week 5: where have we come from? Flashcards
(39 cards)
who did Canadian nursing history start with?
indigenous healers
what are the 2 types of encounters between indigenous people and newcomers?
- provision of medicinal knowledge
- shared experience of child birth
when did catholic nursing sisters build a network of nurse run hospitals?
1637
catholic nursing sisters were..
leaders at a time when there were no other employment options
what 3 leaders were a part of the catholic nursing sister era?
-Marie Herbert
-Jeanne Mance
-Grey Nuns
Nursing in the late 1800’s was known as..
the era of apprenticeship
how was nursing in the late 1800’s evaluated?
it was evaluated on getting work done and appearance
what was the nurse-physician relationship like during the 1800’s
nurses were considered handmaiden to physician
when was the first hospital training school in Canada established?
1874 in St.Catherines
How did hospital training schools impact the standard of care?
hospital training schools ensured a higher standard of care
how was nursing impacted post WW1
poor farming conditions in prairie provinces resulted in poverty
what were the 3 main sections of the operational structure developed by the CNA in 1920?
- public health nursing (1920)
- private duty (1921)
- nursing education (1924)
when was the registration of nurses introduced?
post WW1: 1914-1928
how did the great depression impact healthcare?
-no Canadian health act, or unemployment insurance, or accessibility to health care
-steady increase in people needing hospital care
-concern of severe nursing shortage and quality of nursing education
what were the main epidemics during the great depression?
-TB
-thyroid fever
what year did the great depression occur?
1929-1939
what were the challenges and priorities of nursing during WW2
-priority was to enhance nursing education
-challenge was treating the sick
How did the end of WW2 effect nursing
-severe shortage of nurses affecting delivery of public health services
-nursing field abandoned traditional system of racial and gender segregation
when was the first masters program established at uwo?
1959
how did abandoning the traditional system of racial and gender segregation impact nursing post WW2?
it opened up equal educational, professional, and employment opportunities to all nurses
how did the 1960’s affect nursing?
more support for nursing education and research
how did the CNA evolve during the 1960’s?
The CNA voted to create a fund for continuing education
-not a charitable organization
- formed a charitable organization known as the Canadian Nurses Foundation
The CNA began to assess and establish a national system of accreditation for nursing schools
How was nursing impacted during the 1970’s and 1980’s?
-undergrad program developed an adaptive framework
-number of doctoral-prepared faculty increased
-first comprehensive proposals for a health cost strategy were made to help diminish costs
who developed the CNA code of ethics in 1979?
sister simone
