Mosley M O
Hunter College, City University of New York, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, New York, USA.
J Natl Black Nurses Assoc. 1994 Fall-Winter;7(2):10-20.
This is the first in a series of articles which highlight the professionalization of Black nurses through two Black nursing organizations during the twentieth century. The second and third articles will appear in forthcoming issues of the JNBNA. The first article provides background information which sets the stage by highlighting the reasons why a separate professional organization was needed. The reasons include the practice or tolerance of institutional racism by society and White professional nursing organizations, the promotion of inferior status for Black nurses by Whites, and the maintainance of exclusionary membership policies limiting Black nurses' admission to professional nursing organizations such as the NLNE and the ANA. The purpose of these articles is to document contributions of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (1908-1951, the first Black professional nursing organization recognized by the ANA and other White nursing organizations) and the National Black Nurses Association (1971-present). These two organizations advance the standards of nursing and develop leadership within the ranks of Black nurses. To accomplish this series, an historical method was used to identify political, social, and nursing events relevant to the development, growth, and establishment of the two Black nursing organizations. This investigation fills a void in the historiographies of professional nursing, Black studies, and women's studies.
这是一系列文章中的第一篇，这些文章着重介绍了20世纪两个黑人护理组织推动黑人护士专业化的情况。第二篇和第三篇文章将发表在即将出版的《黑人护理全国协会杂志》上。第一篇文章提供了背景信息，通过强调为何需要一个独立的专业组织来搭建舞台。这些原因包括社会和白人专业护理组织对制度性种族主义的践行或容忍、白人对黑人护士低地位的宣扬，以及维持排他性会员政策限制黑人护士加入诸如全国护士教育联盟（NLNE）和美国护士协会（ANA）等专业护理组织。这些文章的目的是记录有色人种研究生护士全国协会（1908年至1951年，首个被ANA和其他白人护理组织认可的黑人专业护理组织）和全国黑人护士协会（1971年至今）的贡献。这两个组织提升了护理标准，并在黑人护士队伍中培养领导力。为完成这个系列，采用了一种历史研究方法来确定与这两个黑人护理组织的发展、壮大和建立相关的政治、社会及护理事件。这项调查填补了专业护理史、黑人研究和女性研究领域的空白。
