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Although much of nursing ethics can appear similar to medical ethics, there are some factors that differentiate it. Breier-Mackie [5] suggests that nurses' focus on care and nurture, rather than cure of illness, results in a distinctive ethics. Furthermore, nursing ethics emphasizes the ethics of everyday practice rather than moral dilemmas. [2]
Ethel Gordon Fenwick (1856–1947), British nurse who campaigned for a law limiting nursing to "registered" nurses only Erna Flegel (1911–2006), Adolf Hitler 's nurse Alma E. Foerster (1885–1967), American nurse who served in World War I , received the Florence Nightingale Medal (1920) and then worked in the United States Public Health Service
2009 – Carnegie Foundation releases the results of its study of nursing education, "Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation". 2010 – Institute for the Future of Nursing (IFN) releases evidence-based recommendations to lead change for improved health care. [101]
US nurses have recited the pledge at pinning ceremonies for decades. In recent years, many US nursing schools have made changes to the original or 1935 versions, often removing the "loyalty to physicians" phrasing to promote a more independent nursing profession, with its own particular ethical standards. [3]
Specific ways nurses can become the leaders of change in 2025 include: Waste reduction efforts : Hospitals in the U.S. generate about 5 million tons of waste annually, or over 29 pounds per bed ...
The Living Legend designation from the American Academy of Nursing is bestowed upon a very small number of nurses "in recognition of the multiple contributions these individuals have made to our profession and our society and in recognition of the continuing impact of these contributions on the provision of health care services in the United States and throughout the world."
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a 501(c)(6) professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing. It started in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae and was renamed the American Nurses Association in 1911. [3] It is based in Silver Spring, Maryland [4] and Jennifer Mensik Kennedy [2] is the current president.
Say Little, Do Much: Nurses, Nuns, and Hospitals in the Nineteenth Century (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2001). Olson, Tom Craig, and Eileen Walsh. Handling the Sick: The Women of St. Luke's and the Nature of Nursing, 1892-1937 (Ohio State UP, 2004), the story of 838 women who entered St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses, St. Paul, Minnesota.