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American nursing: 100 years of conflicting ideas and ideals. 1992

E D Baer

Based on historical research about nursing sponsors, actors, activities, preparation, and location of work, this paper identifies divisive themes that have recurred in American nursing throughout its history. The conflictive areas discussed are: ideals, gender, the search for status and the use of exclusion, the merger of training and practice, and the differences between ordinary nurses and nursing leaders.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007857 Leadership The function of directing or controlling the actions or attitudes of an individual or group with more or less willing acquiescence of the followers. Influentials
D008297 Male Males
D009726 Nurses Professionals qualified by graduation from an accredited school of nursing and by passage of a national licensing examination to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health. Nursing Personnel,Personnel, Nursing,Registered Nurses,Nurse,Nurse, Registered,Nurses, Registered,Registered Nurse
D004506 Education, Nursing Use for general articles concerning nursing education. Nursing Education,Educations, Nursing,Nursing Educations
D005260 Female Females
D006676 History of Nursing Study of past events and development in the field of Nursing. Nursing, History,History Nursing,Nursing History
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014933 Women's Rights The rights of women to equal status pertaining to social, economic, and educational opportunities afforded by society. Women's Liberation,Woman's Rights,Women's Status,Liberation, Women's,Right, Woman's,Right, Women's,Rights, Woman's,Rights, Women's,Status, Women's,Woman Rights,Woman's Right,Women Status,Women's Right
D049672 History, 19th Century Time period from 1801 through 1900 of the common era. 19th Century History,19th Cent. History (Medicine),19th Cent. History of Medicine,19th Cent. Medicine,Historical Events, 19th Century,History of Medicine, 19th Cent.,History, Nineteenth Century,Medical History, 19th Cent.,Medicine, 19th Cent.,19th Cent. Histories (Medicine),19th Century Histories,Cent. Histories, 19th (Medicine),Cent. History, 19th (Medicine),Century Histories, 19th,Century Histories, Nineteenth,Century History, 19th,Century History, Nineteenth,Histories, 19th Cent. (Medicine),Histories, 19th Century,Histories, Nineteenth Century,History, 19th Cent. (Medicine),Nineteenth Century Histories,Nineteenth Century History

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