Named a 2011 Choice Outstanding Academic Title!
Designated a Doody’s Core Title!
‘This is a must-read for nurses who are interested in where nursing has been and what nurses have done to get to the present day. ‘ Score: 94, 4 stars
–Doody’s
Nursing has a rich history that consistently informs contemporary practice and standards. This book, by examining pivotal historical interventions across the spectrum of clinical care, allows nurses of today to incorporate the wisdom of the past into their own daily work. Maternal-child health programs, palliative care, tuberculosis, medications, pediatric care, and diabetes care, and more are discussed.
This invaluable resource documents how and why specific nursing interventions came about, what aspects of these interventions are utilized today and why, and how nurses of the past have addressed and solved the challenges of practice, from adapting to new technologies to managing the tension of the nurse-physician relationship.
Learn how nurses of the past 150 years have combated the challenges of:- Providing care to victims of pandemics, such as yellow fever, tuberculosis, and influenza
- Adapting to new medical practices and technologies throughout the 20th century
- Integrating cultural sensitivity into clinical care for special populations and underserved communities
- Bringing public health services to rural communities
- Fighting for public health policies that support hospice services in the United States
Table des matières
Section 1: Threads of Continuity
Chapter 1: Mothers and Babies
Chapter 2: Palliative Care and the Hospice Movement
Chapter 3: Treating Tuberculosis: Infectious Disease — Then and Now
Section 2: Interventions and Context
Chapter 4: Administering Medications: Judgment and Autonomy
Chapter 5: Children with Pneumonia: Hospital Care and Pediatric Nursing
Chapter 6: On Technology and Caring for the Critically Ill
Section 3: What Nurses Did
Chapter 7: Diabetes Care before Insulin
Chapter 8: The Hospital Care of Obstetric Patients in Early to Mid-20th Century America
Chapter 9: For Patients with Fever at Home
Chapter 10: Patients in the ICU: Caring in the Latter 20th century
A propos de l’auteur
Sandra B. Lewenson, Ed D, RN, FAAN, is a professor of nursing at Pace University, College of Health Professions in Pleasantville, New York. She teaches in the master of nursing education program as well as the graduate core courses where she integrates history into the courses she teaches.
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