The Analysis Of Mary Breckenridge's Story

Mary MacKillop was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne on January the 15th 1842. She was the first child to Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald. Mary was one child out of 8 and spent most of her childhood years looking after and acting like a second mother to her siblings. The MacKillop family were quite poor so at the young age of 14, Mary got herself a job as a governess and as teacher at a Portland school. All the money Mary earned went towards her families everyday living. While working as a governess, Mary met Father Julian Tension Woods. By the time Mary had reached the age of 15 she had decided that she wanted to be a nun. She also wanted to devote her life to the poor and less fortunate. So upon meeting Father Julian Tension Woods she

Nursing care was unscientific and consisted of assisting patients with usual body functions; and was typically administered by women of a religious order or by women who by nature of their lifestyle frequented hospitals. Hospital care was for the poor and destitute; since home based medical care was better than risking additional infections in the dirty, crowded, and disease-ridden hospitals. During the typhus epidemic of 1852, hospital staff and patients suffered the greatest morbidity and mortality. (Ranade , 199817-19)

Mary Mallon was a woman of Irish descent who came to the United States as an immigrant to start a new life in 1886. She worked as a cook in a house where wealthy families came to celebrate their vacation. She was a healthy carrier of typhoid and made the guests sick and they died because of her. Although science had not been developed enough yet and she was tried unfairly it did not make her only a victim. Mary Mallon transformed from victim to villain. When she decided not to report to the police and return to cooking.

Nursing as a profession has faced many barriers over the centuries. One of the most defining barriers discussed in regard to the historical experience of nurses is the effects of its being considered, and for the most part being, work done by women. In evaluating nursing history it is necessary therefore to evaluate the ways in which society has evolved over time in terms of its views on the roles of nurses of women within the society and its institutions. In the U.S., the inception of nursing both as an occupation and later as a profession, has strong ties to the challenge of women's perceived role as a wife and mother whose sphere was solely domestic. In many ways, significant progress has been made from that time in what women and

Working with the nurse who cared for my ailing grand-aunt, was a life changing experience. I would assist with bathing, grooming and toileting as well as reading to my aunt a couple of her favorite mystery novels. Evening though my grand-aunt 's condition was irreversible, I felt at peace because her nurse made sure she was comfortable and her needs were met. The compassion, empathy, work ethics and support the nurse provided for my family and grand-aunt during this difficult time resonated with me, the nurse inspired me in so many ways and even encouraged me to pursue a profession in nursing.

In the world today nursing plays a major role that often associates with Civil War women, due to the fame of Clara Barton. Clara later founded “the American Red Cross in 1881.” Unlike other nurses she went out to the battlefield to nurse the soldier where they have fallen. With that courageous act she became known at the “Angel of the Battlefield.” Clara was a courageous

These early nurses were quickly educated on the rigors of war and the primitive accommodations. Hundreds of women lasted little more than a month and for those that did last the work became gratifying and their Christian mission. At the bloodiest moments of the war, nurses braved heat of moment and offered selflessly to treat injured. These ladies

As a little girl growing up, I watched my mother as she cared for nuclear and extended family members, people in the community and at church; it seemed like she was always taking care of people with a smile and a look of contentment. In the more than 30 years that she worked as a pediatric nurse, I looked forward to the one time in the year she was allowed to take me to work. Without realizing it, my admiration for my mother developed into a desire to help people and this influenced my dream to become a nurse. The final factor that defined my aspiration was the 14-year Liberian civil war; during this time I saw firsthand how much suffering people were going through with shortage in hospitals, doctors and nurses. A lot of people died because of poor health care and lack of qualified health care professionals.

