week 3 Flashcards
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stats about nursing in 2021
459, 005 regulated nurses
-312,382 registered nurses
- 7400 nurse practitoners
- 132,886 licensed practical nurses
- 6337 registered psychiatric nurses
what are the youngest group of nursing and whats the age
-licensed practical nurses (LPN/RPN)
41 years old
average age of nurses
43-44 years old
% of regulated nurses that are female
91%
percentage of regulated nurses by employment setting
54.6% worked in a hospital
13.7% worked in community health
13.6% worked in a nursing home/long term care
7.4% worked in other employment settings
% of employment status of nurses in the work
60.8% of the workforce was employed full time
29.6% parttime
9.5% employed on a casual basis
the beginning of nursing in canada
-canada was devastated by epidemics of infectious disease
- good nursing was the only defense
-the indigenous connection…saved colonists with health care knowlegde, herbal remedies, midwives, nurses, caregivers
- New france (1600s) first nurses were male attendants and jesuit priests
- impact of grey nuns (french sisters of charity)
-florence nightingale
more information about new france-the beginning of nursing
-Mme Hebert (lay nurse) provided care to settlers
-jeanne mance founded first hospital in quebec
- marguerite d’youville formed Sisters of Charity-first visiting nurses
- most came to ‘minister’ to the sick, motivated by the desire to educate the indigenous people
nursing in canada-the early 20th century
-reputable profession..1900-1930s
- great depression brought unemployment and hardship to nurses
- affected financial stability of universities
- world war 2-shortage of nurses, increase in funding to manage shortage, resulted in shorter times to produce more nurses (1 to 2 year programs)
nursing in canada-the mid 20th century to now
-number of programs increased
- first masters of nursing program was established at university of western ontario in 1959
- nursing began to develop scholarship and research into what nursing is and does
- PhDs in nursing in Us and in Canada (u of a-1991)
-Transition from non-integrated degree program (university responsible for theory and hospital for clinical) to inte grated degree (university has oversight of classroom instruction and clinical)
where do nurses nurse?
-nurses have traveled across geographic and national boundaries
-ex new france and across canada, west africa, missionary nursing in china, WHO, UN relief and rehabilitation administration, remote regions in canada
who were nurses
-product of society and culture
-“white single Christian women”
- segregation of pateints due to ‘differences’
- rare to see male nurses-a bit of segregation here
-1960s awareness of need for gender balance and social diveristy
- 2000s on-social justice reform for gender, race, intersectionality
the evolution of the nurse education
-first ones were financially independent…set up by nightingale
- schools then became subsumed by hospitals as a way to increase staffing
- then Hospital school
- then diploma schools
- university level educations
characteristics of hospital school
-students provided nursing care in exchange for education and living arrangements
- finanical benefit to the hospital
- poor living conditions for students
- provided education of questionable quality
what was the first diploma school and what did it do
- st.catherines training school 1874
- admission standards included plain english education, good character and christian motives
- students learned chemistry, sanitary science, physiology, anatomy and hygiene
-role of nurses was to observe patients and report “faithfully” to doctors
education reform- what was instrumental to developing baccalaureate etp in canada
-weir report (1932)-survey of nursing education in canada…confirmed insufficient classroom instruction and lack of variety in clinical experience
-1965 Royal Commision on health servcies-instrumental in transition away from hospital training schools. First to colleges as a 3 year diploma programs then they became housed in unis
who began the victorian order of nurses and what does this do
lade ishbel aberdeen
-assisted in establishing educational standards for nurses
what was another influence of educational reform
-womens rights movement
- concerned with the professional welfare of nurses, interests of women and improvement of peoples health
how do you become a member-educational reform
nations needed to have a national nursing organization
who is the first treasurer and when did canada join
many agnes snively-1899
-in 1901
when was the canadian nurses association estalished
1909
what are the contributions of CNA and provincial nursing organizations
- registration process in all provinces and territories
- work of these associations: set scope of practice, protect title of nurse, protect the public against unqualified, incompetent practice
-develop CNA code of ethics
entry to practice
1972-2001 registered nurses were taught in college (3 year diploma program) and university 4 years
if you didnt want to do bedside nursing-a post-RN BcSN was required
2001- BScN was a requirement to be an RN
in 2020 ONtario granted colleges the right to confer degress
baccalaureate entry to practice (BETP)
-1960s: transition from hospital schools of nursing to 2 year diploma programs
- 1975: alberta task force on nursing education recommended that all graduates be prepared at the baccalaureate level
- all provinces except Quebec endorsed BETP by 2010
