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Exam 1: NSG 500 (Latest ) Advanced
Health Assessment - Wilkes
Florence understood the important of the consistent presence of nurses with a patient,
and that that is central to the nursing role
Florence Nightingale's Nursing Education Model - ANS Nightingale combined didactic
content and bedside experience; this model is still followed in all nursing programs
today
Key to this model is that Nightingale based it on a nursing superintendent being in
charge of nurses and nursing students--not physicians. To this day, nurses regulate
ourselves.
Early Nursing Education in the United States - ANS During the mid-1800's, the first
hospital based nursing training programs were administered by physicians, not nurses.
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The Civil War gave rise to early efforts to develop nursing as a recognized and distinct
profession--not just the off shoot of the "woman's role"
Nursing During the Late 1800's in the United States - ANS During this period, nurses
were trained at apprentice programs in hospitals, there were no actual nursing schools.
Nurses were not in charge of nurses, so graduates of these programs were more aligned
with the hospital and physicians than with the patient.
First Professional Nursing Organizations - ANS The American Society of Superintendents
of Training Schools was formed in the mid-1890's
In 1912, it became the National League of Nursing (NLN). NLN is still one of the main
nursing education organizations.
Also in 1912, the Nurses Associated Alumni of the US and Canada became the American
Nurses Association
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) - ANS The ANA is the professional organization
for all nurses, regardless of specialty area or level of education.
The ANA writes the professional standards, the code of ethics, and works with State
Boards of Nursing to regulate the nursing practice
State Regulation of Nursing - ANS States began to regulate the licensing of nurses in the
early-1900's. Illinois was the first state to require that nurses be licensed in 1907
Nursing Evolution During World War 1 - ANS More nurses were needed with the onset
of WW1; thus opportunity for development of the profession occurred--John Hopkins
and Columbia University started a BSN level nursing education.
Linda Richards - ANS The first nurse to graduate in the United States from a formal
nursing program (the program she attended was founded by Dr. Susan Dimock at the
New England Hospital for Women and Children in 1873; Dimock died in 1875)
The Goldmark Report - ANS During WW1, the Goldmark Report called for all nurses to
be education in universities and for hospital based training to be terminated.
NSG 500
NSG 500
Exam 1: NSG 500 (Latest ) Advanced
Health Assessment - Wilkes
Florence understood the important of the consistent presence of nurses with a patient,
and that that is central to the nursing role
Florence Nightingale's Nursing Education Model - ANS Nightingale combined didactic
content and bedside experience; this model is still followed in all nursing programs
today
Key to this model is that Nightingale based it on a nursing superintendent being in
charge of nurses and nursing students--not physicians. To this day, nurses regulate
ourselves.
Early Nursing Education in the United States - ANS During the mid-1800's, the first
hospital based nursing training programs were administered by physicians, not nurses.
NSG 500
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NSG 500
The Civil War gave rise to early efforts to develop nursing as a recognized and distinct
profession--not just the off shoot of the "woman's role"
Nursing During the Late 1800's in the United States - ANS During this period, nurses
were trained at apprentice programs in hospitals, there were no actual nursing schools.
Nurses were not in charge of nurses, so graduates of these programs were more aligned
with the hospital and physicians than with the patient.
First Professional Nursing Organizations - ANS The American Society of Superintendents
of Training Schools was formed in the mid-1890's
In 1912, it became the National League of Nursing (NLN). NLN is still one of the main
nursing education organizations.
Also in 1912, the Nurses Associated Alumni of the US and Canada became the American
Nurses Association
NSG 500
, 3
NSG 500
The American Nurses Association (ANA) - ANS The ANA is the professional organization
for all nurses, regardless of specialty area or level of education.
The ANA writes the professional standards, the code of ethics, and works with State
Boards of Nursing to regulate the nursing practice
State Regulation of Nursing - ANS States began to regulate the licensing of nurses in the
early-1900's. Illinois was the first state to require that nurses be licensed in 1907
Nursing Evolution During World War 1 - ANS More nurses were needed with the onset
of WW1; thus opportunity for development of the profession occurred--John Hopkins
and Columbia University started a BSN level nursing education.
Linda Richards - ANS The first nurse to graduate in the United States from a formal
nursing program (the program she attended was founded by Dr. Susan Dimock at the
New England Hospital for Women and Children in 1873; Dimock died in 1875)
The Goldmark Report - ANS During WW1, the Goldmark Report called for all nurses to
be education in universities and for hospital based training to be terminated.
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