1991 New York-Tidewater Chapters History of Military Medicine Essay Award recipient. A snapshot of an army nurse leader in the great war.
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M T Sarnecky
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Historiography: a legitimate research methodology for nursing.
Historical research, a methodology generally accorded scholarly recognition by other disciplines, has yet to achieve full credibility and acceptance within the profession of nursing. This article examines the historical approach and demonstrates that its products constitute legitimate knowledge for nursing. It critically analyzes various extant epistemologies and ontologies that have affected the discipline of nursing, such as logical positivism, the paradigmatic and evolutionary views, and the postempiricist approaches, and ascertains that these belief systems vary greatly in the amount of support that they provide to the historical method of research.
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A history of volunteerism and patriotism in the Army Nurse Corps.
This historical study examines the motivation to serve demonstrated by Army nurses from colonial times to the Vietnam War era. It characterizes this motivation as being predominantly patriotic and voluntary in nature as opposed to being prompted by mandatory conscription. The analysis also focuses on procurement methods aimed at obtaining nursing support that have been employed by the army throughout its 210-year history. Additionally, this study proposes that army nurses' volunteerism is in no way diminished by inducements and benefits. Finally, it suggests that adequate military nursepower might be achieved in the future without resorting to a national policy of conscription.
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Program evaluation. Part 1: Four generations of theory.
Program evaluation is necessary for understanding and improving educational programs in nursing, but it is frequently surrounded by a climate of unease and perplexity. This first article in a two-part series reviews and evaluates extant models of program evaluation using Guba and Lincoln's four generations of evaluation as a theoretical framework. The second article (November/December 1990) examines the state-of-the-art of program evaluation in nursing education and proposes implementation of a responsive model of program evaluation in schools of nursing. The series aims to foster more dynamic, efficient program analysis, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of nursing's educational programs.
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Program evaluation. Part 2: A responsive model proposal.
While program evaluation is necessary for understanding and improving educational programs in nursing, it is frequently surrounded by a climate of unease and perplexity. The first article (September/October 1990) in this two-part series reviewed models of program evaluation. This second article examines the state-of-the-art of program evaluation in nursing education and proposes implementation of a responsive model of evaluation in schools of nursing. The series aims to foster more dynamic, efficient program analysis, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of nursing education programs.
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