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Key Historical Developments Related to Nursing Research
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Key Historical Developments Related to Nursing Research
This paper looks at key historical developments in the field of nursing research.
969 words (approx. 3.9 pages) |
4 sources |
MLA | 2009
Paper Summary:
This paper presents the events and personalities that led to the current recognition of nursing within the research community. The paper begins with a look at the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, and then continues with a discussion of the developments in the field of nursing research up until the year 2000.From the Paper:
"Nursing research has taken a long and accelerated role in the field of medicine over the past two centuries. Beginning with Florence Nightingale's creation of the first nursing school, progressing to the recognition of nursing as a unique scientific discipline with the genesis of the Nursing Research Journal, and the implementation of nursing research in the actual practice of medicine at the community, institutional, and individual levels, the scholarly research into nursing has had a significant impact upon the overall quality of healthcare throughout the world."Sample of Sources Used:
- Boyd-Monk, H. (1990). "Nursing Support of Healthy People 2000". Ophthalmic Nursing Technology, 9 (5)
- Gem-nursing.org (2005). "Nursing History". Online. Internet. Info Avail: http://www.gem-' nursing.org/Nursinghistory.php. Info. Acc: 17 June 2009.
- Kommenich, P. (2003). "Global Imperatives for Integration of Research Utilization in Nursing Education". 14th International Nursing Research Congress. Speaker's Notes. 10-12 July, 2003. Online. Internet. Avail: http://stti.confex.com/stti/inrc14/techprogram/paper_13777.htm.. Info Acc: 17
- Lindberg, J.B.; Hunter, M.L. & Kruszewski, A.Z. (1994). Introduction to Nursing: Concepts, Issues, and Opportunities, 2nd Edition. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company June 1999.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (1993). Healthy People 2000 Review 1992. Hyattsville, ' MD: Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for '
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