Influencial Studies About Nursing

Question 1

Goldmark Report of 1923

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Answer 1

• Nursing study on labor market after WW1
• Estab standards for nurse education requirements
• Initially evaluated the preparations of nurses for community health
• Recommended endowments to fund nursing education

Question 2

The Brown Report of 1948

“Nursing for the Future”

Answer 2

• recommended nurse education move from apprenticeships in hospitals to colleges and universities
• National Nursing council for War Service prompted this study
• envisioned changes in nursing to include supervision, administration, teaching and reasearch

Question 3

Ginzberg Report of 1949

“A Program for the Nursing Professional”

Answer 3

• focus of the study was nursing shortage

- and the use auxiliary personnel

Question 4

“An Abstract for Action”

Lysaught report

Answer 4

-encouraged career ladders and higher salaries for nurses

Question 5

Community College Education for Nursing

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• compared state board results from various types of programs

Question 6

Health Professionals education for the Future: Schools in Service to the Nation

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• Focused on interdisciplinary education and collaboration

- Study sponsored by Pew Charitable Trusts

Question 7

Healthy People 2020

Answer 7

• estab goals for health promotion and disease prevention

- included focus on mental health and ecological indicators of health

Question 8

National Commission on Nursing Study 1981

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• Encouraged independent decision making by nurses
• funded in part by American Hospital Assoc
• prompted by nursing shortages in 60s and 70s

Question 9

National Institute of Medicine study

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• Funded by US Dept of Health and Social Services
• study mandated by Nurse training act of 1979
• one result of this study was a national nursing shortage

Question 10

Pew Health Professions Commission report

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• controversial study due to recommendations to close some nursing and medical schools
• encouraged generalists rather than specialists to address national health issues

Question 11

The study of Credentialing in Nursing: A New Approach

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Supported development of a credentialing center for Nursing

Question 12

The Education of Nursing Technicians (Montag study)

Answer 12

• Published in The Education of Nursing Technicians

- Proposed a continuum of nursing functions: assisting, technical, and professional

Question 13

Educational Preparation for Nurse Practitioners and Assistants to Nurses

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Advocated a Master’s degree for the clinical nurse specialist role

Question 14

National commission on Nursing Implementation Project 1985

Answer 14

Included a focus on Nursing delivery systems and nursing informatics

Question 15

The Future of Nursing: Leading change, Advancing Health (2010)

Answer 15

Encouraged transformation to the healthcare system to bring positive change to the nursing profession

Question 16

What effect did WW1 and WW2 have on nursing?

Answer 16

Moved nursing education from hospital to colleges.

Question 17

Why didn’t hospitals encourage higher education for nurses in early 1900s?

Answer 17

Little incentive- nurses did other activities like housekeeping

Question 18

What are competencies that were included in the Pew studies? (4)

Answer 18

1- proving evidence based, clinically competent care
2-practicing preventative healthcare
3-providing culturally sensitive care
4- exhibiting ethical behavior in all professional activities

Question 19

What does SAFE stand for? What report lists it as a goal?

Answer 19

Standard regulations
Accountability to the public
Flexibility to support a safe and competent workforce
Effective and efficient regulations to promote public safety and welfare

Pew Health Professionals commission report of 1995

Question 20

Katherine Bauer

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Conducted the 1983 National Institute of Medicine study

Question 21

Esther Lucile Brown

Answer 21

• social anthropologist and director of Dept of Studies in the Professionsp
• first to recommend that professional nursing education no longer take place in hospitals
• envisioned nurses supervising other health care professionals
• envisioned greater involvement in preventative care and acute care rather than routine patient care

Question 22

Josephine Goldmark

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Chief investigator of a study that led to the establishment of theYale University School of Nursing

Question 23

Inez Hinsvark

Answer 23

Primary researcher for the Study of Credentialing in nursing: a new approach

Question 24

Jerome Lysaught

Answer 24

Recommended more research in nursing education and practice

Question 25

Mildred Montag

Answer 25

• findings of her 5 year appeared in her Community College Education for nurses report
• her studies prompted the development and growth of nursing in community colleges

Question 26

Eli Ginzberg

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Economics professor whose report focused on nursing shortage and the need for nurses to conduct further research

Question 27

Assisting functions (one of functions proposed by Montag)

Answer 27

Simple functions like bed making
On the job training
Nursing assts

Question 28

Technical functions (one of functions proposed by Montag)

Answer 28

Intermediate functions requiring skill, training and some judgement.
2 yr community colleges- associates

Question 29

Professional functions (one of functions proposed by Montag)

Answer 29

Complex functions require expert skill and function.

4-5 year colleges. Bachelor degree.