Era's of Nursing Flashcards
Primitive Care
In the Zuni tribe, if an infant was born with part of the placenta covering their face, it was taken that he or she had been destined to become a caregiver
In other societies, women were assigned to caregiver
Ancient Times
no formal education for care of sick - learned through oral traditions - used herbs, rituals, and torture
Early Christian Era
1st hospitals founded by Nuns and Monks - people were placed in the same beds despite illness -
Deaconess
gave women a meaningful way of participating in the church - roman matrons or widows with some educational background to care for the ill in their home
Early Modern Europe
Protestant reformation monasteries and convents were closed and seized by the government (care wasnt good) - care of sick fell into “common women” and care got worse - gov saw this wasn’t working so they went back to care in the church
Deaconess Ministries
work in faith communities and in church promoting health from a whole person perspective - caregivers would go into homes and care for patients and then bring them to the church for healing
Curriculum Era
efforts to understand the nature of the knowledge needed for the practice of nursing and progression towards standardizing curricula
Research Era
1940-1950s research was driving force - developing a specialized body of knowledge - 1st nursing journal: nursing research
graduate education era
1960s - curricula for masters were proposed at the meeting of the National League for Nursing (NLN)
1970 - 21 Nursing doctoral programs existed
theory era
1978 - nursing educator conference held with Nursing Theory as a theme
1980-90 - development of discipline of nursing
in 1965 what did the ANA publish?
a paper called “Educational Preparation for Nurse Practioners and Assistants to Nurses” that stated nursing education should occur in institutions rather than hospitals
