Main description:

The Foundations of Modern Nursing in America reprints a distinguished selection of important texts published in this field over the last century, authored by some of the most eminent names in nursing including Lavinia Dock (Secretary for the Council of Nurses for over 20 years), Adelaide Nutting (the first ever professor of nursing), Clara Weeks-Shaw, Darlene Clark Hine, and Susan Reverby. The collection deals with issues such as the education and training of nurses, hospital management, the history of anesthesia, and issues of race and ethics in the nursing profession.

Contents:

Volume I: A Textbook of Nursing Volume II: Hospital Management Volume III: Nursing Problems and Obligations Bound with A Sound Economic Basis for Schools of Nursing Volume IV: The Evolution of Public Health Nursing Volume V: Ethics for Modern Day Nurses bound with The Practical Nurse Volume VI: The Education of Nurses Volume VII: History of Anesthesia Bound with Black Women in the Nursing Profession Volume VIII: A Lavinia Dock Reader Bound with the East Harlem Health Center Demonstration