MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING • NURSING.MSU.EDU
Calls for advanced practice nurses and nursing education
have been made for more than 150 years.
1859 Florence
Nightingale
On Nursing and
Nursing Education
Recommendations:
• a school of nursing independent of the service agency
• competent nurse-teachers and well-selected
learning opportunities
• the provision of nursing as a community service
as well as for institutional care
• the direction of nursing by nurses
American
1965 Nurses
Association
Educational
Preparation for
Nurse Practitioners
and Assistants
to Nurses:
A Position Paper
In response to the 1964 Nurse Training Act,
the study recommended:
• the minimum preparation for nursing practice should
be a baccalaureate education
• nursing education should incorporate advances in knowledge
and findings from nursing research
• nursing service needs a climate where questions about
practice are raised and pursued, where nurses continue
to learn, and where nurses work collaboratively with persons
in other disciplines
Comprehensive
Health Manpower
Training Act
Legislation provided educational funding
for nurse-practitioner programs
Institute
1983 of Medicine
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING
Comprehensive Nurse In response to the nursing shortage, the act:
Training Act
• provided suitable facilities for nursing education
• raised the standard of nursing education by expanding and
modernizing the scope of clinical and academic education
• made it possible for nurses to continue their studies and
heighten their professional contribution
U.S.
1971 Congress
6
U.S.
1964 Congress
Nursing and
Nursing Education:
Public Policies and
Private Actions
Recommendations:
• increasing the rate of growth in the number of nurses
with master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing and
relevant disciplines
• to alleviate nursing shortages in medically underserved areas,
their residents need better access to all types of nursing
education, including outreach and off-campus programs
• federal support sho ձ