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Nursing History Subject Guide

Library Catalog Search Strategies:

• Subjects (Library of Congress) to use as suggested headings when performing a subject search in the Library Catalog:

  Nursing History

  Nursing History -- United States

  [Nurse's Name - last name, first name] Ex: Nightingale, Florence

• Medical Subjects (MESH) to use as suggested headings when performing a medical subject search in the Library Catalog:

  History of Nursing

  History of Nursing -- United States

  [Nurse's Name - last name, first name] Ex: Leininger, Madeleine

• Another effective way to search the Library Catalog if you are looking for a particular nurse is to perform a Keyword search with the nurse's name.

• Call Number Range for Nursing History:
         RT 4, RT 31 - RT 34

  Other Call Number ranges will also contain books about nursing history. Performing a Library Catalog subject or keyword search as described above is the most effective means of finding these.

  Please note that many of the books about nursing history are shelved in the Closed Stacks. The library makes regular retrievals from the Closed Stacks. Please ask for a Closed Stacks Request Form from the Reference Desk in order to obtain these materials.

Selected List of Books Available in the Ward E. Barnes Library:

Bullough, V. L., Church, O. M., & Stein, A. P. (Eds.). (1988). American nursing : A biographical dictionary. New York : Garland. BARNES RT 34 .A44 1988 v.1 & v.2

This book may prove useful to those wanting to find out about nursing in America, and information about significant leaders in the field.

Dolan, J. A., Fitzpatrick, M. L., & Herrmann, E. K. (1983). Nursing in society : A historical perspective (15th ed.). Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders. BARNES RT 31 .D64 1983

Covers the evolution and expansion of the nursing profession as depicted against the societal setting, and examines the lives of some leaders within the field.

Donahue, M. P. (1996). Nursing, the finest art : An illustrated history (2nd ed.). St. Louis : Mosby. BARNES RT 31 .D66 1996

Presents a visual and literary perspective on the evolution of nursing including descriptions of the lives of contemporary nurses and nursing pioneers.

Fitzpatrick, M. L. (1983). Prologue to Professionalism. Bowie, MD : Robert J. Brady. BARNES RT 4 .P76 1983

Provides a history of nursing education, and the role of professional organizations and credentialing within the field.

Jensen, D. M. (1943). A History of nursing. St. Louis : C.V. Mosby. BARNES RT 31 .J4 1943

Describes the history of British and American nursing leadership as well as portrayals of some of the great leaders in the profession.

Kalisch, P. A., & Kalisch, B. J. (1995). The advance of American nursing (3rd ed.). Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott. BARNES RT 4 .K34 1995

Covers the advances made in the nursing profession in the wake of the economic, demographic, and technological forces that reshaped the health care system.

Lewenson, S. B. (1993). Taking charge : Nursing, suffrage, and feminism in America, 1873-1920. New York : Garland. BARNES RT 4 .L49 1993

Examines the way that women established the profession of nursing outside of the acceptable sphere of domesticity.

Lynaugh, J. E., & Brush, B. L. (1996). American nursing : From hospitals to health systems. Cambridge, MA : Blackwell. BARNES RT 4 .L92 1996

Examines the changing nature of the field of nursing as it relates to the health care system's changing organizational structure.

Magner, L. N. (Ed.). (1997). Doctors, nurses, and medical practitioners : A bio-bibliographical sourcebook. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press. BARNES REF R153 .D63 1997

Identifies and explores the work of significant but lessor-known doctors, nurses, public health workers, practitioners and educators.

Roberts, M. M. (1954). American nursing : History and interpretation. New York : Macmillan. BARNES RT 4 .R6

Provides a view of the society that nursing served and the challenges that nursing leaders met.

Sellew, G. & Nuesse, C. J. (1946). A History of nursing. St. Louis : C.V. Mosby. BARNES RT 31 .S44 1946

Contains social history as it relates to the history of the nursing profession and descriptions of some of the leaders within the nursing field.

Snodgrass, M.E. (1999). Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing. Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO. BARNES REF RT 31 .S66 1999.

Presents the backgrounds and careers of well-known nurses along with eras of conflict and social change. Coverage spans topics from abortion to World War II.

Tomey, A. M., & Alligood, M. R. (Eds.). (1998). Nursing theorists and their work (4th ed.). St. Louis : Mosby. BARNES RESERVE RT 84.5 .N9 1998

Identifies some of the major theorists in nursing and reviews their important ideas. The book also lists their publications, and what has been written about them.

Selected List of Audio-Visuals Available in the Ward E. Barnes Library: