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The Reformation
16the century mvmnt founded Protestant churches resulting in monasteries closing and male nurses disappeared. Prostitutes cared for sick.
Order of Deaconness
earliest Christian nursing (1st century), first public health nursing
Sisters of Charity 1633
St Vincent DePaul, visiting nurses caring for sick in asylums, poor houses, hospitals. Louise DeGrase first nursing education program
Monastic Order/ Benedictine order
Male order started by St Benedict, cared for Black death
Sisters of Mercy
Roman Catholic socieety formed by Catherine McAuley, cared for cholera pts. Became Mercy Hospital in US.
Cadet Nurse Corps 1943
Established by the Federal government in 1943. Purpose- ensure that the US had enough nurses to care for citizens home and at war Result- rise nursing students, a greater public recognition of nurses, and changes in education and training
Crimean War-
F. Nightingale reduced death rates by sanitation, soliders houses in dirty barracks,
American Civil War 1862-1865
C Barton (Red Cross), H Tubman, cared for wounded. Dorthea Dix superintendent pf Nurses hired over 35 single women, who were "moral" and had common sense. Surgeons made nurses life hell.
WWI
Increased demand for nurses, needed certificate or moral character from nurse superintendent, unmarried, male nurses put in war uniforms and neer used as nurses, development of military hospitals for surgical and medical training.
WW2
Encourage more women 17-35 to enter nursing program, OR, married, part timers, Full commission to militray nurses.
Korean, Vietnam Wars
K-shortage of nurses allowed RN's to function at higher level, first RNFA. V-major duties were to heal and provide nurturing to severely wounded and/or dying combat soldiers, medevac flights
Gulf War, Iraqi conflict
G-performed surgery, helped inocent Iraqi victims,
Women in Workforce/Society
Brought public attention to human rights. Movement has altered the perspectives of nurses about economic and education needs. Result- nurses are increasingly asserting themselves as professional people who have a right to equality with men in health professions, and nurses are demanding more autonomy in client care. The women's movement has been instrumental in changing health care practices.
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Intl' organization, ANA, CNA are members. federation of more than 130 national nurses associations (NNAs), representing the more than 13 million nurses worldwide. Founded in 1899, ICN is the world’s first and widest reaching international organisation for health professionals. Operated by nurses and leading nurses internationally, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all, sound health policies globally, the advancement of nursing knowledge, and the presence worldwide of a respected nursing profession and a competent and satisfied nursing workforce.
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.
American Associaction of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
National voice for America's baccalaureate- and higher programs. Work to establish quality standards for higher ed, assist deans and directors to implement those standards, influence the nursing profession to improve health care, and promote public support of higher ed, research, and practice in nursing— the nation's largest health care profession.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
Not-for-profit organization provides counsel on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the development NCLEX
National League Nursing (NLN)
Professional association for nurse educators, education agencies, health care agencies, allied/public agencies and public members, and its Mission is to advance quality nursing education that prepares the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing health care environment.
Sigman Theta Tau International (STTI)
Support the learning, knowledge and professional development of nurses committed to making a difference in health worldwide. Create a global community of nurses who lead in using knowledge, scholarship, service and learning to improve the health of the world’s people.
American Academy Nursing (AAN)
Serves the public and the nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge.
National Student Nurses Association (NSNA)
Autonomous, sudent funded and student run.
National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (NOADN)
Voice for Associate Degree nursing, representing agencies and individual members. N-OADN is dedicated to enhancing the quality of Associate Degree nursing education, strengthening the professional role of the Associate Degree nurse, and protecting the future of Associate Degree nursing in the midst of health care changes.
American Organization Nurse Executives (AONE)
national organization of nurses who design, facilitate, and manage care. Voice of nursing leadership in health care.
National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)
1975 by Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, Evaluate the health care needs of the Hispanic community
National Black Nurses Association (NBNA)
self explanatory!
American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN)
Encourage men of all ages to become nurses and join together with all nurses in strengthening and humanizing health care.
American Association Critical Care Nurses
AACN is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world, representing the interests of more than 500,000 nurses who are charged with the responsibility of caring for acutely and critically ill patients. The association is dedicated to providing our members with the knowledge and resources necessary to provide optimal care to critically ill patients
Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
national association committed to improving patient safety in the surgical setting.
American Assocation of Occupational Health Nurses
- association for the largest group of health care professionals
-Create a positive economic impact through worker health and well-being leading to optimal performance.
- dedicated to advancing and maximizing the health, safety and productivity of domestic and global workforces by 5 pillars:education and research,professional practice/ethics,communications, governmental issues and alliances.
Cultural Diversity
Rerfers to array of people from different backgrounds with different views on healthcare, treatment, etc
Graying of America
The old are getting older, use most of our healtcare resources
Consumer movement
Movement to make all businesses, including healthcare, accountable for their actions. Pt Bill of Rights was formed as a result of this mvmnt.
National Commission on Nursing Implementation Project (1985)
Formed to implement the findings of the National Institute of Medicine and National Commission on Nursing studies conducted in the early 1980's; focused on nursing service delivery systems, education, and information, including nursing research and nursing infomatics
Educational Preparation for Nurse Practitioners and Assistants to Nurses (1965)
A position paper by the American Nurses Association arguing that a master's degree should be required for clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), a bacheor's degree for practice as a professional nurse, and the two year associate degree for the role of technical nurse
Pew Health Professions Commission Report (1995, 1998)
Identified primary concerns related to a change in professionsl education, professional licensure, and workforce policy in halth care
Women in workforce, society
Womens movement, inflation, economy caused women toenter workforce and remain in it for longer.
Martha Rodgers
American nurse, researcher, theorist, and author. Rogers is best known for developing the Science of Unitary Human Beings and her landmark book, An Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of Nursing.
Lillian Wald
Social worker; public health official; teacher; author; editor; publisher; activist for peace, women's, children's and civil rights; and the founder of American community nursing.
Linda Richards
First professionally trained American nurse. She established nursing training programs in the United States and Japan, and created the first system for keeping individual medical records for hospitalized patients.
Margaret Sanger
American birth control activist and the founder of the American Birth Control League.
Mary Mahoney
First black to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States, graduating in 1879.