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Four Responsibilities of the Tuberculosis Nurse, Circa 1919
Author(s) -
King Marilyn Givens
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00975.x
Subject(s) - dispensary , public health nurse , public health nursing , public health , club , nursing , tuberculosis , general partnership , scope (computer science) , medicine , political science , law , pathology , computer science , anatomy , programming language
Specialization in public health nursing practice was beginning to occur early in the 20th century. In a 1919 paper published in The Public Health Nurse, Mary Van Zile argued that there were four essential functions of the tuberculosis nurse. Later that year, Janet Scott reported on the results of a partnership between the tuberculosis dispensary, the Lions Club, and other Oklahoma City community organizations, which illustrated the application of Van Zile's principles, and the expanding scope of public health nursing practice.