Nursing : A Important And Interesting Job

Historically the role of the nurse has been as a patient advocate. Nurses’ have advanced from being seen as low cost labor to an autonomous practioner. Prior to Florence Nightingale the nurse was a member of a religious order or under the direction of the military. Florence Nightingale established the first nursing schools and was responsible for their own practice. In the early 1900’s nursing education was taken over by hospitals and the licensing of nurses began. In the 1990’s nurse practioners, (under the license of a physician), began prescribing

Nursing as a profession is an incredibly varied field, with as many opinions on how and why as there are nurses. It is therefore incumbent on each nurse to determine what aspects of nursing research and history will influence her practice. This work is presented as a Professional Nursing Mission Statement for the author. In the following pages, the governing bodies, ethical code, professional traits, nursing theorist and theory, and historical figure that guide personal nursing practice are presented with scenarios demonstrating their effects. Providing the building blocks for an individual approach to nursing will result in a deeper understanding of practice.

Clara Barton was born in oxford massachusetts on december 25,1821 and died april 12,1912. When she was older she she moved to maryland and was an educator, nurse and founder of the american red cross. Barton spent much of her life in the service of others and created an organization that still helps people in need today - the american red cross. She led the american red cross for 23 years. She became a teacher, and worked in the u.s. Patent office and was an independent nurse during the civil war. While visiting europe, she worked with a relief organization known as the international red cross. The american red cross was founded in 1881, and Barton served as its first president. A shy child, she first found her calling

Have you ever gone to the Doctors before? The person who weighed you and took your temperature before you got to see the doctor was a nurse. A Nurse is – (verb) 1 to take care of (as a young child or a sick person) 2 to treat with special care ("Webster's dictionary & thesauras for students”). One thing I knew before I started researching is there are many different kinds of nursing. In this paper I will be exploring two different branches of nursing Hospice and Home Health Care.

Most people have heard of the American Red Cross. But most people do not know who started it and how it all began. The founder of the American red cross is a heroic woman named Clara Barton in 1863.

In this paper we will explore many different things that effect and have contributed to the profession of nursing including but not limited to different agencies, nursing theories, and historical figures that have impacted the nursing profession.

Clara Barton was the founder of the Red Cross in America, but not in the world. The Red Cross began in Switzerland in 1863. A man named Henri Dunant came up with the idea for the Red Cross on a business trip in Italy in 1859. He saw a battle that involved thousands of soldiers. And when the battle was complete, the

The folk image of nursing is one that is seen in movies or read about in books. This is the image of the medicine man or village healer. The knowledge in this type of nursing was handed down one generation at a time and primarily cared for the children and elderly of the social groups. The religious image of nursing is from a time when nuns or religious ambassadors took over the primary responsibilities of taking care of the poor, sick and elderly. Not too far a concept from this was the servant image of nursing which was marked by a time when the undesirables of society were charged with caring for the sick and elderly. During times of war, the need for nurses increased and

The American Red Cross was founded on May 21, 1881 by Clara Barton and her close colleagues. Barton’s inspiration came from The Swiss Global Red Cross organization. When she returned for Europe she partitioned for what would be the beginning of The American Red Cross.

Clara Barton and a group of her acquaintances founded the American Red Cross on May 21, 1881, in Washington, D.C. She campaigned for American Red Cross and for the approval of the Geneva Convention which protected the war-injured, which was approved by the United States in 1882.

The role of a nurse has been around for centuries, dating back as far as the sixth century to St. Radegund who "devoted herself to caring for the physical needs of other, whether it was proving food, nursing care or baths" (B.). Although the demographic of those who acted as nurses changed over the years from trusted

The topic of this paper is to identify historical events in nursing. This topic grasps my attention because I am on the track to become a nurse, and feel I need to know about the history of nursing. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about historical highlights in nursing.

The Red Cross was founded in 1863 by Clara Barton as a neutral organization in times of war. After the first war, the Red Cross focused on service for veterans and promote

The study of the history and evolution of nursing is necessary to understand the current situation in which the profession is about building your body of knowledge. In our history are the causes of most current situations and only seeking the reasons for those losses can be modified and improved response to social needs. If last is not known, we do not know where you come from, there are difficulties in identifying where you are and you can hardly choose where they want to go. We could say without fear of error, it is necessary to study the past, ponder this for, well, building the future.

The development of nursing has made giant leaps throughout the last century. Starting with Florence Nightingale, the history of nursing will be discussed. A few significant events, theories and theorists will be depicted. In addition, the relationship between nursing science and the profession will be described. Moreover, the influences on nursing science of other disciplines will be mentioned. Because nursing has a plethora of history and