Similarities and Differences on Image of Nursing (Essay Sample)

Similarities and Differences on Image of Nursing
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Similarities and Differences on Image of Nursing
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According to E.D. Baer (2012) a lady whose child did not survive birth or was ready to wean her kid or had shown the capabilities of nursing more than one infant would accept the job opportunity as a wet nurse and this meant her going to live with her employer. As highlighted by E.D. Bear (2012) The home, indeed, was the focal point of health awareness and for centuries it remained to be with all nursing being home nursing in most parts of North America. Then came the rise of the civil war that led to the growth of hospitals and the improvement of nursing as a credentialed calling and the outcome was a blast of nursing schools in the late nineteenth century. This paper outlines the similarities and differences between the handmaiden image of nursing in the past and today's image of nursing.
As Sandy Summers (2010) points out, Curricula enhanced then again, to a limited extent due to the advancement of a convention with white caps in most cases: every nursing school had a particular top that ladies wore after graduation. Sandy Summers argues that back then and know her educational background could not be mistaken and so is today
Astigmatic in his article states that back then they wore uniforms that were stiff and uncomfortable with an apron included. He also focuses on the law pay rate they earned back then as compared to what the practitioners earn today. He goes further to explain that back then they were not to relate with their patients at any level leave alone to know his or her name. He further notes that back in the days nurses lived within the hospital unlike today
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