Module 01: Introduction to Nursing Flashcards
This was dated way back when Florence Nightingale began to assume the great significance of providing a clean and healthy environment to achieve recovery of patients and continues up to present.
Nursing Theory
How did Florence Nightingale envision nurses?
She envisioned nurses as a body of educated women who organized service and caring for wounded in wartime.
Which war did Florence Nightingale serve in?
Crimean War
What nursing school was established in London by Florence Nightingale to pioneer activities in nursing practice and education?
St. Thomas Hospital
How did nursing start of as?
Vocational Course
In this, nursing practice was based on principles and traditions that were handed down through practice seen by Florence during her time. Other references note that this is a practice era dated before the curriculum era where to be a nurse can have a diploma for only 2 years under vocational.at
Apprenticeship Model
The emphasis of this era are the courses included in nursing programs.
Curriculum Era
The emphasis of this era is the role of nurses and what to research.
Research Era
The emphasis of this era is carving out an advanced role and basis for nursing practice.
Graduate Education Era
The emphasis of this era is how there are many ways to think about nursing.
Theory Era
The emphasis of this era are the nursing theory guides research, practice, education, and administration.
Theory Utilization Era
What years did the Curriculum Era happen?
1900s to 1940s
What years did the Research Era happen?
1950s to 1970s
What years did the Graduate Education Era happen?
1950s to 1970s
What years did the Theory Era happen?
1880s to 1990s
What years did the Theory Utilization Era happen?
21st Century
What is the major question of the Curriculum Era?
What curriculum content should nurses study to be nurses
What is the major question of the Research Era?
What is the focus for nursing research?
What is the major question of the Graduate Education Era?
What knowledge is needed for the practice of nursing?
What is the major question of the Theory Era?
How do these frameworks guide research and practice?
What is the major question of the Theory Utilization Era?
What new theories are needed to produce evidence of quality care?
The goal of this era is to develop specialized knowledge and higher education.
Curriculum Era
The goal of this era to create isolated studies that do not yield unified knowledge.
Research Era
The emerging goal of this era to focus graduate education on knowledge development.
Graduate Education Era
The emerging goal of this era to create theories that can guide nursing research and practice.
Theory Era
The goal of this era to formulate nursing frameworks produce knowledge (evidence) for quality care.
Theory Utilization Era
What is the outcome of the Curriculum Era?
Standardized curricula for diploma programs
What is the outcome of the Research Era?
Problem studies and studies of nurses
What is the outcome of the Graduate Education Era?
Nurses have an important role in health care
What is the outcome of the Theory Era?
Nursing theoretical works shift the focus to the patient
What is the outcome of the Theory Utilization Era?
Middle-range theory may be from quantitative or
qualitative approaches
Fawcett classified nursing models as paradigms with in a more organized or specialized meta-paradigm of: (PEHN)
(1) Person
(2) Environment
(3) Health
(4) Nursing Concepts
In the beginning of the 20th century, was nursing recognized as an academic discipline or a profession.
No
This is specific to academia and refers to a branch of education, a department of learning or a domain of knowledge. Moreover, this is a branch of education or theoretical works leading to higher level of education and practice.
Discipline
What is the focus of discipline?
What nurses do?
