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Chapter 02
History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing
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Objectives
1. Interpret the focus and roles of public health nurses (PHNs) through a historical approach.
2. Trace the ongoing interaction between the practice of public health (PH) and that of nursing.
3. Discuss the dynamic relationship between changes in social, political, and economic contexts and nursing practice in the community.
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Objectives, Cont’d
4. Outline the professional and practice impact of individual leadership on population-centered nursing.
5. Identify structures for delivery of nursing care in the community.
6. Recognize major organizations that contributed to the growth and development of population-centered nursing.
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Colonial Period Household members (usually women) tend to
the sick Urbanization in the early 1800s causes this
system to became insufficient England’s Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601
1751 Pennsylvania Hospital founded Early colonial PH efforts After American Revolution
First PH committee was established
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After American Revolution Public Health Service (PHS)
Established in 1798 as the Marine Hospital Service
Early experiments in providing nursing care at home Ladies Benevolent Society of Charleston (1813) Philadelphia lay nurses Roman Catholic Sisters of Charity (1854)
Shattuck Report (1850) by the Massachusetts Sanitary Commission
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Nightingale and the Origins of Trained Nursing
Need for nurses Origins of organized nursing
Pastor Theodor Fliedner Crimean War
• Improved soldiers’ health using a population-based approach
Principles of nursing• “Health of the unity is the health of the community”• Differentiated “sick nursing” for “health nursing• Proper nutrition, rest, sanitation, and hygiene necessary
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Nightingale and the Origins of Trained Nursing, Cont’d
William Rathbone Founded first district nursing association in
Liverpool, England Rathbone and Nightingale recommended steps to
provide nursing in the home, and district nursing was organized throughout England
Florence Sarah Lees Craven “Guide to District Nurses”
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America Needs Trained Nurses Need for PH nursing
Increase of women in workforce More economical to have home-visiting nurses
Origins of organized nursing 1870s – First Nightingale model nursing schools
started 1877 – Women’s Board of the New York City
Mission hired Frances Root 1878 – Ethical Culture Society of New York hired
four nurses to work in dispensaries 1885-1886 – Visiting nurse associations were
established
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District Nursing and Settlement Houses
Deplorable environmental conditions in immigrant tenement housing and sweatshops
District nursing and settlement houses established
Rural Nursing Service Occupational Health
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School Nursing in America Grew out of school absences caused by the
prevalence of infections and communicable diseases
Lina Rogers—first United States school nurse Worked with children in New York City schools She and her other school nurses found illness was
often not the reason for absence. Significant and positive impact
More nurses hired School nursing soon implemented in Los Angeles,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco
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The Profession Comes of Age in the United States in the Twentieth Century National Organization for PHN (NOPHN)
Sought to standardize PHN education 1914 – First post-training school course in PHN
offered at Teachers College in New York City 1920s to 1930s – Many newly hired PHNs had to
verify completion in a certificate program in PHN, American Public Health Association (APHA)
Established in 1872 Sought to facilitate interprofessional efforts and
promote the “practical application of public hygiene”
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PHN in Official Health Agencies and in WWI
Late 1800s – local health departments formed
Federal role in PH gradually expanded 1912 – U.S. Public Health Service role defined NOPHN loaned a nurse to the U.S. Public Health
Service• First federal government sponsorship of nurses
WWI depleted the ranks of PHNs 1918 worldwide influenza pandemic
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Paying the Bill for PHNs Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company Sheppard-Towner Act Individual commitment
and private financial support Frontier Nursing
Service
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African-American Nurses in PHN 1919: National Health Circle for Colored People
Bessie M. Hawes 1936: PHN certificate program for African-American nurses Wage discrimination in the South Nursing education segregated until 1960s
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Between the Two World Wars Economic depression
Agencies and communities not prepared to address the increased needs and numbers of impoverished• Decreased funding
Agencies that helped to support nurse employment• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)• Works Progress Administration (WPA)• Relief Nursing Service• Civil Works Administration (CWA) programs
1932 survey found only 7% of nurses working in PH were adequately prepared
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Increasing Federal Action for the Public’s Health
Social Security Act of 1935 Funded opportunities for education and
employment of PHNs Funded assistance to states, counties, and
medical districts in establishing adequate health services
Provided funds for research and investigation of disease
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World War II Accelerated need for nurses, both for war
effort and at home Nursing Council on National Defense Many nurses joined the Army and Navy Nurse
Corps. Bolton Act of 1943 established Cadet Nurses
Corps Some expansion of PHN scope of practice
Emergency Maternity and Infant Care Act of 1943 Job opportunities
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Rise in Chronic Illness National crude mortality rate decreased by
47% Change in leading cause of death from
communicable diseases to chronic diseases Aged population grew as did prevalence of
chronic disease Some visiting nurse associations provide
home-care programs Reimbursable by commercial health insurance and
later by Medicare and Medicaid Resurgance in combination agencies
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Declining Financial Support for Practice and Professional Organizations
Hospitals preferred for illness and childbirth Funding stopped for visiting nurse services Consolidation of national nursing
organizations National League for Nursing American Nurses Association
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Professional Nursing Education for PHN
National League for Nursing adopted Esther Lucile Brown’s Nursing for the Future (1948) Recommended to establish basic nursing
preparation colleges and universities• Included PHN concepts in all baccalaureate programs;
however, these were very brief components of the curricula
1950s – PHN practice increased focus on the psychological elements of client, family, and community care
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1960s Medicare and Medicaid
Did not include coverage for preventive services Home health care only reimbursed if ordered by a
physician Increase in for-profit home health agencies Reduction in health promotion and disease
prevention by local and state health departments
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Community Organization and Professional Change
Civil Rights Movement Funding increases in certain areas Economic Opportunity Act
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1970s Nurses made significant contributions to:
The hospice movement The development of birthing centers Day care for older adults and disabled persons Drug abuse programs Rehabilitation services in long-term care
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1980s Concern about high health care costs Funding shifted away from health promotion
and disease prevention to acute care National Center for Nursing Research
(NCNR) established in 1985 Gained official status within National Institutes of
Health in 1993, becoming National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
IOM’s Report The Future of Public Health (1988)
Healthy People initiative began
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1990s Health care debate focused on cost, quality,
and access to direct care services Nursing organizations joined to support health
care reform
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2000s Health Care Reform finally passed in 2010
with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
PHN organizations develop position papers on: Graduate education for advanced practice PHN Faculty qualifications for community/public health
nursing educators Importance of PHN within PH systems