Abstract
The issue of power of the nursing profession has been an ongoing concern to nurses. Early nursing leaders believed that the most effective way to obtain power was through the formation of organizations for nurses. They also believed that collectively nurses could address such issues as self-regulation of nursing education and nursing practice. The attainment of this regulation would give both the profession and the association power. Thus in 1896, the American Nurses' Association (ANA) was organized as the association to represent professional nursing in the United States. Today, it represents the largest group of registered nurses. The purposes of conducting this study of the American Nurses' Association were to: (1) Trace the evolution of the professional nursing organization (ANA) relative to the development of power; (2) Illustrate structural changes and their effect upon the organization's development of power; (3) Demonstrate the use of power to the influence acceptance of controversial issues; (4) Identify changes that have occurred within the organization to promote its power.
Sigma Membership
Gamma Gamma
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Historical
Research Approach
Other
Keywords:
Professional Authority, Nursing Power, Nursing as Profession
Advisor
Eleanor Crowder
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
The University of Texas at Austin
Degree Year
1986
Recommended Citation
Freitas, Lorraine, "Evolution of the professional nursing organization: Development of power" (2019). Dissertations. 1662.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1662
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-04-04
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 8706003; ProQuest document ID: 303439075. The author still retains copyright.