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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464327303321

Titolo

Nursing rural America : perspectives from the early 20th century / / John C. Kirchgessner, Arlene Keeling, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Springer Publishing Company, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8261-9615-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

362.1/04257

Soggetti

Rural nursing - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Notes; Share Nursing Rural America: Perspectives From the Early 20th Century; Chapter 1: Town and Country Nursing: Community Participation and Nurse Recruitment; American Red Cross Rural Nursing Service (1912 to 1913); The First Year; Community Participation; Access to Care; The Work; Additional Education for Rural Practice; Insufficient Workforce; Town and Country Nursing Service (1913 to 1918); Bureau of Public Health Nursing (1918 to 1932) and Public Health Nursing and Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick (1932 to 1948)

Insufficient Number of Qualified Rural Public Health NursesConcluding Years of the Arc Rural Public Health Nursing Service; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2: Public Nursing in Rural Wisconsin: Stretched Beyond Health Instruction; The First County Nurses; Defining the Work of the County Nurse; Nurse-Physician Relationships; The Reality of Budgetary Constraints; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: School Nursing in Virginia: Hookworm, Tooth Decay, and Tonsillectomies; Origins of School Nursing; Rural Schools; Advances in School Health; Hookworm and Sanitary Surveys; Transportation and Distances

Specialty ClinicsGaining Access to Families; Financial Barriers; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Nursing in Schoolfield Mill Village: Cotton and Welfare; Development of an Industrial Nursing Specialty;



The Southern Cotton Textile Industry: 1880-1930; Culture, Work, and Health in Southern Textile Mill Villages; Establishing Trust; An Unsafe Environment; A Need for Improved Nutrition; Focus on Safety; Practicing to the Full Extent of Their Education; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Schoolfield Village, Dan River Mills, Virginia; Conclusion; Notes

Chapter 5: Care in the Coal Fields: Promoting Health Through Sanitation and NutritionFrom Mountaineers to Miners; Coal Company Care; Health Care Aboveground and Underground; Nurses in the Coal Fields; Koppers Nurses Improve Access to Care; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Mary Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service: Saddlebags and Swinging Bridges; Roots of the Frontier Nursing Service; A Rural Nurse-Midwifery Service is Born; Rural Health Model; Challenges of a Rural Nurse-Midwifery Service; Advantages of the Rural Setting; Living and Working in Impoverished Mountain Communities

Using the Full Extent of KnowledgeConclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: Migrant Nursing in the Great Depression: Floods, Flies, and the Farm Security Administration; The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl; The Ditch Camps; Promoting Health; Government "Suitcase Camps"; Practicing at the Full Extent of Their Education; Gaining Trust; Following the Crops; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8: Nursing in West Texas: Trains, Tumbleweeds, and Rattlesnakes; Exploring the Pecos; Ranching and the Railroad; Texas Tea; The Early West Texas Oil Industry; Roughnecks and Rattlesnakes; "Like a War Zone"; An Offer Accepted

A New Life in West Texas

Sommario/riassunto

""Each chapter depicts nurses facing and overcoming a multitude of challenges as they addressed the medical needs of rural Americans. Because of their spirit of acceptance and community cooperation, their outcomes were remarkable: fully immunized communities, a decrease in mortality rates, statewide health policy implementation, and growth in community pride. The resilience of these nurses and their communities serves as a source of professional pride for problems solved and health enhanced."". -Mary S. Collins , PhD, RN, FAAN. Glover-Crask Professor of Nursing. Director, DNP Program. Wegmans