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NURS 1001 NOTES - INTRODUCTION TO THE
HISTORY, IMAGE, AND STRUCTURE OF NURSING
AS A PROFESSION.
The Nursing Profession in Today’s Society (Trent University)
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NURS 1001 NOTES
Week 2) Professional Identity -A
professional image includes:
Appearance: Weight, height, body build. Clothing. Personal hygiene. Behaviours.
Etiquette
Background: Family, education, work history
Status: Where you live. Vehicle. Professional work. Family situation
-Professional Identity: A sense of oneself that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and
values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting and feeling like a
nurse.
-Professional identity is part of the larger notion of identity. Within the concept of identity, one
would find personal identity, with professional identity as a subset of personal identity.
History of Nursing
-250 BC: The world's first recorded nursing school is founded in India. Only men were
considered "pure" enough to become nurses. A caring service rooted in spiritual love for others -
500 AD to 1500 AD: No training, based on experience and observation. Usually connected with
religion
-1000 AD to 1500 AD: Nursing care performed with no formal education. The experienced
directed others as they learned
Healing- First Nations
- “good health” was ceremonial, spiritual, and physical
- Holism, power of botanicals (plants), importance of community
Healthcare in Canada
-1617: Mme Hébert (wife of a surgeon) was the first laywomen to provide nursing care to
settlers -1645: First hospital in Montreal
-1737: The Grey Nuns –the first public health nurses (Montreal) *it was nurses rather than
physicians who first provided care to settlers and Native peoples
Considered the first visiting nurses in Canada. The Grey Nuns spread out from Montreal
toward the West. They established missions in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the
Northwest Territories. Initially, chiefly for the poor. They were innovative at raising
funds- asked money for their services from wealthier patients to provide free service for
the poor
Florence Nightingale
-Pupil of Theodore Fliedner. He set up a hospital with nurses of a good nature (goal was to show
the value of nurses, they were not just servers. They were trained hands on)
- Founder of professional/modern nursing
-Her self-appointed goal: To change the profile of Nursing
-Started preventive medicine. Promoted hygiene and cleanliness
-Cared for wounded soldiers in Crimean War
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-Dramatically decreased mortality and morbidity rates with simple nursing care -Elevated
status of nursing
- Still today, a well-known advocate
-Founded the first financially independent schools of nursing. Nursing schools spread across
Europe and North America
Nursing as an Art and a Science
-Nurses should be taught in hospitals associated with medical schools and that the curriculum
should include both theory and practice. (prior to 19th-20th century, nurses were not making the
money they were deserving of for their practices- “a slave to patients”)
- Students provided nursing care in exchange for education and costs of living; provided financial
benefit to the hospital, but poor living conditions for students and education of questionable
quality; training focus
-Early 1900s, the poor quality/conditions nurses experienced promoted the movement of;
Educational Reform, Canadian Nurses Association
- First Nursing undergraduate program established at University of British Columbia in 1919
- Intense expansion of nursing programs across the country post war (WW 1)
- First Master of Nursing program established at University of Western in 1959
- First phd of Nursing program established at University of Alberta in 1991
-1972: RNAO endorses Baccalaureate degree as entry to practice
-1973: All 56 Ontario Hospital schools of nursing move to Community Colleges
-1998: College of Nurses of Ontario recommends bscn as Entry to Practice
-1999: Ministry of Health Nursing Task Force “Good Nursing Good Health” recommends bscn
as minimum requirement for Entry to Practice
-2000: Government of Ontario announces a Baccalaureate Degree as Entry to Practice as of
January 1, 2005
-2004: Last diploma nurses graduate
-Nurses are lifelong learners in that it is their professional responsibility to continual
learning/growth
Domains of Nursing
- Practice
- Administration/Leadership
- Education
-Research
Registered Nurse
-1 /3 of medical staff
-Self-regulated healthcare professionals. We are a governing body (we make our choices)
-Work autonomously and in collaboration with others
-Enable peoples to achieve their optimal level of health
-Coordinate health care
-Deliver direct services
-Support clients in their self-care decisions
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NURS 1001 NOTES - INTRODUCTION TO THE
HISTORY, IMAGE, AND STRUCTURE OF NURSING
AS A PROFESSION.
