17 | |
Part II | Modeling the Way | |
2 | Florence Nightingale: Where Most Work Is Wanted Frances Ward | p. 21 |
Radicalization | p. 23 | |
Modeling the Way in Practice | p. 26 | |
Modeling the Way in War | p. 29 | |
Modeling the Way in Peace | p. 34 | |
The End of Empire | p. 37 | |
An Improving Woman | p. 40 | |
Demystification | p. 46 | |
Timeline | p. 49 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 50 | |
Part III | Inspiring a Shared Vision | |
3 | Mother Mary Aikenhead: A Life of Vision Deborah Cleeter | p. 57 |
Childhood | p. 58 | |
The Novitiate | p. 60 | |
Inspiring a Shared Vision | p. 60 | |
Foundress, Congregation of Irish Sisters of Charity | p. 62 | |
Ministries for Prisons, Schools, and Orphanages | p. 63 | |
Hospitals, Nursing, and Hospice | p. 63 | |
Leading in the Face of Personal Struggle | p. 65 | |
Global Legacy | p. 65 | |
Journey Toward Canonization | p. 66 | |
Exemplary Leadership | p. 66 | |
Timeline | p. 67 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 68 | |
4 | Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield Karen Egenes and Frances Vlasses | p. 71 |
Early Efforts to Inspire a Shared Vision | p. 74 | |
Developing the Tools to Inspire a Shared Vision | p. 77 | |
Role Models for Inspiring a Shared Vision-Clara Barton in Europe | p. 77 | |
Inspiring a Shared Vision-Developing New Strategies | p. 81 | |
Inspiring a Shared Vision on a Local Level | p. 83 | |
Inspiring a Shared Vision Abroad-International Relief Efforts | p. 86 | |
Inspiring a Shared Vision-In Time of War | p. 88 | |
Attainment of the Vision | p. 92 | |
Clara Barton's Leadership Legacy | p. 95 | |
Timeline | p. 100 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 102 | |
Part IV | Challenging the Process | |
5 | Margaret Higgins Sanger: The Law Shall Be Broken Patricia K. Hindin | p. 107 |
The Law Shall Be Broken | p. 108 | |
Early Years | p. 108 | |
The Making of Margaret Sanger | p. 112 | |
Public Service and Progress in Birth Control | p. 118 | |
Major Accomplishments | p. 120 | |
Timeline | p. 123 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 125 | |
6 | Sister Elizabeth Kenny: Conviction and Controversy Mary Kamienski | p. 127 |
Nature Versus Nurture | p. 128 | |
The Vision | p. 130 | |
Commitment to the Vision | p. 131 | |
Beyond Polio | p. 132 | |
Societal Values | p. 133 | |
Not a Nurse | p. 134 | |
The Reality of Polio | p. 134 | |
The American Frontier | p. 138 | |
The War Rages On | p. 140 | |
Timeline | p. 143 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 144 | |
7 | Clara Louise Maass: Servant Leader Undaunted Carol Emerson Winters | p. 147 |
Spending Childhood as an Adult | p. 149 | |
Training School for Nurses | p. 149 | |
The Spanish-American War | p. 150 | |
Nursing Soldiers With Yellow Fever | p. 152 | |
Nursing American Troops in the Philippine Islands | p. 154 | |
Annulment of Nursing Contract and Return Home to New Jersey | p. 156 | |
The Yellow Fever Commission Is Established in Cuba | p. 158 | |
Returning to Cuba to Nurse Yellow Fever Patients | p. 160 | |
Clara Maass Volunteers to Be Bitten by Infected Mosquitoes | p. 161 | |
Clara Maass Develops Yellow Fever | p. 162 | |
Posthumous Honors | p. 164 | |
Modeling the Way | p. 167 | |
Challenging the Process | p. 168 | |
Timeline | p. 168 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 170 | |
Part V | Enabling Others to Act | |
8 | Dorothea Lynde Dix: Privilege, Passion, and Reform Barbara Ann Caldwell | p. 175 |
Setting the Stage: The Influence of Family | p. 176 | |
Enacting Nontraditional Female Roles: Educator and Writer | p. 178 | |
Finding Mentors: Religious and Educational Commitment | p. 179 | |
Political Leadership and the Moral Movement | p. 182 | |
Developing Leadership Expertise and Campaigning for Change | p. 184 | |
Prisoners' Letters and Expansion of Leadership | p. 186 | |
Transition to National Leadership | p. 186 | |
International Leadership and Recognition | p. 188 | |
Caught in a Power Struggle | p. 191 | |
Timeline | p. 191 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 192 | |
9 | Lillian D. Wald: Pioneer of Public Health Mary Ann Christopher and Regina Hawkey and Mary Christine Jared | p. 195 |
An Age of Transformation | p. 196 | |
Early Life | p. 197 | |
Building on the Public Health and Settlement Movements | p. 199 | |
Empowering Communities to Help Themselves | p. 203 | |
Mobilizing Social Institutions to Improve the Health of Communities | p. 206 | |
Enlisting Philanthropic and Business Interests to Promote the Public's Health | p. 209 | |
Exemplary Leadership in Action: The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918-1919 | p. 211 | |
Lillian Wald's Legacy as a Leader-Alive and Well Today | p. 215 | |
A Community in Crisis: VNSNY's Response to Superstorm Sandy | p. 216 | |
Timeline | p. 219 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 220 | |
10 | Mary Breckinridge: Angel on Horseback Denise M. Tate | p. 223 |
Nursing Leadership | p. 224 | |
Family and Early Life | p. 225 | |
Later Life | p. 228 | |
Challenging the Process | p. 230 | |
Inspiring a Shared Vision | p. 233 | |
Attention! Nurse Graduates | p. 234 | |
The Creation of Wendover | p. 234 | |
Encouraging the Heart | p. 236 | |
Enabling Others to Act | p. 237 | |
Modeling the Way | p. 238 | |
The Passing of Mary Breckinridge | p. 238 | |
Mary Breckinridge Hospital | p. 239 | |
Breckinridge Honored | p. 239 | |
Mary Breckinridge's Leadership Legacy | p. 240 | |
Timeline | p. 241 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 242 | |
Part VI | Encouraging the Heart | |
11 | Edith Louisa Cavell: Courage in the Face of Duty Barbara J. Patterson | p. 247 |
Assuming Her Duty to Humanity | p. 249 | |
Encouraging the Heart: Changing Nursing in Belgium | p. 252 | |
Encouraging the Heart: The Matron | p. 254 | |
Leadership Lessons From Edith Cavell and World War I | p. 258 | |
Edith Cavell's Leadership Legacy | p. 260 | |
Timeline | p. 262 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 264 | |
Part VII | The Future | |
12 | Nurses Leading Change: The Time Is Now! Susan W. Salmond and David Anthony Forrester | p. 269 |
An Unsustainable U.S. Health System: High Cost Without High Return in Health Outcomes | p. 270 | |
Re-Visioning Health Care | p. 272 | |
A New Context: The Time Is Now for Nursing and Nurse Leaders | p. 277 | |
The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health | p. 279 | |
Preparing Nurse Leaders for a New Future | p. 282 | |
Questions for Discussion | p. 284 | |
Index | p. 287 |