History of American Community Nursing Education

65438+At the end of 1930s, the United States began to realize the importance of pre-hospital and post-hospital care, and gradually formed the concept of perfecting community care, because statistical data showed that the maternal and infant mortality rate was obviously high. From 65438 to 0877, new york began visiting nurses, and from 65438 to 0885, family members visited nurses. /kloc-In the 20th century, home visiting nursing organizations and activities have been established in developed countries such as Britain and America. At the beginning of this century, due to social unrest in various countries, World War I and World War II and the accompanying plague epidemic, people generally realized the close relationship between social environment and disease health, and some western countries successively carried out home visit nursing, which gradually developed into organized community nursing activities. Community nursing education has been formally incorporated into nursing education curriculum. 19 10 The concept of community nursing was first introduced into the undergraduate nursing education curriculum of Columbia University in the United States, and other countries also carried out corresponding community nursing education to cultivate and train the talents needed for community nursing. Community nursing developed rapidly from 1980s to 1990s. The community nursing education of nurses has been carried out simultaneously with other education, and there are special community nursing education and training courses to train community nurses, so that they can be competent for community nursing work independently. The United States has formulated laws and regulations related to home care. Britain, the United States and other countries stipulate that anyone who wants to engage in community nursing work must first participate in clinical work as a registered nurse, and then receive special community nursing course training before applying for an administrative license to ensure the quality of community nurses and the quality of community nursing.