This volume will be an invaluable addition to the libraries of schools of nursing. Designed to be used as a supplement to the usual history of nursing textbooks, it includes, as the author states in the preface, "excerpts from the most significant writings comprising the history of nursing from the era before the birth of Christ up to the founding of the first professional school of nursing in ...

Nursing unions are currently on the rise in the United States and therefore their implications to the Nursing profession are becoming more relevant. This paper will explore the history of unions in the profession of Nursing, the goals of nursing unions, and evidence regarding the impact nursing unions have on patient outcomes. This background will give Nurse Educators (NEs) the information need...

ANNA THERESA COSSLETT, The "scientific movement" and Victorian literature, Brighton, Harvester Press; New York, St. Martin's Press, 1982, 8vo, pp. viii, 188, £20.00. Interaction between arts and sciences has long been regarded as one of the characteristic features of the Romantic era. The scientific writings by the poet Coleridge and the poetical experiments by the scientist Davy are among the ...

This article traces the historic antecedents of outreach nursing in Canada, going as far back as the Grey Nuns in what is now Quebec. It attempts to place modern-day street nursing in a historical context, which includes Nightingale, Wald, the early Victorian Order of Nurses, and the social reform movements of the early 20th century. The article critiques the involvement of nursing in less than...

Canada's Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses of the Great War have yet to be recognized in Canadian nursing history. This article offers a synopsis of the evidence traced thus far in the search to recover their history, and presents some of the issues that history addresses. Comparisons to the much larger and well-documented British VADs of the era testify to similarities in social origin from amon...

This article contains a broad overview of the history of Federal regulation of nursing homes from the perspective of an individual involved directly for a number of years in the development and enforcement of Federal regulatory requirements. The article also contains a summary of the major statutory changes in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 that affect nursing homes. Finally, the...

www.ee.usp.br/reeusp Rev Esc Enferm USP · 2016;50(3):495-501 1 Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil. 2 Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil. 3 Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. 4 Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento de Orientação Profissional, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. ABSTRACT Objective: To analy...

The aim of this study was to clarify the role of aesthetics in the organization and motivation of care through history. The guiding questions were: What values and aesthetic feelings have supported and motivated pre-professional and professional care? and Based on what structures has pre-professional and professional care been historically socialized? Primary and secondary sources were consulte...

INTRODUCTION Falls are complex incidents caused by a combination of intrinsic impairments and disabilities with or without accompanying environmental hazards. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and the incidence of falls, and to further link the history of falls to functional status in nursing homes residents. PATIENTS ...

significant sociopolitical changes in recent decades have not only influenced the nursing profession, but also the entire iranian healthcare system. this study describes the historical evolution of the nursing profession within a sociopolitical context. this historical review of unpublished and published literature endorsed personal accounts of historic events by 14 of the oldest nurses in iran...