I unfortunately didn’t have enough time to of course to completely solidify my findings. But one thing that is for sure is that the Healthcare field grew in a short amount of time, there was so much intelligence back then that we only think of bone saw but in reality they had things that seemed to defy what should have been normal at the time, and this of course is just a start of my findings. For the research part on woman I found that surprisingly Florence Nightingale wasn’t technically the first Nurse. There had been a pioneer in England that you’ll find in one of my sources listed in the bibliography that isn’t necessarily relevant to make the point. Next I found that woman seemed to pioneer it as a means for a platform to build in a way the woman’s right moment and just because they wanted to help out. Especially when wars broke out there had been fewer men at home and more men in the Homefront. In total I believe that this topic could swing to a different topic in multiple ways such as Healthcare through the ages, the war, how men became nurses, the process of nursing school back then, and as you can see this also goes on. My one un-answered question is how they cured someone back then. There’s mostly home cures but no solid book from a professional that could tell me what exactly they did back then. Overall I believe I’ve covered this

Clara Barton had many different sources of inspiration for her career in nursing. Barton was a person of strong values since her youngest years, and her family had a huge impact on all of her choices and ways of thinking. Evans writes about a serious incident in Barton’s life that occurred when she was 11 years old that nobody knew would have such a huge impact on her career goals. Barton’s brother suffered a major head injury, and through the whole healing process she learned from the doctor and his staff on how to be the best and most appropriate nurse for her brother. The whole two years of her brother’s recovery Barton learned how to most efficiently care for her brother’s sensitivities, which advanced her patience and ability to handle extensive injuries. This event in her life led her to have a strong will to help those in need of medical assistance

   During the Civil War many women started becoming nurses to help the soldiers that were in need. It was not the easiest job to get though, especially for women. Elizabeth Blackwell applied for 12 medical colleges and was not excepted by any (Benton pg1). She eventually got excepted by a small school in Geneva, Newyork, and became the first women in America to get a medical degree. Women did not let them stop them, they were determined to help their men and blue.

Mary Breckinridge lived a privileged life. She was born into a southern aristocratic family. She was the great granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson’s attorney, the granddaughter of the Vice President of the United States under President Buchanan, and the daughter of a United States Ambassador to Russia (Frontier Nursing Service, 2016, para. 1). Breckinridge was educated primarily through private and well-known tutors of that time. At the age of 26, she attended St. Luke’s school of nursing, and in 1910 graduated with a degree in nursing (Frontier Nursing Service, 2016, para. 3). However, it was not until the devastating moment of the death of her children and her divorce that

In 1873 there were four hospitals with a school of nursing with in them. These hospitals were the New England Hospital for Women and Children; Massachusetts General Hospital; New Haven Hospital; and Bellevue Hospital.( 1996.Nursing. Dictionary of American History) The number of hospitals and hospital with nursing schools inside of them increased, because the hospitals soon found that the mortality and morbidity decreased with improved nursing care.( Nursing. Dictionary of American History) The shaping and molding of the nursing profession made the hospitals that we know today to be possible. In the 1860’s and 1870’s more Americans went to the hospitals for treatment because of the emphasis on hospital cleanliness, and the professional nurse.( Kellison, Kimberly. 1997-1998) Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first black graduate nurse in 1879.( Hine, Darlene,C., 1996) From 1893 to 1900 the number of nursing schools inside hospitals increased 225 to 432, and the number of hospitals increased from 178 to over 4000.( 1996.Nursing. Dictionary of American History) Nursing became considerably more popular and “by 1920, 54,953 women were in nursing

Women throughout history were always looked down upon for their gender, that they were not “people” but as objects to society. This was because men were supposed to be the stronger of the two genders, also that women were there to help the men and just be submissive to everything. Because of this many women did not go to school higher than the high school level and proceed to do jobs that were not the greatest. But Sister Berenice Beck showed otherwise to the statement above. She became the first women to earn a PhD in Nursing, become a Dean of the Nursing Program at Marquette University, and funded many nursing programs. Becoming the first Dean of Nursing was a very important moment in the nursing history because at this period not many women obtained that high recognition in the education field. She earned this by first earning her Doctorate in Nursing, but upon her re-arrival to St. Joseph

Florence Nightingale made a huge impact on the nursing profession we have today. Nightingale made it her mission to improve hygiene practices while significantly lowering the death rate at the hospital in the process. There’s one