Do an Individual Research on Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice.

Indicate the references of your synthesized research.

According to Britannica, nursing is a profession that is essential for the

sustainable care of the sick, injured, handicapped, and dying. While it is right,
Virginia Henderson also defined nursing as the act of taking care of people, whether
they were ill or well. It is a profession that assesses people's health status and assists
them in engaging with activities that may help them stay functional and healthy. The
disciplined application of a vast scope of specialized knowledge and skills obtained
from the biological, physical, and behavioral sciences to individual health care,
treatment, counseling, and education is called Nursing Practice. As the nursing
profession expanded in response to the changing needs of the community. Evolving
societal structures required innovative nursing techniques and practices as it
progressed throughout history. As a result, habits, discipline, values, and
understanding were formed and evolved in response to the changes in the
demographic and the health concerns of the society. 
In the past, the nursing community considered that the term "nursing"
should be understood in the following manner: a profession of a caring character. In
the 1700’s, local governments developed institutions to care for the sick who didn't
have families or other means of support during the early colonial era of the United
States. Throughout many aspects, creating institutions to care for the sick in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was more self-serving than altruistic. To isolate
the sick and possibly contagious people from the healthy individuals, local
governments established such facilities due to the frequent occurrence of epidemic
diseases. One of the facilities was Pennsylvania Hospital, the first private hospital in
the British colonies, founded in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Hospital was created
by Benjamin Franklin, a strong advocate for high-quality nursing care. Incorrect
nursing care in the past unfortunately lead to a lot of individuals' suffering and
death.
The majority of the population remember nursing with the work of Florence
Nightingale, an upper-class British woman who astonished the world by leading a
troop of female nurses to the Crimean War in October 1854 to provide nursing care
to British soldiers. Nightingale was successful in establishing patient care education
in a number of institutions in England upon her return. The "Nightingale Principles,"
created by Nightingale, were a set of beliefs regarding how nurses should be taught
that were centered around these institutions.
Throughout history, the majority of health care was provided at home by
family, friends, and neighbors who were well-versed in holistic therapies. Until the
eighteenth century, family-centered health care was the norm in the United States.
Health care provided by people other than family and close friends was usually
restricted to epidemics and plagues that struck towns and cities on a regular basis.
However, by the turn of the century, urbanization and industrialization had
transformed the method in which ill individuals were cared for, and in many cases,
where they were cared for. There was a rise in demand for nurses who could offer
meaningful care to people who didn't have the money to provide their own, and as
the number of hospitals grew, so did the need for nurses who could provide careful
care to those who couldn't afford it.
Contemporary Nursing gave light to a diverse definition of the profession,
starting with the influence of Florence Nightangle who defined nursing as an art.
After the Nightingale reforms were a success, nurse training programs quickly rose to
prominence, initially at voluntary hospitals in London. The primary objective of
nurses, according to Virginia Henderson, one of the first contemporary nurses to
define nursing, is to aid the person, sick or healthy. Since nurses connect with people
even when recovery is not attainable, Henderson regarded the nurse as concerned
about both the healthy and sick individuals. In the present day, nursing stood with a
diverse definitions and practices evolved along with them. Contemporary nursing
practices encompasses the previous nursing practices and involvement through
modern nurses’ participation in the implementation of research, identification of
new and relevant nursing research fields, and use of the obtained results in a proper
manner.  The tasks that have been defined are transformed into specific goals which,
in turn, further interests, and practical-theoretical activities will have a direction,
scope, and character. The evolution of nursing has resulted in the premise which we
can finally approach it as a profession since it has been systematic and developed
through time. Contemporary nursing practice integrate both practical and
theoretical in nature, a convergence of medical, biological, psychological, and
pedagogical knowledge and practice.

REFERENCES/SOURCES:
(1) https://www.britannica.com/science/nursing
(2) https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/practice-of-nursing?
fbclid=IwAR0i4P4t3wFroqBU3NXI3w2dBA8teaz8Tr6AHbZdXHuOmkAXDq6Cy2u2Yqk
(3) http://www.jpccr.eu/Contemporary-nursing-objectives-and-tasks,71223,0,2.html
(4) https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhhc/nursing-through-time/1700-1869/
(5) https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhhc/american-nursing-an-introduction-to-the-
past/#:~:text=Florence%20NightingaleMost%20people%20think,nursing%20service
%20to%20British%20soldiers.
(6) Kozier, Barbara, et al., Kozier and Erb's fundamentals of nursing: concepts,
process and practice. Pearson Australia, 2021.