Title: Identify significant factors in the evolution of nursing care.
Course: Practical Nursing I (14052-I) > Section: Describing Fundamental Concepts of Nursing

Identification should include

- significant historical events
- significant contributions of various nursing care professionals
- current nursing care and future trends.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What significant events have contributed to the development and practice of modern nursing? In what order would they be placed on a timeline?
- What did female nurses throughout history, such as Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, Linda Richards, Margaret Sanger, Hazel Johnson Brown, Virginia Henderson, and Claire Bertschinger, contribute to nursing?
- What did male nurses throughout history, such as St. Dominic, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Camillus de Lellis, Friar Juan de Mena, James Durham, and others contribute to nursing?
- What are examples of current models of the delivery of nursing care?
- How has the delivery of health care changed, especially in relation to community-based care (e.g., home health, outpatient services)?
- What future trends may evolve in health care?