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“If I Am Ill May God Save Me From Being Nursed By The Ideal Nurse That Report Sets Up”: The Debate Over An International Standard In Nursing Education, 1917-1925., Jaime Lapeyre
Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière
Contemporary struggles in nursing education, including debates on jurisdiction over program approval, competency-based education, and curricula, are not new conversations amongst nurse leaders. Discussions on these very topics, spanning international borders, occurred between 1917-1925, as American nurse leaders looked to extend their influence over nursing education throughout the world. Elisabeth Crowell, an American nurse who was stationed in France with the Rockefeller Foundation’s (RF) Commission for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in France (CPTF) worked towards improving nursing education in areas of France in 1917, however, similar changes to nursing education made by American nurse leaders working in the US at …