A History of Health Care & Nursing
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A History of Health
Care and Nursing
Chapter 1
A History of Health Care &
Nursing
• Classical Era
• Greek Era
• Roman Era
• Middle Ages
• The Renaissance
• The Reformation
• Industrial
Revolution
And Then There Was Nightingale…
• The Crimean
experience
• The political
reformer
• Military reforms
• Nightingale School
of Nursing and
Midwifery
• The birth of
professional
nursing
• Taking health care
to the community
• The legacy of
Nightingale
Continued Development of
Professional Nursing in the UK
• British Nurses’ Association (BNA) and
nurse registration
• Royal College of Nursing has role as both
professional organization and trade union
The Development of Professional
Nursing in Canada
• Augustine nuns and Jeanne Mance
• Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)
• St. Catharine’s General Hospital
• Canadian Nurses Association
• Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia
• Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario
• Canadian Nurses Foundation
• Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
Development of Professional
Nursing in Australia
• The Melbourne District Nursing Society
• Australian Army Nursing Service
• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
• Australian Nursing and Midwifery
Accreditation Council
• Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
Nursing Officer−Royal
Australian Navy Video
https://youtu.be/LOnktfDSfH4
You Couldn’t Be In Better Hands
Campaign Video
https://youtu.be/1yLxy6rC710
Early Nursing in the United States
• The Goldmark Report
• The Brown Report
• American Nurses Association
• Lillian Wald and the Henry Street Settlement
• Dorothea Lynde Dix
• Clara Barton
• Mary Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing
Service
Nursing in America: A History of
Social Reform Video
https://youtu.be/dI4IFqHx1zA
Nursing Profession Responds to the
Great Depression and WWII
• Frances Payne Bolton and the Cadet Nurse
Corps
• Civil Works Administration (CWA)
• Social Security Act
• Nurses and Hollywood
1945−1960: Decades of Change
• New technology and drugs
• Hill Burton Act (1946)
• American Nurses Association (ANA)’s Code
of Ethics for Nurses & International Council of
Nurses (ICN)’s Code of Ethics for Nurses
adopted
• Journal of Nursing Research first published
• ANA accepted African American nurses for
membership
1961−2000: Years of Revolution,
Protest, and the New Order
• Specialization in nursing
• Medicaid and Medicare (1965)
• ANA’s first position paper on nursing
education
• First nurse practitioner program in the U.S.
• ANA published Nursing’s Agenda for Health
Care Reform
The New Century (1 of 2)
• Institute of Medicine (IOM) Reports
– To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System
– Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System
for the 21st Century
– Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality
• The Future of Nursing: Leading Change,
Advancing Health (IOM)
The New Century (2 of 2)
• Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
(QSEN)
• Nurse of the Future: Nursing Core
Competencies
• The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(PPACA)
The Future of Nursing:
Campaign for Action Video
https://youtu.be/V_PnaXjVn2c
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
• Federation of over 130 national nurses, representing
more than 16 million nurses worldwide
• Working to ensure quality nursing care for all
• Sound health policies globally
• Advancement of nursing knowledge
• Presence worldwide of a respected nursing
profession
• Competent and satisfied nursing workforce
