Nursing has been called the oldest of arts and the youngest of professions, and caring for the sick certainly has powerful historical, cultural and traditional roots. This book tells the story.
Nurses and Nursing
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Description
Nurses and Nursing is part of the Britain’s Heritage series, which provides definitive introductions to the riches of Britain’s past and is the perfect way to get acquainted with nurses and nursing in all their variety. Following a brief introduction this book settles firmly into the nineteenth century, before moving through two World Wars and onwards to the NHS and beyond. It is organised into easy to navigate chapters and fully illustrated in colour throughout.
Community nursing looks at the birth of district nursing, Poor Law nursing and nurses as midwives. The chapter, Nursing as a Profession explores the roles of individuals such as Ethel Bedford Fenwick, the Nurses Registration Act and so on. The role of nurses during both wars is covered in both an overview as well as the personal stories of individual nurses involved. The final chapter brings us almost up to the present day, with statistics dating to 2019 where it is stated, The RCN could claim to be the world’s largest nursing union and professional body, representing over 400,000 registered nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants in the UK and internationally, as well as around 35,000 nursing students. The book ends with a helpful list of suggestions as to where to visit, as well as information on nursing journals, where to go for research purposes, useful websites and further reading.
Author – Dr Susan Cohen
Publisher – Amberley Publishing
Format – Paperback
Pub date – 2019
ISBN – 9781445683287
Illustrated
Pages – 64
Dimensions – 165mm x 234mm
Weight – 213g