The Nursing Profession in Today’s Society (Trent University)
,Studocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university
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NURS 1001 NOTES
Week 2) Professional Identity -A
professional image includes:
Appearance: Weight, height, body build. Clothing. Personal hygiene. Behaviours.
Etiquette
Background: Family, education, work history
Status: Where you live. Vehicle. Professional work. Family situation
-Professional Identity: A sense of oneself that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and
values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting and feeling like a
nurse.
-Professional identity is part of the larger notion of identity. Within the concept of identity, one
would find personal identity, with professional identity as a subset of personal identity.
History of Nursing
-250 BC: The world's first recorded nursing school is founded in India. Only men were
considered "pure" enough to become nurses. A caring service rooted in spiritual love for others -
500 AD to 1500 AD: No training, based on experience and observation. Usually connected with
religion
-1000 AD to 1500 AD: Nursing care performed with no formal education. The experienced
directed others as they learned
Healing- First Nations
- “good health” was ceremonial, spiritual, and physical
- Holism, power of botanicals (plants), importance of community
Healthcare in Canada
-1617: Mme Hébert (wife of a surgeon) was the first laywomen to provide nursing care to
settlers -1645: First hospital in Montreal
-1737: The Grey Nuns –the first public health nurses (Montreal) *it was nurses rather than
physicians who first provided care to settlers and Native peoples
Considered the first visiting nurses in Canada. The Grey Nuns spread out from Montreal
toward the West. They established missions in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the
Northwest Territories. Initially, chiefly for the poor. They were innovative at raising
funds- asked money for their services from wealthier patients to provide free service for
the poor
Florence Nightingale
-Pupil of Theodore Fliedner. He set up a hospital with nurses of a good nature (goal was to show
the value of nurses, they were not just servers. They were trained hands on)
- Founder of professional/modern nursing
-Her self-appointed goal: To change the profile of Nursing
-Started preventive medicine. Promoted hygiene and cleanliness
-Cared for wounded soldiers in Crimean War
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, lOMoAR cPSD| 26582732
-Dramatically decreased mortality and morbidity rates with simple nursing care -Elevated
status of nursing
- Still today, a well-known advocate
-Founded the first financially independent schools of nursing. Nursing schools spread across
Europe and North America
Nursing as an Art and a Science
-Nurses should be taught in hospitals associated with medical schools and that the curriculum
should include both theory and practice. (prior to 19th-20th century, nurses were not making the
money they were deserving of for their practices- “a slave to patients”)
- Students provided nursing care in exchange for education and costs of living; provided financial
benefit to the hospital, but poor living conditions for students and education of questionable
quality; training focus
-Early 1900s, the poor quality/conditions nurses experienced promoted the movement of;
Educational Reform, Canadian Nurses Association
- First Nursing undergraduate program established at University of British Columbia in 1919
- Intense expansion of nursing programs across the country post war (WW 1)
- First Master of Nursing program established at University of Western in 1959
- First phd of Nursing program established at University of Alberta in 1991
-1972: RNAO endorses Baccalaureate degree as entry to practice
-1973: All 56 Ontario Hospital schools of nursing move to Community Colleges
-1998: College of Nurses of Ontario recommends bscn as Entry to Practice
-1999: Ministry of Health Nursing Task Force “Good Nursing Good Health” recommends bscn
as minimum requirement for Entry to Practice
-2000: Government of Ontario announces a Baccalaureate Degree as Entry to Practice as of
January 1, 2005
-2004: Last diploma nurses graduate
-Nurses are lifelong learners in that it is their professional responsibility to continual
learning/growth
Domains of Nursing
- Practice
- Administration/Leadership
- Education
-Research
Registered Nurse
-1 /3 of medical staff
-Self-regulated healthcare professionals. We are a governing body (we make our choices)
-Work autonomously and in collaboration with others
-Enable peoples to achieve their optimal level of health
-Coordinate health care
-Deliver direct services
-Support clients in their self-care decisions
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