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NURS 1161: History of Nursing Presentation: Books and Background Info

A guide to recommended sources for the History of Nursing presentation in NURS 1161.

Background Information

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Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Call Number: RT 31 S66 1999
ISBN: 1576070867
Publication Date: 1999
Place and Practice in Canadian Nursing History by Jayne Elliott (Editor); Meryn Stuart (Editor); Cynthia Toman (Editor); Meryn Elisabeth Stuart
Call Number: RT 6 A1 P59 2008
ISBN: 9780774815574
Publication Date: 2008
Containing trauma : nursing work in the First World War by Christine E. Hallett
Call Number: D 628 H35 2009
ISBN: 9780719079580
Publication Date: 2009
A history of American nursing : trends and eras by Deborah Judd; Kathleen Sitzman; G. Megan Davis
Call Number: RT 4 S65 2010
ISBN: 9780763759513
Publication Date: 2010
Fast Facts about the Nursing Profession by Deborah Dolan Hunt
Call Number: Available online
ISBN: 9780826131386
Publication Date: 2017
American Nursing by Patricia D'Antonio
Call Number: RT 4 D357 2010
ISBN: 9780801895654
Publication Date: 2010
Nursing interventions through time by Patricia D'Antonio; Sandra Lewenson
Call Number: RT 31 N87 2010
ISBN: 9780826105776
Publication Date: 2010
Florence Nightingale : the making of an icon by Mark Bostridge
Call Number: RT 37 N5 B67 2008
ISBN: 9780374156657
Publication Date: 2008
Place and Practice in Canadian Nursing History by Jayne Elliott (Editor); Meryn Stuart (Editor); Cynthia Toman (Editor); Meryn Elisabeth Stuart
Call Number: RT 6 A1 P59 2008
ISBN: 9780774815574
Publication Date: 2008
Men in Nursing : history, challenges and opportunities by Edd Faan (Editor) ; Russell E. Tranbarger.
Call Number: RT 83 M46 2007
ISBN: 9780826102218
Publication Date: 2007

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Digital Resources

Florence Nightingale Letters
Zwerdling Postcard Collection: Pictures of Nursing (NIH)
Screening the nurse: Film, fear and narrative from the 1940's to the 1970's (NLM)
A handbook of nursing for family and general use (Connecticut Training School for Nurses)
Published in 1879
70 years of RN effectiveness: A scoping review to build a comprehensive database of evidence: Reference List
Prepared by Zainab Lulat, Anastasia Harripaul-Yhap, Tasha Penney, Julie Blain-McLeod and Michelle Rey.

eBooks

History of Professional Nursing in the United States by Arlene Wynbeek Keeling; Michelle C. Hehman; John C. Kirchgessner
Call Number: Available online
ISBN: 9780826133120
Publication Date: 2017
Nursing Rural America by John C. Kirchgessner; Arlene Wynbeek Keeling
Call Number: Available online
ISBN: 9780826196149
Publication Date: 2014

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