Assignment: History of Nursing Handout

April, 2006 University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Freshmen Seminar Homework Assignment: History of Nursing Handout A Objective: Contrast an aspect of nursing or characteristic of nurses before 1940 with what you might know about current nurses or nursing Guidelines: 1.
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University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Freshmen Seminar Homework Assignment: History of Nursing Handout A Objective: Contrast an aspect of nursing or characteristic of nurses before 1940 with what you might know about current nurses or nursing Guidelines: 1. Go to one of the suggested web sites or select one of your own 2. Criteria for selecting a web site a. Site must have historical information about nurses/nursing b. May select one of the following to report to class o May review a nurse’s personal storey o May review descriptions of what nurses did o May review a nurse and her/his contributions o May examine the dress of the nurse o May explore the equipment that nurses used prior to 1940 Recommended Web Site for Resources for History of Nursing A. http://dmoz.org/Health/Nursing/History On this site, there are a number of links to stories told by nurses from an earlier time. For instance, Beyond Bed Pans is a very intense story about what would be awaiting for nursing recruits in 1893. My aunt, My Hero is about a nurse in Flanders in 1917 as is My Beloved Poilus which are from a Canadian nurse written in 1914. B. http://enw.org/1895_Nursing.htm Interesting view of nurses and expectations C. http://www.nursing.virginia.edu/centers/cnhi/default.asp This site is interesting; try to click on Windows in Time on the right side of the page under the picture for a latest issue to read D. http://members.tripod.com/~DianneBrownson/history.html Multiple links to numerous nurse related sites. Full page of links to sites of historical interest for nurses. E. http://www.aahn.org/ Visit the grave sites listed on this page F. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6011/sld001.htm Story of Men in Nursing April, 2006

 

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