The Need of Orientation

Goodrich, Annie W.

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“…The content of nurses’ education was under intense discussion, as were its length and admission requirements. Training opportunities ranged from correspondence courses to hospital programs lasting from a few months to 3 years and sometimes a university affiliation (Bridge, 1915; Goodrich, 1913; Tice, 1913). The nursing leadership vigorously supported a 3‐year course of study, high admission standards, and more educational content ( American Journal of Nursing , 1904, 1909a; Darling, 1913; Wheeler, 1913), but others in the occupation expressed resentment against the leadership's strong advocacy and cautioned that too much emphasis on professionalism might diminish attention to public service ( Trained Nurse , 1907a, 1907b, 1916).…”

Section: The Dual Roles and Identities Of Hospital Superintendentsmentioning

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Social Identity and Interrole Conflict for Hospital Superintendents in the Early 1900s

Arndt

2009

Nursing Forum

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PURPOSE. This research explores interrole conflict for nurse hospital superintendents in the early decades of the twentieth century. METHODS. An extensive review of nursing, medical, and administrative journals published in the early decades of the twentieth century. FINDINGS. Throughout the early decades of the twentieth century, hospital administration was dominated by nurses who were responsible for the hospital's administrative functions, participated in patient care, and oversaw the nursing school. The multiple roles were highly integrated, and the superintendent moved easily among them. This role integration was challenged as the nursing leadership worked towards professionalizing nursing and as the American Hospital Association leadership worked towards professionalizing hospital administration as a separate and male occupation. CONCLUSION/DISCUSSION. The work of the nursing leadership and of the American Hospital Association represented boundary work that made it harder to move between roles and created interrole conflict for the nurse superintendent. The conflict abated as the occupation masculinized, because the new administrator focused entirely on administrative functions, and as a man fit the recast image of the hospital executive as a business leader. The discussion links the work of today's nurse managers to this past.

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Section: The Dual Roles and Identities Of Hospital Superintendentsmentioning

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Social Identity and Interrole Conflict for Hospital Superintendents in the Early 1900s

Arndt

2009

Nursing Forum

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The Need of Orientation

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Social Identity and Interrole Conflict for Hospital Superintendents in the Early 1900s

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