Nursing Interventions Through Time: History as Evidence

Named a 2011 Choice Outstanding Academic Title! Designated a Doody's Core Title! "This is a must-read for nurses who are interested in where nursing has been and what nurses have done to get to the present day. " Score: 94, 4 stars --Doody's Nursing has a rich history that consistently informs contemporary practice and standards. This book, by examining pivotal historical interventions across the spectrum of clinical care, allows nurses of today to incorporate the wisdom of the past into their own daily work. Maternal-child health programs, palliative care, tuberculosis, medications, pediatric care, and diabetes care, and more are discussed. This invaluable resource documents how and why specific nursing interventions came about, what aspects of these interventions are utilized today and why, and how nurses of the past have addressed and solved the challenges of practice, from adapting to new technologies to managing the tension of the nurse-physician relationship. Learn how nurses of the past 150 years have combated the challenges of: Providing care to victims of pandemics, such as yellow fever, tuberculosis, and influenza Adapting to new medical practices and technologies throughout the 20th century Integrating cultural sensitivity into clinical care for special populations and underserved communities Bringing public health services to rural communities Fighting for public health policies that support hospice services in the United States

About the Author :
Patricia D'Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN is Associate Professor of Nursing and Associate Director, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania. She is the editor of Nursing History Review, the official journal of the American Association for the History of Nursing. Dr. D'Antonio's clinical specialty is adult psychiatric/mental health nursing, which she is a clinical specialist in. Her teaching work includes course director for "History and Health Policy," "Introduction to Professional Nursing," and associate faculty for "Nursing and Inquiry." She is the lead editor of Nurses' Work: Issues Across Time & Place (Springer, 06) and author of Founding Friends: Families, Staff, and Patients at the Friends Asylum in Early 19th Century Philadelphia (Lehigh University Press, 06). Another book, the result of NIH-funded research, is forthcoming: American Nursing: Neighborhood Work and National Mission. She has published in Journal of Women's History, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, The Canadian Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Nursing Research, The American Journal of Nursing, Nursing Inquiry, Lancet, and the Nursing History Review. A Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, Dr. D'Antonio sits on the advisory board of the United Kingdom Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery, and serves on numerous editorial boards and review committees. Her awards include the "Best of the Journal of Nursing Scholarship - Profession and Society"; the "Barbara Brodie Nursing History Fellowship" from University of Virginia; the "Lavinia Dock Award" from the American Association for the History of Nursing; and an AJN "Book of the Year award" for her co-edited, Enduring Issues in American Nursing (Springer).