The Origin, Growth, and Present Status of District Nursing in England

Hughes, Amy

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“…Many other examples of place enhancing care appear in a regular column in the early years of the AJN called ‘Hygiene of the Household’. In this column instructions are given to nurses in order that they learn to ‘nurse the homes as well as the patients’ (Hughes 1902, 345). An emphasis is placed on preventing the spread of infectious diseases through cleanliness and proper ventilation, demonstrating the growing influence of science on the practice of nursing at that time (McPherson 1996; Buhler‐Wilkerson 2001).…”

Section: Illustrations From the History Of American Nursingmentioning

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“…The home was recognized as a place where nurses could be more powerful than the hospital. Hughes (1902), states, ‘Nurses were placed in positions of greater responsibility in carrying out doctors orders than in hospitals’ (339). In fact, some nurses identified the home as the place where they could have a great deal of power over their patients and their homes.…”

Section: Illustrations From the History Of American Nursingmentioning

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The history of nursing in the home: revealing the significance of place in the expression of moral agency

Peter

2002

Nursing Inquiry

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The history of nursing in the home: revealing the significance of place in the expression of moral agency The relationship between place and moral agency in home care nursing is explored in this paper. The notion of place is argued to have relevance to moral agency beyond moral context. This argument is theoretically located in feminist ethics and human geography and is supported through an examination of historical documents (1900-33) that describe the experiences and insights of American home care/private duty nurses or that are related to nursing ethics. Specifically, the role of place in inhibiting and enhancing care, justice, good relationships, and power in the practice of private duty nurses is explored. Several implications for current nursing ethics come out of this analysis. (i) The moral agency of nurses is highly nuanced. It is not only structured by nurses' relationships to patients and health professionals, i.e. moral context, it is also structured by the place of nursing care. (ii) Place has the potential to limit and enhance the power of nurses. (iii) Some aspects of nursing's conception of the good, such as what constitutes a good nurse-patient relationship, are historically and geographically relative.

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Section: Illustrations From the History Of American Nursingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Illustrations From the History Of American Nursingmentioning

confidence: 99%