...Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing. Jessica Pham Date: May 26, 2016 Instructor: Diane Schlicke University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of three major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: • Key health issues at the time • Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing • Roles and functions of community and public health nursing • Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: | |Key health issues |Key health issues and maternal deaths: Poor health care in rural Appalachian mountains. Increased number of | | |child due to lack of care and services. | |Perspective/goals |In 1925 Mary Breckenridge started the Frontier Nursing Services. The goal was to provide obstetrics to the | | |people who lived in rural settlement areas. | |Role/functions |She went to train...
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...University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of three major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles and functions of community and public health nursing Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: Florence Nightingale | |Key health issues |Unclean patient environment, poor sanitary conditions delivered by “health care staff”. | |Perspective/goals |She identified a need and advocated for formalized training for women to be trained as nurses. | |Role/functions |She identified that lack of cleanliness in patient care clinical areas was directly linked to poor patient | | |outcomes. She pushed for sanitary conditions in areas where patient care such as dressing changes and wound | | |care were performed as well as cleanliness of equipment used in patient care to reduce the occurrence of | | |wound infections leading to lower death rates. ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of 3 major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles and functions of community and public health nursing Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: America’s Colonial Period and the New Republic | |Key health issues |Communicable diseases, environmental hazards, environmental sanitation, concerns for the health and care of | | |the people in the community | |Perspective/goals |The goal was how to prevent, understand, and control diseases | |Role/functions |In 1847, the American Medical Association (AMA) formed a hygiene committee to conduct sanitary surveys and to| | |develop a system to collect vital statistics. (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p 25). | |Health partnerships |The Howard Association of New Orleans, Louisiana, responded to periodic yellow fever epidemics...
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...Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of 3 major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles and functions of community and public health nursing Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: World War I | |Key health issues |Infectious and parasitic diseases, typhoid fever, diphtheria and scarlet fever were the main issues | | |addressed. | |Perspective/goals |The goal was to improve sanitation and reduce occurrences of the diseases. | |Role/functions |Keller and Strohschein (2012) states “in 1911 efforts to control typhoid fever in Yakima County, Washington, | | |and to improve health status in Guilford County, North Carolina, led to establishment of local health units | | |to serve local populations. Public health nurses were the primary staff members of local health departments. | | ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of 3 major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles and functions of community and public health nursing Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: 2001 No Child Left Behind Act | |Key health issues |This law was signed into law by George W. Bush on January 8, 2002 (Frontline, 2013). This law is a check | | |point or educational average that measures improvement or decline in student ability through grades 3-8 | | |annually in math and reading (Frontline, 2013). The key issue is children need to be as healthy as possible | | |to perform to the best of his or her ability in school. | |Perspective/goals |The perspective that all children are important and education should be available to all children. Regardless| | |of the economic status, race, language barrier, or community environment along with making sure...
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...Historical figures that contributed to the evolution of nursing. * Two important figures that changed the evolution of the history on nursing. Linda Richards considered the first trained nurse and Lillian Wald considered the precursor of public health nursing. * * Linda Richards, who's the actual name, was Melinda Ann Judson Richards, was born on July 27, 1841, in Potsdam, New York. Linda was the daughter of Sanford Richards and Betsy (Sinclair) Richards. * Considered the first trained nurse in the United States. * 1873, she graduate of New England Hospital for Women and Children nursing school and started working at Boston Training School until 1877, later called Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing. In the same year, she traveled to England to observe at the training school set up by Florence Nightingale. * * 1878 she opened a training school for nursing at Boston City Hospital, where she was the matron and superintendent of the school. * 1866 volunteered at America Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and she was sent to Japan, where she founded the first Japanese school of nursing at Doshisha Hospital in Kyoto. * 1892 In Philadelphia founded a school at Methodist Episcopal Hospital. * * Headed nurses' training schools at New England Hospital for Women and Children, Taunton Insane Hospital in Massachusetts, Michigan Insane Asylum in Kalamazoo. * Also worked at Brooklyn Homeopathic Hospital, Hartford Hospital...
