Purpose

The purpose of this Discussion is to apply knowledge of notable historical figures and their nursing characteristics to current and future nursing practice.

Course Outcomes

This Discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

• CO 1: Describe persons and events in nursing history from the early years through the 19th century related to leadership and provision of care. (PO 2)
• CO 2: Apply lessons from nursing history to today’s professional nursing practice. (PO 4)
• CO 4: Analyze the impact of nursing history on professional nursing roles today and in the future. (PO

SOLUTION:

Paragraph one: Explore your assigned notable figure’s story. How did your assigned notable figure display the assigned nursing characteristic?

Emma Southwick Brinton was an army nurse from Massachusetts that served during the Civil War (McMaster, n.d.). Emma showed endurance when she was sent to Virginia, along with two other nurses to care for 10 buildings filled with wounded men. (Lange, 2024) The three women faced many hardships while in Virginia. They had to sleep on the floor in the slave quarters and Brinton also contracted typhoid fever……………………KINDLY CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT FOR $10