Chapter  Preface
Chapter  Chapter 1  Introduction: Seven Trends in Nursing
Chapter  Chapter 2  Nursing in the American Colonies From the 1600s to the 1700s: The Influence of Past Ideas, Traditions, and Trends
Chapter  Chapter 3  Prelude to Modern American Nursing: The Work of Florence Nightingale
Chapter  Chapter 4  Nursing in the United States During the 1800s: Inspiration and Insight Lead to Nursing Reforms
Chapter  Chapter 5  Nursing in the United States From 1900 to the Early 1920s: A New Century Brings Novel Ideas and Social Concerns
Chapter  Chapter 6  Nursing in the United States From the 1920s to the Early 1940s: Education Rather Than Training for Nurses
Chapter  Chapter 7  Nursing in the United States From the 1940s to the Early 1960s: Professionalism, Educational Reformation, and Acceptance of Minority Nurses
Chapter  Chapter 8  Nursing in the United States From the 1960s to the Early 1980s: Decades of Change--Regional Conflict, Segregation, and Specializaton
Chapter  Chapter 9  Nursing in the United States From the 1980s to the Present: New Opportunity, Technological Advances, Nursing Autonomy and Globalization
Chapter  Chapter 10  Envisioning the Future of Nursing: Global Nursing, National Healthcare Reform, and Nurse Socialization
Chapter  Chapter 11  Information Technology and the Continued Study of Nursing History: Research Tips and Relevant Resources
Chapter  Photographic Credits
Chapter  Index