Florence Nightingale established modern nursing in the 19th century by founding nursing schools and emphasizing nursing as an educated profession for women. Over the following decades, nursing transitioned from a vocational focus to developing a theoretical foundation to establish it as an academic discipline. This involved successive historical eras where nurses sought to define nursing knowledge and its basis in research and theory. By the late 20th century, nursing theory had evolved significantly and become recognized as the substantive body of knowledge for nursing practice.
Florence Nightingale established modern nursing in the 19th century by founding nursing schools and emphasizing nursing as an educated profession for women. Over the following decades, nursing transitioned from a vocational focus to developing a theoretical foundation to establish it as an academic discipline. This involved successive historical eras where nurses sought to define nursing knowledge and its basis in research and theory. By the late 20th century, nursing theory had evolved significantly and become recognized as the substantive body of knowledge for nursing practice.
Florence Nightingale established modern nursing in the 19th century by founding nursing schools and emphasizing nursing as an educated profession for women. Over the following decades, nursing transitioned from a vocational focus to developing a theoretical foundation to establish it as an academic discipline. This involved successive historical eras where nurses sought to define nursing knowledge and its basis in research and theory. By the late 20th century, nursing theory had evolved significantly and become recognized as the substantive body of knowledge for nursing practice.
Florence Nightingale established modern nursing in the 19th century by founding nursing schools and emphasizing nursing as an educated profession for women. Over the following decades, nursing transitioned from a vocational focus to developing a theoretical foundation to establish it as an academic discipline. This involved successive historical eras where nurses sought to define nursing knowledge and its basis in research and theory. By the late 20th century, nursing theory had evolved significantly and become recognized as the substantive body of knowledge for nursing practice.
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History Of Nursing Theory
ABIGAIL F. MONGE, RN, MAN
Presenter • The history of professional nursing began with Florence Nightingale. • She envisioned nurses as a body of educated women at a time when women were neither educated nor employed in public service. Following her service of organizing and caring for the wounded in Scutari, during the Crimean War, her vision and establishment of a School of Nursing at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London marked the birth of modern nursing. • Nightingale’s pioneering activities in nursing practice and subsequent writings describing nursing education became a guide for establishing nursing schools in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century (Kalisch & Kalisch, 2003; Nightingale, 1859/1969). • Nursing began with a strong emphasis on practice, but throughout the century, nurses worked toward the development of nursing as a profession through successive periods recognized as historical eras (Alligood, 2006a). Historical Development • In the early part of nursing’s history, knowledge was extremely limited and almost entirely task oriented. • Role of nurses where questioned; what they do, for whom where and when were determined. • The professionalization of nursing has been and is being brought about through the development and use of nursing theory. Historical Eras • Each era addressed nursing knowledge in a unique way that contributed to and is observable in the history of nursing. Within each era, the pervading question “What is the nature of the knowledge that is needed for the practice of nursing?” seems to have been addressed at the level of understanding that prevailed at that time • Nightingale’s vision of nursing has been practiced for more than a century, and theory development in nursing has evolved rapidly over the past 5 decades, leading to the recognition of nursing as an academic discipline with a substantive body of knowledge . Mid 1800’s and 1960’s • Although some nursing leaders aspired for nursing to be recognized as a profession and become an academic discipline, nursing practice continued to reflect its vocational heritage more than a professional vision. • The transition from vocation to profession included successive eras of history as nurses searched for a body of substantive knowledge on which to base nursing practice. The curriculum era emphasized course selection and content for nursing programs and gave way to the research era, which focused on learning the research process and meeting the long-range goal of acquiring substantive knowledge to guide nursing practice. Mid 1970’s 1980’s First Conference in Nursing Theory (1978) • Brought leading scholars and theorists to discuss and debate on issues regarding nursing science and theory development. Therefore, preparation for practice in the profession of nursing requires knowledge of the theoretical works of the discipline. Source: • Martha Raile Alligood, Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 9th Edition, Elsevier, edition printed in the Philippines, (2018)
Nursing History (World and Philippine Setting), Definition of Nursing, Nursing Programs, Roles of A Nurse, Scope of Nursing Practice and Prefessional Crimes