BSN Library Resources

NURSE LEADERS

The following resources are suggested to assist the Historical Influential Leader in Nursing Assignment in course NUR 3805, Professional Roles and Dimensions.

PRINT BOOKS

In the Library Online Book Catalog, search for individual leaders using Subject = name
Try these subject searches:

Subject =

History of Nursing
Nurses – Biography
Nurses – History

These are some print books you can find in the HEC Library at the Reference desk:

Bullough, V. L., Church, O. M., & Stein, A. P. (Eds.). (1988-2000). American nursing: A biographical dictionary. New York: Garland.
RT34. A44 1988 (2 copies, circulating and reference)

Davis, A. T. (1999). Early Black American leaders in nursing: Architects for integration and equality. Boston: Jones and Bartlett.
RT83.5 .D38 1999

Donahue, M. P. (1996). Nursing, the finest art: An illustrated history. St. Louis: Mosby
RT31 .D66 1996

Dossey, B. M. (2000). Florence Nightingale: Mystic, visionary, healer. Springhouse, PA: Springhouse Corp.
RT37.N5 D67 2000           

Houser, B., & Player, K. (2004). Pivotal moments in nursing: Leaders who changed the path of a profession. Indianapolis: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.  
RT34 .H68 2004

Kalisch, P. A. (2004). American nursing: A history. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
RT4. K34 2004

Safier, G. (1977). Contemporary American leaders in nursing: An oral history.New York: McGraw-Hill.
RT4. S23

Snodgrass, M. E. (1999). Historical encyclopedia of nursing. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
REF RT31 .S66 1999

RESERVE ITEMS

Book chapters pertaining to Josephine Goldmark and Mabel Staupers can be found on Reserve in the HEC Library.  Materials are in BSN folders under Dr. Conner’s name.  Ask at the circulation desk for these items to be used inside the library.  The books are entitled, Black leaders of the twentieth century (re Staupers) and Outstanding women in public administration (re Goldmark). 

E-BOOKS

Access NetLibrary ebooks on the Library Online webpage using login=spc and password=strong.

• In the Basic Search box, try the nurse leader’s name as a Keyword or Author.
• In the Advanced Search box, search Subject= Nursing—History

Examples of NetLibrary ebooks available for viewing include these titles:

Hine, D. C. (1989). Black women in white: Racial conflict and cooperation in the nursing profession, 1890-1950. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Mortimer, B., & McGann, S. (2005). New directions in the history of nursing: International perspectives. New York: Taylor & Francis Routledge.

Schultz, J. E. (2004). Women at the front: Hospital workers in Civil War America. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.

LIBRARY DATABASES

In Library Online search some of the following individual databases for names of nurse leaders and/or nursing history.  Remember, student login name = spc and password = ___  call library for password or check BSN Nursing Commons

• Academic Search Complete
• Biography Resource Center
• CINAHL
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
• WilsonWeb OmniFile Mega

WEBSITES

• American Association for the History of Nursing – http://www.aahn.org

Explore tabs at top of web page entitled Nursing History, Resources, and Research

• American Nursing Association Hall of Fame Inductees – http://www.nursinginsider.com/hof/alphalst.htm

Bios and photos of those who have significantly impacted the profession

• Biographies of Notable Women – http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_list.htm

A to Z list of famous women

• Encyclopedia Britannica – search Google using “nurse site: eb.com”

Profiles of 300 women who changed the world

• Gravesites of Historically Significant Nurses – http://www.aahn.org/gravesites/graves.html

Brief biographies, pictures, bibliographies, and web links

• History of Nursing – http://www.ntpr.org/3_History.shtml

NTPR Project integrates nursing theory, practice, and research

Also links to nursing theorists here – http://www.ntpr.org/
 

• Nursing History Internet Resources – http://www.aahn.org/weblink.html

Internet links related to nursing history

• Selection of Letters Written by Florence Nightingale – http://clendening.kumc.edu/dc/fn/

Correspondences and links to other resources

• Sigma Theta Tau, Nursing Honor Society – http://www.nursingsociety.org/index.html

• SFCC Nursing Leaders Page –

http://inst.sfcc.edu/~health/Nursing/Nursing_old/old%20stuff/History.htmm

Nursing history, leaders, and organizations

• Voices from the Past, Visions of the Future – http://www.nursingworld.org/centenn/#exhibit

Summary of selected benchmarks in history of American Nursing Association.

          Compiled by Dr. Carolyn Poole, Baccalaureate Program Librarian