TY - BOOK ID - 48304418 TI - Frontier Nursing in Appalachia: History, Organization and the Changing Culture of Care PY - 2019 SN - 3030200272 3030200264 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Nursing—Study and teaching. KW - Health administration. KW - Social medicine. KW - Nursing Education. KW - Health Administration. KW - Medical Sociology. KW - Medical care KW - Medical sociology KW - Medicine KW - Medicine, Social KW - Public health KW - Public welfare KW - Sociology KW - Medical ethics KW - Medical sociologists KW - Social aspects KW - Nursing KW - Rural health services KW - Medical services, Rural KW - Rural medical services KW - Community health services KW - Medicine, Rural KW - Regional medical programs KW - Rural health KW - Clinical nursing KW - Nurses and nursing KW - Nursing process KW - Care of the sick KW - Escoles d'infermeria KW - Història de la infermeria KW - Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. (Estats Units d'Amèrica) KW - Història de la ciència KW - Infermeria KW - Ensenyament de la infermeria UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:48304418 AB - This book provides a historical analysis of the Frontier Nursing Services in the Eastern Appalachians of the United States, as well as a review of the oral history tradition of former frontier and non-frontier nurses. The data was gathered from 2003 to 2007, and the historical part covers the years 1900 to 1970. The objective of the study presented here was to conduct interviews with former frontier and non-frontier nurses in order to better understand their family and personal relationships, and the experiences that motivated their career choices. These interviews also give a voice to the working and middle-class women of the FNS. The emerging themes include moral inhabitability in work/education environments, the generational mix, nurse-physician and male-female relationships at the workplace, the role of technology, humanitarian versus financial rewards, and the public image of nurses. In addition, the book examines how the FNS shifted from a community/grass-roots structure to the corporate/business model of healthcare delivery employed today. In closing, it stresses the importance of explorig past nursing in order to better grasp present nursing. It also represents a testament to the professional work and vital contributions of frontier nurses. ER -