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...Development of Nursing Professionals Kelly M Mahoney Grand Canyon University Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Introduction The Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report on the future of nursing discusses the challenges facing both utilizers and providers of health care since the birth of the Affordable Care Act. In 2010, our country’s healthcare system experienced a major reconstruction second only to the evolution of Medicaid and Medicare in 1965. As of May, 2014 we saw approximately 20 million Americans newly insured under the ACA (Patient protection, 2015). In addition to recognizing the hurdles produced by such a significant alteration in health care, the goal of the report is to offer ideas, inspiration and an action oriented plan to aid in the efforts of health care workers offering unified, continuous and affordable excellent care that is available to everyone and that points us all in the direction of overall better health outcomes (The future, 2010). This paper will focus on the report’s impact on nursing education, primary care practice, nursing leadership and the changes that will result in my own personal practice as a result. Impact on Nursing Education Who we are treating is changing. How we are treating them is changing. This overhaul in healthcare demands nurses adopt a new perspective with which to meet these changes. With the evolution of the historically uninsured now being able to access healthcare, our approach to nursing must bend and...
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...The Expanding Role of Nursing in Health Promotion Robert W Lewis Grand Canyon University NRS-429V February 7, 2013 Nursing in the 21st century is being redefined. The population of the United States is increasingly diverse, with many cultural and religious influences on the health of the population. Legislative initiatives like the affordable health care act (AHC) will require a shift from the wellness-illness model to a practice focused on health promotion. When discussing a definition of health promotion published literature over the last 30 years has expanded and refined this role. One definition that is comprehensive is: Health Promotion is the art and science of helping people discover the synergies between their core passions and optimal health, enhancing their motivation to strive for optimal health, and supporting them in changing their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health. Optimal health is a dynamic balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health. Lifestyle change can be facilitated through a combination of learning experiences that enhance awareness, increase motivation, and build skills and, most important, through the creation of opportunities that open access to environments that make positive health practices the easiest choice. (O'Donnell, 2009) O’Donnell’s definition is broad and encompasses all of the areas of health promotion as it would be related to nursing practice. Health promotion might be viewed more...
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...a BSN before applying for employment. Nursing is a profession that involves skills and knowledge to provide optimum level of care. ADN versus BSN has been an issue of controversy for years. The primary focus of this paper will be discussing the differences in competencies of nurses educated in an ADN level to those educated in a BSN level. These differences include varying curriculum requirements, education content and patient outcomes. The first difference in ADN and BSN is the amount of education. The associate degree in nursing includes two years in the nursing program and can be obtained at a community or junior college. However, there are prerequisite courses required for entry into the nursing program, so ADN programs can be at least 3 years in length. Today, earning an ADN takes almost as long as earning a BSN (Orsolini-Hain & Waters, 2009). In contrast, baccalaureate degree in nursing includes four academic years of college at a four year university. Both degrees take the same NCLEX board exam for licensing and both degrees enter into the same position as a registered nurse, with similar wages and benefits. The second difference in ADN and BSN is the content and skills taught. Baccalaureate degree nursing includes all of the content of associate degree nursing, but also focuses on more in-depth studies of the physical and social sciences, nursing research, nursing leadership and management, community and public health nursing, and the humanities (Ridley, 2008). This...
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...THE IMPACT OF THE IOM REPORT ON NURSING EDUCATION With the rapidly changing health care settings and an evolving health care system ,nurses should achieve higher level of education through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression Ever changing technology and to cope the nurses need education through out life .In 2008 ,the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ( RWJF ) and the Institute Of Medicine ( IOM ) launched a two- year initiative to respond to the need to assess and transform the nursing profession .The IOM appointed the committee on the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing ,at the IOM , with the purpose of producing a report that would make recommendations for an action –oriented blue-print for the future of nursing. The nation needs highly educated nurses because of the demographics , socioeconomic factors, race and ethnicity. The US health care system was primarily built around treating acute illness and injuries but most health care today relates to chronic conditions ,such as diabetes ,hypertension ,arthritis, ...
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... April 5, 2012 Nursing is as old as human society. The general goal of nursing has not changed over time. Compassionate care of sick people to provide comfort and assurance is the conclusion of any given nursing theory. Originally nursing was considered a service, but the constantly changing needs of society resulted in the evolution of the nursing practice into a modern profession. In 1860, the first organized nursing training started at the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St. Thomas Hospital in London. The first BSN program was established in the United States in 1909 at the University of Minnesota. World War II resulted in the demand and supply mismatch of well-trained nurses. Diploma programs gained popularity at this time. They usually consisted of 2 to 3 years of education within a hospital. In 1952, associate degrees in nursing at community and junior colleges replaced them, as hospitals were finding it difficult to fund these programs. All these programs make a student eligible to take the NCLEX-RN licensure exam but they differ in their ability to provide quality nursing care, leadership roles and patient education. BSN requires four years of a college level education to prepare nurse generalists (Creasia, 2011). They complete the same education as ADN programs and continue with in-depth exposure of humanities, physical and social sciences. Nursing research, public and community health are included in the core curriculum. The American...
