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Fast Facts About the Nursing Profession: Historical Perspectives in a Nutshell

Fast Facts About the Nursing Profession: Historical Perspectives in a Nutshell Fast Facts About the Nursing Profession: Historical Perspectives in a Nutshell By Deborah Dolan Hunt (New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2017) (154 pages; $35.00 paperback) Recognizing the need for history content in nursing curricula and a need for an up-to-date nursing history text addressing contemporary professional issues, Deborah Dolan Hunt has compiled key facts about the nursing pr - o fession’s history—facts that are readily available in one volume and that pr - o vide a comprehensive, albeit brief historical overview. Using extensive primary and secondary resources Dolan Hunt discusses how nursing care has been provided over millennia from the ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman civi - lizations to the 21st century. The book’s chapters are organized following a social history model and include the contextual history of each chapter’s era, illustrating how policy, science, medicine, and culture influenced, and ar - e in tertwined with, nursing’s history. Although at times, facts are stated without the necessary contextual background thus leading the reader to question why or how the facts are relevant. Throughout the book, the profession’s leaders and their contributions to health care are also highlighted. There is a heavy emphasis on the history of nursing in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nursing History Review Springer Publishing

Fast Facts About the Nursing Profession: Historical Perspectives in a Nutshell

Kirchgessner, John C.
Nursing History Review , Volume 27 (1): 2 – Jan 1, 2019
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Fast Facts About the Nursing Profession: Historical Perspectives in a Nutshell By Deborah Dolan Hunt (New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2017) (154 pages; $35.00 paperback) Recognizing the need for history content in nursing curricula and a need for an up-to-date nursing history text addressing contemporary professional issues, Deborah Dolan Hunt has compiled key facts about the nursing pr - o fession’s history—facts that are readily available in one volume and that pr - o vide a comprehensive, albeit brief historical overview. Using extensive primary and secondary resources Dolan Hunt discusses how nursing care has been provided over millennia from the ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman civi - lizations to the 21st century. The book’s chapters are organized following a social history model and include the contextual history of each chapter’s era, illustrating how policy, science, medicine, and culture influenced, and ar - e in tertwined with, nursing’s history. Although at times, facts are stated without the necessary contextual background thus leading the reader to question why or how the facts are relevant. Throughout the book, the profession’s leaders and their contributions to health care are also highlighted. There is a heavy emphasis on the history of nursing in

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