Undergraduate Course: From Troy to the Trenches: A History of Military Nursing (NUST10049)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course provides students with the opportunity to engage with the social and cultural history of military nursing. |
| Course description |
The course is designed to familiarise, and actively engage undergraduate students with the history and historiography of British military nursing but with a particular emphasis on the professional and political developments of military nursing in World War One. The 1914-1919 war was a watershed in civilian and military nursing practice and professional development therefore a large component of the course will focus on:
A. Personal consequences of nursing in WW1; sickness, death, disability, mental health issues. Working in hostile environments and extreme climatic conditions. Adjuncts to good mental and physical health for nurses on 'active service' will also be explored and discussed.
B. Professional development and practice examines the role of the nurse in pioneering war time trauma care, infection control, rehabilitation, multi-culture and multi-faith health care delivery, war psychiatry and psychological conditions. Innovative practice and adjuncts to care and rehabilitation such as painting, poetry, music, stitch work, humour and animals.
C. Political aspirations such as the Nurse Registration Bill and Act, and the establishment of the College of Nursing, now the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
Knowledge of military medicine and nursing will be enhanced by a visit to the Royal College of Surgeons Military Medicine Collection and a guest lecture from a serving member of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC).
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Course is open ONLY to Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) students |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply knowledge and understanding of the history and historiography of military nursing.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the reliability of eye-witness testimony and primary source documents.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of 20th century WW1 therapeutic adjuncts to physical and psychological care and rehabilitation for their potential application to 21st century professional practice.
- Apply knowledge and understanding to demonstrate the use of history in individual and group creative projects and assignments.
- Exercise autonomy and initiative in planning, carrying out and completing individual or group projects.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
-The ability to critically review the WW1 nursing historiography
-The ability to critically assess 'eye-witness' testimony and primary source documents.
-The ability to use a variety of creative adjuncts to impart historical knowledge and information.
-Ability to exercise initiative, creativity and personal autonomy |
| Keywords | Military nursing,war,casualty care,professional practice,therapeutic adjuncts |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Yvonne Mcewen
Tel: (0131 6)50 2560
Email: Yvonne.McEwen@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lee Gaedtke
Tel: (0131 6)51 3972
Email: Lee.Gaedtke@ed.ac.uk |
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