This document outlines a lesson plan about the history of nursing. It discusses important figures like Mary Seacole and Clara Barton, their contributions to nursing, and the socioeconomic contexts they worked in. The objectives are for students to identify influential nurses, understand their impacts, and relate them to the time periods. It provides background on Seacole and Barton, asks discussion questions, and assigns students to research more on blogs and answer peer questions.
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Could this be an early Simulator
Lab?
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Unit # 1
Course
Objective :
#1
*Students will develop an
understanding of the
important contributions
to the nursing profession
of others from the past.
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Course
Objective
#2 Students will be able to
identify 2 historical figures
specific to nursing .
# 3 Students will understand
the Socio/Economic period
.
#4 Students will understand why these
contributions had impact at that time.
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Lamp?
Learning Objectives for
this Course
By the end of this
course nursing
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students will be able
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to:
Not unlike my
first Director of
Nurses!
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1. Identify 2 important figures in nursing history.
2. Understand their contribution to the nursing
profession.
3. Relate the Socio/Economic period.
4. Explain
why these figures had an
important impact on nursing
history.
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2 noted and valiant women who overcame enormous
prejudice one for her color and one her conviction.
Mary Seacole and Clara Barton
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Question:
How did Mary Seacole contribute to the
profession of nursing?
1. Her determination provided a
understanding within the British
Military
2. Her book published in 1857 introduced
the idea that all women even women
of color have the knowledge, courage
and understanding to provide nursing
care…. She helped blaze a trail for…
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• What was Clara Barton’s contribution to
nursing and to the world?
• 1. Humble as it was she helped nurse
soldiers in the field with little supplies and
little knowledge.
• 2. She helped to identify over 13,000 dead.
• 3. She instituted and established
The American Red Cross.
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Question:
Who first demonstrated the use of a
Pie-like Chart in order to persuade
people the need for change?
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Answer:
Nightingale may not have invented
statistical graphs, but “she may have
been the first to use them for
persuading people of the need for Nurse. Scrubs.com
change.”
( Hughes) Cohen, 2012)
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Where could the Simulator Lab Be ?
Maybe Here?
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Assignment:
1. Go to my blog called Nursing History from Personal
Diaries and read more about these ladies and more from
the past.
http://www.nursinghistoryfrompersonaldiaries.blogspot.
com
2. Go to http://www.monkeysurvey and think of 5 things
questions you would like to ask of these 2 nurses.
3. In class on Wednesday we will exchange questions and
by next Wednesday’s class after researching you will be
prepared to answer your partner’s 5 questions.
Thank You
18. References
Clara Barton: Civil War nurse Founder of the American Red
Cross. Retrieved from
http://americancivilwar.com/women/cb.html
Cohen, G. Pie Chart. Retrieved from http:///unc
North Carolina: A century of caring. Women’s History.
Retrieved from http://www.about.com
Seacole, M. ( 1857) Wonderful adventures of Mrs Seacole.
London, UK: James Blackwood. Retrieved from
http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/women
Separate but equal (2012). Nurseweek.Retrieved from
http://www.nurseweek.com/feature/99-12
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Class , This lesson plan will briefly cover contributions from nurses from the past.
I wonder what the Sim lab would have looked like in the late nineteenth century? Or maybe they are just darning socks?
You were expected to wear a white nursing cap when you were on duty at one time. They were a kind of status symbol . You got a black stripe when you became a senior and nearer to graduation. Every school then ,as now did it a little differently but, of course, caps no longer hold the symbolic importance they use to. Actually , they looked nice but were a pain to keep on your head.So our objective is to understand the personal contributions and the sacrifices of nurses from years past.
We are going to discuss 2 very different ladies from long ago. One somehow got lost in the annuals of American nursing but has since become revived and justly so. Her contributions to nursing were vastly out shadowed by her contemporary and our profession’s founder, Florence Nightingale. It was around 1854 and her noted heroics have now been reaffirmed. We are going to review her actions and the effects of the times she lived in. The other lady , instrumental in founding the American Red Cross, is someone we all are familiar with and her contributions too were affected by the events of the times.
As an additional note I would like to mention my first Director of Nurses in 1979 who had the old diploma school background. Nobody really knew how old she was or even if she had a husband. She was always dressed in white, very clean and starched, and proper. The younger nurses thought she didn’t have any other clothes. She walked around with a perpetual glare on her face for everyone except the very sick and then you saw a transformation and you caught a glimpse of why she became a nurse. Everybody was afraid of her. If she caught you in dingy whites , scuffed shoes, or hair touching your collar ,heaven help you! Now, we are going to learn a little about the influence of nurses, not unlike her, from the past, and by the end of this course you will have a better understanding of their immense struggle .
We all know about the contributions of Florence Nightingale and much about Clara Barton. However, I am going to review Barton’s actions and the reason they became effective in a man’s world. Current events and socioeconomic times dictated to some extent how and why these women were able to have a lasting place in nursing and in world history.
Mary Seacole and Clara Barton, two different ladies from different worlds . The two videos give you a brief glimpse of these ladies . The first video is approx 12 minutes long but I encourage you to watch it as it gives you an idea of the circumstances and the socio-political climate that Mary endured. The second video shows a quick look at clara and includes some interesting old photos.
She was an astute business woman and brought her own supplies to help nurse British and French, and Turkish soldiers. She opened a hotel and made money which further helped her to help the wounded.
Mary Seacole had an indirect effect on following generations. With the publication of her book she became, in Britain for a brief time, a rock star of the mid 1800’s because of her courage and endurance during the Crimea War.
Clara Barton was a caring woman but not a strong administrator and was eventually pushed out of her leadership of the Red Cross. Mostly, because it was still a man’s world. But the organization …
Continued on and grew to the number one world relief organization it is today.
Quick question. For those that don’t realize yet that nurses have always multitasked from the very beginning of our profession.
Just as a small note Florence Nightingale was a woman of many talents. Her brief meeting with Mary Seacole may or may not have shown that she was prejudice to women of color but her motives might have been due to the political atmosphere as well. She was sorely pressed to get medicines and bandages for the soldiers and maybe the idea of accepting Mary Seacole as a nurse was in part due to the lack of British public acceptance and a possible reason for with-holding funds.
If they had had a Sim Lab in those times it would probably looked like this.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
