《Nursing For The Future A Report Prepared For The National Nursing Council》

INTRODUCTION7

CHAPTER ⅠEXTENSION OF HEALTH SERVICES25

The Hospital as a Community Health Center25

Expansion of Public Health Services30

Larger Financing of Health Services31

Maintenance of Health as the Future Goal33

CHAPTER ⅡFUTURE DEMAND FOR NURSING CARE42

Present Conditions in the Practice of Nursing45

Present Conditions in Nursing Education48

Deterrents to Future Developments51

CHAPTER ⅢDIFFERENTIATION OF NURSING SERVICE ACCORDING TO FUNCTION57

The System of Nongraduate Nursing Service58

Objections to Extended Use of Assistant Personnel60

Engineering as an Example of Differentiated Functions63

Building Nongraduate Personnel into Integrated Service Teams66

CHAPTER ⅣFUTURE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL NURSE73

The Clinical Nurse as Skilled Technician78

The Clinical Nurse as Minister to the Healing Art84

Difficulties in Extending Psychotherapy85

Necessity for Increasing Salaries and Prestige92

The Nursing Specialist95

CHAPTER ⅤEDUCATION FOR PRACTICAL AND GRADUATE BEDSIDE NURSES101

Preparation for the Practical Nurse101

The Graduate Bedside Nurse106

Proposals Concerning Hospital Schools of Nursing108

Socially Undesirable Schools109

Relatively Good Schools116

Distinguished Schools127

Schools of Specialized Hospitals132

CHAPTER ⅥEDUCATION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL NURSE138

Need for Both Academic and Professional Training138

Integration of Academic and Professional Curricula140

Integration as a Pattern for Future Nursing Education143

Experiments in the Integrated Curriculum145

Inherent Advantages148

Requirements for Establishing Sound Professional Schools151

Organizational Structure151

Facilities153

Faculty159

Financial Structure163

CHAPTER ⅦRESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE174

Existing Collegiate Schools Contrasted with Resources Needed174

Desirability of Broad Planning178

＂Recruitment＂for Nursing Education and Service186