Fast facts about the nursing profession : historical perspectives in a nutshell / Deborah Dolan Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, Deborah Dolan, author.

Series:

Fast facts (Springer Publishing Company)

Fast facts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--History.

Nursing.

History.

Nursing--Study and teaching--History.

History of Nursing.

Education, Nursing--history.

Nursing--Study and teaching.

Medical Subjects:

History of Nursing.

Education, Nursing--history.

Physical Description:

xviii, 154 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2017]

Contents:

The relevance of nursing history and why it matters today / Brigid Lusk

Nursing and medicine in ancient times

Nursing and medicine : 1st century CE to early Middle Ages

Nursing issues in the Middle Ages to the early 18th century

Nursing around the globe in the 18th century

19th-century nursing in the pre-Nightingale era and beyond

The lady with the lamp : Florence Nightingale and her effect on the nursing profession in the 19th century

Nurses in war : the nursing profession in the 20th century

Shaping the modern nursing profession : nursing theorists and leaders

Pioneers in nursing education and social activism : Lavinia Lloyd Dock, Isabel Hampton Robb, and Mary Aadelaide Nutting / Donna M. Nickitas

The growth of nursing education & expansion of degree programs

Nursing research : quantitative & qualitative research and using the evidence in practice

Professional organizations and key developments

The nurse of tomorrow.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826131386

0826131387

OCLC:

952154860