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Chapter 1

World Events, Trends, and Leaders in Nursing

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AAMN American Assembly for Men in Nursing
Army School of Nursing established during world war 1, graduated 500 nurses after 3 years in 1921
Annie W. Goodrich Dean of Army School of Nursing, advocate for university educated nurses, educators and administrators
Black Death 1300's Bubonic Plague swept through Asia, Africa and Europe. Killed 1/4th of the worlds population
Bolton Act 1943 Nurse training act of 1943, Ohio congresswoman and Healthcare Reformer Frances Payne Bolton, barred discrimination of minorities in nursing schools. Improved education standards.
US Cadet Nurse Corps created in response to the nursing shortage of ww II, set a precedent in nursing education and set aside federal funds for nursing schools outside of hospitals, through government scholarships, graduates served in military, federal and civilian hospitals
Comstock Act 1873 forbade the dissemination of birth control information and birth control devices
Margaret Sanger 1876 - 1966 worked with poor women in New York city, dedicated to the distribution of birth control information when it was illegal to do so under the Comstock Act. Considered the founder of Planned Parenthood. Established the first birth control clinic in 1916
Planned Parenthood Federation public access to information and healthcare regarding birth control, sex and women's health issues
Dark ages of Nursing 1517 Changes in religious orders created a loss of nurses within the religious structures of the past. Hundreds of Hospitals were closed. Nurses were recruited from the population in lieu of jail sentences.
Deaconess 1st Century AD Unmarried or widowed Christian women chosen by church leadership to tend to the needs of the poor and the sick in their congregations and communities. Brought people food, money, prayers, medicine and basic nursing care.
Ebers Papyrus 1550 BC Ancient prescriptions for over seven hundred remedies written in hieratic script. The oldest preserved medical document in the world
FNS - Frontier Nursing Service founded by Mary Breckinridge in rural Appalacia in 1925. Provided midwifery and promoted nursing education in midwifry
American Association of Nurse Midwives Established by the FNS in 1929 to promote midwifery education. First school of nurse midwifery opened in NY in 1932.
Mary Breckinridge 1881 - 1965 certified as a nurse midwife at the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies. In Scotland observed the system of decentralized health care that became the model for the FNS. Studied public health nursing at Colombia.
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing FSMFN In Kentucky educates nurse midwives, family nurse practitioners and women's health care nurse practitioners, www.frontiernursing.org
The Comstock Act of 1873 A law forbidding both the dissemination of birth control information and the distribution of birth control devices.
Army School of Nursing American military school of nursing established during World War I.
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