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Evolution of Nursing
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Ladies Benevolent Society
The Ladies Benevolent Society’s effort is the first known example of organized home care nursing in the United States. The primary recipients of the society’s care were free blacks and poor whites.
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What began as individual uplift and good works associated with the Ladies Benevolent Society’s faith became a mission complicated by the unpredictable variables of caring for the sick poor at home: family circumstances, chronic illness, and poverty.(“1700 - 1869”) -
first private psychiatric
The Friends Asylum established by Philadelphia’s Quaker community, was a new kind of institution dedicated to the implementation of “moral treatment,” then a radically new way of caring for the insane. Moral treatment, as practiced at the Friends Asylum, focused on the reproduction of a calm family-farm environment in which patients could experience themselves as responsible men and women. (“1700 - 1869”) -
Physician Joseph Warrington organizes the Nurse Society
The Nurse Society trained working women in the care of the new mother and infant, management of the sick room, and preparation of the convalescent diet. Between 1839 and 1850 about fifty nurses were employed with the Society, establishing an early practice of engaging nurses for care of the sick in the home. (“1700 - 1869”) -
successful administration of anesthesia during a surgical operation
the use of anesthesia enabled surgeons to carry out surgical operations of greater complexity and also created a need for more expert and educated patient caretakers for the intra- and post- operative periods. -
New England hospital for women and children opens a school for nurses with a one year curriculum
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congress establishes the civil works administration
among its numerous projects, this temporary program employed over 10,000 nurses in a variety of health care settings, not only offering work for unemployed nurses but also providing the delivery of essential services to the needy. -
the U.S. public health services reorganizes
a new division of nursing composed of the former division of nursing resources and the office of public health nursing of the U.S. public health service is formed and charged with increasing the number of better educated nurses in practice and improving the quality of patient care. -
president Jimmy Carter pocket vetoes Nurse Training Act Amendments
in vetoing the amendments, president carter stated that they authorized expenditures in excess of the needs of nurse training programs and cited the the need to curb inflation. nursing groups quickly refuted the contention that the supply of nurses was adequate, nothing reports of nurse shortages throughout the country. -
The National Institute Of nursing research established at the national institutes of health
the promotion of the national center for nursing research to the status of a full-fledged institute within the national institutes of health climaxed a long battle fought by nursing groups over many years. the change in status recognized the critical contributions to the nation's health made by nursing research and provided a strong base for the funding of research projects. -
health insurance portability and accountability act signed into law
The health insurance portability and accountability act protected health insurance coverage for employees wither changing or losing their jobs. the act also included significant provisions regarding maintaining the privacy and security of health data.