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History of Community Nursing Matrix
Complete the matrix with the following concepts, and relate the concepts to two different periods
of time in history and the present time:

• Describe each period briefly.

• Clarify the differences during each period with public health nursing and community health
nursing.
• Describe the key health issues.
• Identify community health partnerships used during this period of time.
• Describe how Watson’s Theory of Human Transpersonal Caring is related.

Historical time Nursing role in Major health Partnerships used Watson’s

period community issues theory

Past period 1 Colonial Female head of Smallpox, Early colonial A nurse is

period household took yellow fever, public health able to detect
America care of everyone cholera, efforts included the the other
with any typhoid, collection of vital person’s
1600 - 1700 sickness they and typhus statistics, improved condition of
may have. They were major sanitation, and being
were also health issues control of any (Watson,
responsible for during this communicable 1985). The
collection herbs time period. diseases theory relates
used to help the introduced through to this time
healing process. seaports period since it
(Lancaster & was essential
Stanhope, 2008). for the female
head of the
household to
recognize an
illness. In a
way, these
women were
diagnosing
and treating
their sick
family
members.
Past period 2 Industrial Hospitals were Urbanization Nursing The caring
Revolution in needed and caused poor interventions, model or
America obviously nurses sanitation in improved theory can
were required. the big cities sanitation, also be
1850-1900 Schools were of America. economic considered a
started to train Many improvements, and philosophical
nurses to help communicable better nutrition and
treat sick diseases were credited with moral/ethical
people. affected reducing the foundation for
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people living incidence of acute professional
in close communicable nursing and
quarters. disease by 1910 part of the
(Lancaster & central focus
Stanhope, 2008). for nursing at
the
disciplinary
level
(Watson,
1985). The
theory shows
the need for
nursing
education to
provide a
strong
background
of knowledge
to assist the
patient.
Current America 2000 Today, nurses The shift from The roles of The future
period look to their communicable contemporary already
history for diseases has nurses in the reveals that
inspiration, changed. The United States has all health
explanation, advancement developed from care
and prediction. of technology several sources practitioners
Information and and medicine and are a product will need to
advocacy are has managed of various ongoing work within a
used many of the social, economic, shared
to promote a diseases in and political forces framework of
comprehensive the past. (Lancaster & caring
approach to However, we Stanhope, 2008). relationships;
address the still have The addition of an mind body
multiple AIDS, H1N1 opportunity for and spirit
needs of the and Mad-Cow government (Watson,
diverse disease funded health care 1985). The
populations scares. Also, has become a theory shows
served a new health political issue with the shift in
(Lancaster & issue has many people for nursing to
Stanhope , increased in and against it. research
2008). the past 10 based
years, obesity. practice and
The super how nurses
busy lifestyle need to take
with the care of the
addition of patient’s
both parents mind, body
working full and spirit.
time has lead
to an increase
of families
going for
quick, and
usually
unhealthy
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References

Lancaster, J.; Stanhope, M.; (2008) Public Health Nursing, Population-Centered Health Care in
the Community, 7th Edition.

Watson, Jean; (1985) Transpersonal Caring and the Caring Moment Defined. Retrieved
December 18, 2010 from http://www.watsoncaringscience.org/j_watson/theory.html.