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...Health Promotion Health promotion is defined as the provision of information and/or education to individuals, families and communities that encourage family unity, community commitment, and traditional spiritually that makes positive contributions to their health status (Definition of wellness.Com). It is our job as providers to promote health by any means necessary to improve community wellness. The purpose of health promotion in nursing practice is to deliver health information to individuals and the community. The goal is to enlighten the community of all available services to prevent illness. Many people, families, and/or the community are not aware of all the benefits/information available to them. Health promotion helps individuals and communities to develop the capability and acquire the necessary skills to improve and maintain their health condition. This process becomes a success when the communities, families and individuals strengthened their knowledge about their health. Taking and controlling actions on health variables will result in positive change. Health promotion also creates supportive environment for health, which is backed by health public policy, (public health agency, 2009.p.1). Nursing roles and responsibilities have evolved in health promotion. Nurses have a large role to educate people on health ranging from patients to the community. We become the go to health provider. Many years ago nurses were only seen as the assistants to doctor; but...
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...In this day and age when medicine becomes more technological and industry driven, nursing needs to find its new role in the rapidly transforming healthcare system. In 2010 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published proposals about remodeling of nursing in the U.S. - “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” This report points out to the need for changes in education, expanding practice, and demonstrating leadership in nursing. This modification will have a strong effect on the nursing in future and will contribute to changes of scope and standards of practice. Impact of the IOM Report on Nursing Education In regards to nursing education IOM report proclaim, "nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression." (IOM Report, 2010). Today healthcare system is advancing rapidly and requires from all caregivers to improve their knowledge and specialization. The training and education that was given in the past to the nurses does not satisfy the demands of modern days and need to changed dramatically to allow them to keep up with rapidly changing scope of todays medicine. Nowadays, ever-growing complexity of patients demands from nurses to achieve a higher level of education in order to deliver a higher-quality patient care. To achieve this goal nursing schools have to develop new educational model, that provide competencies in decision making, quality improvement, systematic...
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...provide further insight to the following topics as they pertain to the case study and the article written by Zinn titled A good look back over our shoulders Nursing Homes & Long Term Care Management: discussion of the evolution of nursing homes in the United States; what features "shocked" or "surprised" the reader the most during the reading while reading the reader was asked what new information was learned about long term care and facilities in the United States? This assignment also discusses wither regulatory bodies are believed to justified in their formulating so many strict rules and regulations in governing long term care? To close the assignment we answered, how does the past of long term care inform the future of quality assurance in long term care settings? Discuss the evolution of nursing homes in the United States. What features "shocked" or "surprised" you the most? What new information did you learn about long term care and facilities in the United States? Are regulatory bodies justified in their formulating so many strict rules and regulations? How does the past of long term care inform the future of quality assurance in long term care settings? In the twenty-first century, nursing homes have become a standard form of care for the most aged and incapacitated persons. However, historically nursing homes were often thought of dark drab places that Americas would send their elderly when they have determined there was no further use for them in society...
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...Health Promotion in the nursing practice encourages individuals to take precautionary measures to prevent the onset or waning of an illness or disease and to adopt healthier lifestyles. Health promotion and disease prevention in nursing is now becoming the forefront of the nursing practice. Historically, nurse educators have taught patients how to manage their illnesses, but today, the focus is growing towards teaching people how to remain healthy. As more people develop awareness of activities that lead to good health and as more individuals become aware of their own health status and that of their families, the overall health of the population will improve. Hospitals and nursing associations throughout the nation are adapting the concept of health promotion and disease prevention as a key factor in the future health of the population. The World Health Organization (2014), defines Health Promotion as “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health”. Health promotion and disease prevention involves methods of care that are classified into three categories: primary prevention, secondary prevention and tertiary prevention. As nurses are advancing their careers to public health nursing (PHN) advanced practice nursing (APN), and are taking on leadership roles, nurses now more than ever, play a vital part in educating the public on all three levels of disease prevention. There are three articles of choice that will further explain how evolution...
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