An analysis of the efforts of American nurses to establish nursing
as an academic discipline and nurses as valued researchers in the
decades after World War II. Nurses represent the largest segment of
the U.S. health care workforce and spend significantly more time
with patients than any other member of the health care team. Dr.
Nurse probes their history to examine major changes that have taken
place in American health care in the second half of the twentieth
century. The book reveals how federal and state health and higher
education policies shaped education within health professions after
World War II. Starting in the 1950s, academic nurses sought to
construct a science of nursing-distinct from that of the related
biomedical or behavioral sciences-that would provide the basis for
nursing practice. Their efforts transformed nursing's labor into a
valuable site of knowledge production and proved how the
application of their knowledge was integral to improving patient
outcomes. Exploring the knowledge claims, strategies, and politics
involved as academic nurses negotiated their roles and nursing's
future, Dr. Nurse highlights how state-supported health centers
have profoundly shaped nursing education and health care delivery.
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