A history of American nursing : trends and eras

Judd, Deborah M. (Author). Sitzman, Kathleen. (Added Author). Davis, Megan, 1978- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780763759513 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0763759511 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
v, 265 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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 1980s : 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.