THE REDEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING: THE AULTMAN HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING EXPERIENCE (OHIO).
Contributors: University of Akron.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Education, History of.
Description: Nursing in the United States is an essential part of the society out of which it grew and within which it has been evolving. The purpose of nursing has been defined by society. As society changes, the definition of nursing changes. Society recognizes the authority of nursing as legitimized through a superior knowledge base. The concept of a quality knowledge base has historically been based upon a baccalaureate degree in nursing as a minimum requirement for the professional nurse.

Historical explanations are described as to why nursing remained out of the setting of the college or university for such a long period of time. Today's lifestyle of acceleration, change and adaptive struggles are different from the turn of the century. The needs of society and the dimensions of health are different. Thus nursing education must respond to these needs and changes. The historical factors raise certain questions pertaining to nursing preparation. Are current schools of nursing preparing graduates to meet these needs? Is the hospital school of nursing curriculum keeping up with the changes in nursing and health care? Are these models available for a hospital school of nursing to merge with a small liberal arts college to formulate a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program? Whar are the steps to be taken to develop this program? It is within this framework that baccalaureate preparation for professional nursing is presented.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-11, Section: A, page: 3999.

Thesis (ED.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, 1987.

School code: 0003.