Nursing rural America [electronic resource] : perspectives from the early 20th century.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nursing rural America : perspectives from the early 20th century -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Share Nursing Rural America: Perspectives From the Early 20th Century -- Chapter 1: Town and Country Nursing: Community Participation and Nurse Recruitment -- Chapter 2: Public Nursing in Rural Wisconsin: Stretched Beyond Health Instruction -- Chapter 3: School Nursing in Virginia: Hookworm, Tooth Decay, and Tonsillectomies -- Chapter 4: Nursing in Schoolfield Mill Village: Cotton and Welfare -- Chapter 5: Care in the Coal Fields: Promoting Health Through Sanitation and Nutrition -- Chapter 6: Mary Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service: Saddlebags and Swinging Bridges -- Chapter 7: Migrant Nursing in the Great Depression: Floods, Flies, and the Farm Security Administration -- Chapter 8: Nursing in West Texas: Trains, Tumbleweeds, and Rattlesnakes -- Chapter 9: Nursing the Navajo: Dust Storms and Gully Washouts -- Conclusion -- Index.

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This book offers an interesting historical backdrop to nursing in rural parts of the US. Each of the nine chapters presents an individual case study from a different geographic area and focuses on a different ethnic population... Recommended. Nursing collections serving all levels of students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners.

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