The Evolution of Nursing

Josephine Bracken and Rose Sevilla de Alvaro

Period of Intuitive Nursing/Medieval Period

Kaiserswerth Institute in Germany

<p>Defined and specialized knowledge base, control and authority over training and education, credentialing system and registration to ensure competence, altruistic service to society, a code of ethics, formal training within institutions of higher education, lengthy socialization to the profession, autonomy (control of professional activities)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Clear and focused knowledge foundation, command and authority over education and training, credentialing and registration are used to guarantee competency, benevolent assistance to society, a code of conduct, formal education in higher education institutions, extensive socialization to the field, control over one's professional activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The history and philosophy of science are important as a foundation for exploring whether scientific results are actually true. As nurses, our practice should be based on truth and we need the ability to interpret the results of science. Nursing science provides us with the knowledge to describe, explain and predict outcomes. The legitimacy of any profession is built on its ability to generate and apply theory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Epistemology is the study of the theory of knowledge.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Melchora Aquino (Tandang Sora) nursed the wounded Filipino soldiers, provided them shelter and food. Captain Salomen and Agueda Kahabagan also provided nursing care to the wounded soldiers. Trinidad Tecson (Ina ng Biak na Bato) stayed in the hospital at Biac na Bato to care for the wounded soldiers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Nightingale Training School of Nurses, opened in 1860 at St. Thomas Hospital in London, marked the establishment of formal nursing education and nursing service. It provided theory-based knowledge and clinical skill building for nurses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first nursing schools established in the Philippines were UST College of Nursing in 1877, St. Paul's Hospital School of Nursing in Intramuros Manila in 1900, Iloilo Mission Hospital Training School of Nursing in 1906 (which graduated the first trained nurses in the Philippines), St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in 1907, Mary Johnston Hospital School of Nursing in 1907, and Philippines General Hospital school of Nursing in 1910.</p> Signup and view all the answers