Sioban Nelson PhD

Dean and Professor - Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

After starting the MN at the University of Toronto, I have had a few readings from Sioban about understanding the history of Nursing. These articles really helped my understanding of nursing. Being young in the profession this historical analysis helps to ground and better understand nursing. During this episode we talked about Dr Nelson's background and how she integrated her understanding of historical analysis into her academic work.

Links

• Nursing (wikipedia) Timeline of Nursing
• Sioban's latest book: Complexities of Care

Research

• Nelson, S. & Gordon, S. (2004). The rhetoric of rupture: Nursing as a practice with a history? September/October Nursing Outlook, 52, 255-261.
• Nelson, S. (1997). Reading nursing history. Nursing Inquiry, 4: 229-236.
• Nelson, S. & McGillion, M. (2004) Expertise or performance? Questioning the rhetoric of contemporary narrative use in nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing. 47(6).

Question

• Robert Fraser: How have you learned about nursing history? Do you understand how it might give you insight into the profession?