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Nursing And Health Care In Jacksonville, Florida, 1900-1930, Linda Emerson Sabin
Nursing And Health Care In Jacksonville, Florida, 1900-1930, Linda Emerson Sabin
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This study examines the development of nursing as a vocation, in the early twentieth century, within the context of a growing southern city and an evolving health care system. Nursing advanced from a domestic service to a recognized vocation during this era. An extensive survey of historical and nursing literature revealed few studies which focus on nursing and health care in an urban context. Those studies identified gave only brief glimpses of nurses and focus on northern cities. This investigation aims to add a southern chapter to the history of nursing and health care in urban settings.
A community systems …