| Description |
v, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: seven trends in nursing / Kathleen Sitzman -- Nursing in the American colonies from the 1600s to the 1700s : the influence of past ideas, traditions, and trends / Kathleen Sitzman -- Prelude to modern American nursing : the work of Florence Nightingale / Kathleen Sitzman -- Nursing in the United States during the 1800s : inspiration and insight lead to nursing reforms / Kathleen Sitzman -- Nursing in the United States from 1900 to the early 1920s : a new century brings novel ideas and social concerns / Deborah M. Judd -- Nursing in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1940s : education rather than training for nurses / Deborah M. Judd -- Nursing in the United States from the 1940s to the early 1960s : professionalism, educational reformation, and acceptance of minority nurses / Deborah M. Judd -- Nursing in the United States from the 1960s to the early 1980's : decades of change : regional conflict, segregation, and specialization / Deborah M. Judd -- Nursing in the United States from the 1980s to the present : new opportunity, technological advances, nursing autonomy and globalization / Deborah M. Judd -- Envisioning the future of nursing : global nursing, national healthcare reform, and nurse socialization / Deborah M. Judd -- Information technology and the continued study of nursing history : research tips and relevant resources / G. Megan Davis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nursing -- United States -- History.
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History of Nursing.
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History, 20th Century.
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History, Modern 1601-
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Sitzman, Kathleen.
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Davis, Megan, 1978-
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| LC no. |
2008044967 |
| ISBN |
9780763759513 paperback |
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0763759511 paperback |
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