Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2001 by Choice! qWhy turn to the past when attempting to build nursing's future?...To make good decisions in planning nursing's future in the context of our complex health care system, nurses must know the history of the actions being considered, the identities and points of view of the major players, and all the stakes that are at risk. These are the lessons of history.q -- from the Introduction This book presents nursing history in the context of problems and issues that persist to this day. Issues such as professional autonomy, working conditions, relationships with other health professionals, appropriate knowledge for education and licensure, gender, class, and race are traced through the stories told in this volume. Each chapter provides a piece of the puzzle that is nursing. The editors, all noted nurse historians and educators, have carefully made selections from the best that has been published in the nursing and health care literature.Patricia Da#39;Antonio, RN, PhD, FAAN, Ellen D. Baer, RN, PhD, FAAN, Sylvia Rinker, RN, PhD, Joan E. Lynaugh, RN, PhD, FAAN. Obstetric nursing (continued) postpartum infection, 192a193 roles of, 180a181, 186a187, 193 routinization, 192-194 societal forces, ... 77, 153, 185, 213, 350 Procedure manual of nursing, 249 Professional associations: American Association for the History of Nursing ( AAHN), ii., anbsp;...
Title | : | Enduring Issues in American Nursing |
Author | : | Patricia D’Antonio, RN, PhD, FAAN, Ellen D. Baer, RN, PhD, FAAN, Sylvia Rinker, RN, PhD, Joan E. Lynaugh, RN, PhD, FAAN |
Publisher | : | Springer Publishing Company - 2000-12-18 |
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