Nursing 1060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Augustinian Nuns, Jeanne Mance, Toronto General Hospital
20 Dec 2015
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Nursing has undergone major changes in the past centuries as a profession. In health care, issues within the two world wars, the great depression, economic prosperity and instability afterward, were important determinants of its agenda and the issues with which it had to deal. Social and cultural issues - 9/11, technology, women"s rights, unions, health insurance: all played parts in creating issues that must be overcome in health care and nursing. Cna was a national association organizing during the early 20th century brought nurses together to address similar problems of standardizing educational standards and defining professional roles and boundaries; develop international ties to further their goals. Today greater emphasis on primary health care. Cna grew due to rising interest in sdoh (social determinants of health) Provides a sense of identity by expanding historical consciousness. See how past has shaped the present nursing context.
