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  2. Wendover (Hyden, Kentucky) - Wikipedia

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    Wendover, also known as Frontier Nursing Service or Big House, is a historic house and former medical care facility near Hyden, Kentucky. Built in 1925, it is notable for its association with the American effort to professionalize midwifery , led by Mary Breckinridge (1881–1965).

  3. Timeline of nursing history - Wikipedia

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    1980 – Viola Davis Brown of Kentucky is the first African American nurse to lead a state office of public health nursing in the United States 1980 – The Roper, Logan and Tierney model of nursing , based upon the activities of daily living , is published.

  4. Waverly Hills Sanatorium - Wikipedia

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    The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former sanatorium located in the Waverly Hills neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.. In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis – known as the "White Plague" – which prompted the construction of a new hospital.

  5. Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home - Wikipedia

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    His boyhood home was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. [2] [5] William Booth Memorial Hospital owned the building at the time that it was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1966. They had been using it as a nursing school and dorm for the nursing students. The hospital is still located north of the Home.

  6. ‘Do they not care?’ Kentucky faces huge backlog of nursing ...

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    Special Report: As of June, 73 percent of Kentucky’s 277 nursing homes were listed as going more than two years without a so-called “annual” inspection. It’s putting patients at risk.

  7. History of nursing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Nursing History Review1.1 (1993): 229-246. Dawley, Katy. "Perspectives on the past, view of the present: relationship between nurse-midwifery and nursing in the United States." Nursing Clinics of North America (2002) 37#4 pp: 747–755. Fairman, Julie and Joan E. Lynaugh. Critical Care Nursing: A History (2000) excerpt and text search; Hine ...

  8. Frontier Nursing Service - Wikipedia

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    The Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) provides healthcare services to rural, underserved populations since 1925, and educates nurse-midwives since 1939.. The Service maintains six rural healthcare clinics in eastern Kentucky, the Mary Breckinridge Hospital (now part of Appalachian Regional Healthcare [2]), the Mary Breckinridge Home Health Agency, the Frontier Nursing University and the Bed and ...

  9. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Administration of nursing homes are the state to local department of health direct to local contracts, generally for-profit. [citation needed] Depending on size, staff may include those responsible for individual departments (i.e., accounting, human resources, etc.). Nursing home administrators are required to be licensed to run nursing facilities.