Nursing 1060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: History Of Nursing, Toronto General Hospital, Nursing School
6 Jun 2016
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History can provide a sense of identity by expanding your historical consciousness. Enables you to see how the past has shaped the present nursing context. Understanding our history gives us a sense of the past, our tradition of social justice and is crucial in advancing the profession and participating in health- care reform. As far back as ancient times, the sick were most often cared for by the family (mainly the women) in their own homes. Some nurses cared for the sick and were hired privately. Most notably nurses have served as midwives. 1629: first nurses to attend the sick in a type of health care centre were male attendants at a sick bay established at a french garrison in port royal acadia. Jesuit priests who came to new france as missionaries also cared for the sick: often in order to carry out missions of converting first nations to. Christianity they had to minister to the sick.
