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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
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[Learning by doing? The restructuring of nursing education after 1945]
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Medizin, Gesellschaft, Und Geschichte : Jahrbuch Des Instituts Fur Geschichte Der Medizin Der Robert Bosch Stiftung
|July 25, 2007
Summary
The 1960s nursing education reform shifted training from practical experience to theory, impacting patient care continuity and professional identity. This change transformed nursing from a calling to a profession.
Area of Science:
- History of Medicine
- Nursing Education Reform
Context:
- Examines the transformation of nursing education in West Germany during the 1960s.
- Utilizes oral history interviews with nurses educated between the 1930s and 1960s.
- Compares narratives from deaconesses and key figures in nursing professionalization.
Purpose:
- To analyze the day-to-day reforms in nursing education.
- To illustrate the changing image of nursing from a religious calling to a modern profession.
- To understand the impact of educational shifts on nursing practice and identity.
Summary:
- Nursing education in the 1950s emphasized practical experience and patient responsibility within a sisterhood model.
- The 1960s reform prioritized theory over experience, increasing regulation and fragmentation.
- This shift reduced patient care continuity and altered the daily roles of student nurses.
Impact:
- Nursing education reform significantly altered the professionalization of nursing in West Germany.
- The move to theory-based training impacted the development of observational skills and confidence in nurses.
- The study highlights the profound consequences of educational changes on the everyday realities of ward work.
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