Historical exploration of the work and workload of the WW1 nurse in an Australian auxiliary hospital |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea;2. College of Nursing, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea;3. Department of Medical Humanities, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea;1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia;2. Australian Centre for Integration of Oral Health (ACIOH), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool NSW 2170, Australia;3. Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Dentistry, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;4. Centre for Applied Nursing Research (CANR), Sydney South West Area Health Services, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool BC NSW 1871, Australia;1. JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China;2. Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, China;3. Sungkyunkwan University College of Software, Seoul, South Korea;4. Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China;5. Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China;6. Shenzhen Research Institute of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundFollowing stabilisation in hospitals and on hospital ships wounded and sick servicemen in World War 1 were transferred to auxiliary (also known as convalescent) hospitals for convalescence and rehabilitation. Exploration of the work of the auxiliary (convalescent or rehabilitation) nurse is sparse.AimTo identify the Australian trained and untrained nurses and their nursing work in an Australian auxiliary hospital in England during WW1.MethodsDigitised primary and secondary sources were used to identify nurses and their work. To account for names and spelling variances a process of data validation was employed.FindingsFormally unrecognised, auxiliary (rehabilitation) nurses had a high patient load and worked long hours. Nursing activities spanned the acute, mental health and rehabilitation domains.DiscussionAnalogies can be made between perceptions of wartime auxiliary nursing work and the continued debate around contemporary rehabilitation nurses’ scope of practice.ConclusionThe complexity of WW1 auxiliary (rehabilitation) nurses’ work and workload was underestimated. Rehabilitative techniques gaining recognition today were embraced by auxiliary nurses over a century ago. |
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| Keywords: | Mental health Nurses Rehabilitation Veterans Workload Wounds and injuries |
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