1. Background 2. Historical Sidelights and Evolutionary Tendencies 3. Is Nursing a Profession? 4. The private Duty Nurse 5. The Institutional Nurse 6. The Institutional Nurse 7. The Public Health Nurse 8. The Superintendent of Nurses 9. The Student Nurse 10. Intelligence of Student Nurses 11. The Nurse and the Medical Profession 12. Instructors of Student Nurses 13. The Training School 14. Nursing Registries 15. Methods of Teaching and Learning 16. The Examination System 17. The Curriculum 18. Does the Nurse Need to be Educated 19. The Appraisal of the Patient 20. The Nurse and the Public 21. Supply and Demand 22. Some Administrative Costs 23. The State and Public Health 25. Control and Supervision Appendices.
1. Background 2. Historical Sidelights and Evolutionary Tendencies 3. Is Nursing a Profession? 4. The private Duty Nurse 5. The Institutional Nurse 6. The Institutional Nurse 7. The Public Health Nurse 8. The Superintendent of Nurses 9. The Student Nurse 10. Intelligence of Student Nurses 11. The Nurse and the Medical Profession 12. Instructors of Student Nurses 13. The Training School 14. Nursing Registries 15. Methods of Teaching and Learning 16. The Examination System 17. The Curriculum 18. Does the Nurse Need to be Educated 19. The Appraisal of the Patient 20. The Nurse and the Public 21. Supply and Demand 22. Some Administrative Costs 23. The State and Public Health 25. Control and Supervision Appendices.
In this multidisciplinary guide on the important issues surrounding dying and bereavement in today's health care and social environment, the contributions examine the issues of death and dying as a continuum, from death education and care of the dying to grief and bereavement. Features Include: Personal stories introducing each section New chapter on physical therapy with the dying.
The close association between nurses and hospitals obscures the diversity and complexity of nursing work in other contexts. This collection looks at nurses and nursing in a wide range of settings from the mid-1800s to the 1970s, including indigenous women on the Canadian prairies; First World War nurses posted overseas; outpost nurses in rural and remote areas of Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec; public health nurses in Winnipeg; and religious congregations in nursing education in New Brunswick. The contributors use feminist and historical perspectives to illustrate how place, understood as both social context and geographic setting, shaped nursing identities and practices. Many nurses found place both liberating and constraining � often simultaneously. Paying attention to place also situates these nurses and their work within larger historical themes of nation-building, war, and political change.
The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America's increasingly complex health system. At more than 3 million in number, nurses make up the single largest segment of the health care work force. They also spend the greatest amount of time in delivering patient care as a profession. Nurses therefore have valuable insights and unique abilities to contribute as partners with other health care professionals in improving the quality and safety of care as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted this year. Nurses should be fully engaged with other health professionals and assume leadership roles in redesigning care in the United States. To ensure its members are well-prepared, the profession should institute residency training for nurses, increase the percentage of nurses who attain a bachelor's degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number who pursue doctorates. Furthermore, regulatory and institutional obstacles-including limits on nurses' scope of practice-should be removed so that the health system can reap the full benefit of nurses' training, skills, and knowledge in patient care. In this book, the Institute of Medicine makes recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing.
Rapid social change and the advances made in the field of health care have greatly changed the role and function of the nurse in the last fifty years. Nursing is now almost a full-fledged profession. This book celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the School of Nursing of the University of Toronto. The field it covers is wide and varied – from care of the sick by the nuns of early Quebec to the development of pre-paid nursing plans, from concepts of "beside nursing" to "delivery health services." There are long looks into the future of nursing education and health care which include descriptions of health science centres, diagnosis by computer, and treatment centres in outer space. The book sketches the history of this pioneer school of nursing, surveys nursing legislation, and examines the rise of the public-health nurse and the nursing assistant. Essays contributed by leading Canadian authorities show a wide range of opinion: one writer wants to see the scope of nursing education enlarged, another thinks it is too broad already. At a time when nursing education is becoming an increasingly controversial subject, this book will be of interest and value to all those in the health field.
This text examines the issues and trends impacting Canadian nursing. The five parts of the text cover everything from the development of the profession of nursing in Canada, to discussions of nursing knowledge, nursing research, and the theoretical foundations of modern nursing. The authors also examine issues in the delivery of nursing care as well as nursing education, credentialing, standards of care, and entry to practice. Additional chapters address collaboration, the increasingly flexible delivery in nursing education, and health informatics. The book concludes with a look at Canadian nurses’ growing role in international nursing and Canadian projects that have been implemented around the globe. Detailed references at the end of each chapter Two-colour design draws attention to each section heading Dedicated Evolve website enhances the teaching and learning experience New student-friendly features include Canadian Research Focus boxes that highlight current and relevant research, and Reflective Thinking boxes that provide focused opportunities for reflection and discussion WebLinks provide information for relevant nursing and health care organizations Chapter Objectives, End-of-chapter Critical Thinking Questions, and Web Resources have been added to engage students in their own learning With additional images that highlight key individuals and events in Canadian nursing, the text is more visually appealing than ever! Chapters combined and reorganized to reflect reviewer feedback and change in Canadian teaching focus
One of the studies prepared for the Royal Commission on Health Services in Canada (1961-65). Examines and analyzes all types of educational programmes for personnel providing nursing care, with the emphasis on programmes designed to prepare nurses for registration in the provinces. Complements "Sociological factors affecting recruitment into the nursing profession."
