| Description |
x, 175 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Studies in health, illness, and caregiving |
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Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Gladys M. Campbell and Barbara Siebelt -- 1. Inventing Critical Care Nursing -- 2. Hospitals in Transition -- 3. Nursing in Transition -- 4. Negotiating New Roles -- 5. From General-Duty Nurse to Specialist -- 6. At Century's End |
| Summary |
This book traces the evolution of critical care nursing from battlefields and hospital recovery rooms to the modern units of today. It also discusses the social, political, and economic factors that have fed its growth. Combining archival sources with personal interviews, Critical Care Nursing reveals the important place critical care occupies in America's complex health care delivery system and the crucial role specialized nursing plays in the shaping and delivery of that care |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-166) and index |
| Subject |
Intensive care nursing -- History.
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History of Nursing.
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History of Nursing.
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Critical Care -- history.
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Critical Care -- history.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Lynaugh, Joan E., author
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Campbell, Gladys M. (Gladys Mitchell), author of foreword
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Siebelt, Barbara, author of foreword
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| LC no. |
97050184 |
| ISBN |
0812232585 (alkaline paper) |
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