- She was a nursing pioneer.
- And most importantly... she took a traumatic experience and fueled it into a positive one!
Round 2
What region in Kentucky was the service initially meant for?
What we learned:
- Nurse midwives are important.
- Even though you are born in a high social class, you can be a philanthropist.
- If nurses are more involved in politics, they are able to make a difference!
Why we chose her...
LET'S PLAY!
History
About Mary, the Midwife
Influences in Nursing Today
Personal Timeline
- Pioneer nurse mid-wife who founded the Frontier Nursing Service
- Known as the Angel on Horseback
She married her 2nd husband at age 28 and had 2 kids.
Her personal tragedies inspired her to devote her life to others in need.
At age 23, Mary married an attorney, who she believed was the love of her life.
1881
1965
Frontier Nursing for Midwifery and Family Nursing, which was renamed Frontier Nursing University in 2011, continues to advance nurse midwifery in America today.
At age 26, she graduated from St. Luke's school of nursing in New York City
- Born in 1881 in Memphis, Tennessee to an affluent family
- Politically influential family
- Her 2 kids died
- Divorced husband
Grandfather (US V.P. 1857-61)
Father
(US Rep. of AR & US Minister of Russia)
Mary's FNS is a highly successful, cost-effective model for rural health care delivery.
Aspects of the model that nurses use today:
- primary care that is comprehensive, safe, and culturally sensitive
- acting as a strong client advocate
SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
Enhances the nursing image
Mary Breckinridge
(1881-1965)
Contributions
Two main goals:
- Improve health of children
- Improve health services in rural areas
- While working in France during World War I, she was exposed to new healthcare ideas.
- After the war, Breckinridge studied public health nursing at Columbia University.
- She then decided to work in eastern Kentucky where there are few roads, no physicians, and a lack of prenatal care.
Major Contribution: Frontier Nursing Service
- She returned to London to become a certified nurse-midwife.
- She then visited Scotland to observe the work of a community midwifery system serving poor and rural areas.
In 1925, she returned to Kentucky to introduce a new type of rural health care system, the Frontier Nursing Services (FNS)
- Established in 1925 in Leslie County, KY
- Provided healthcare to Appalachian Mountains
- First organization to use nurses trained as midwives (Frontier Nursing Services, 2012)
Pioneer Nurse Midwife
- Mary personally funded the service at first
- Later received support from philanthropist committees
- Decentralized healthcare system
- Admitted first graduating class in November 1939 (Frontier Nursing Service, 2012)
Kenneth L.
Jennifer Lorenzo
David Alejandro Montes
Marion Tanchoco
Round 1
Round 3
1. What was ONE of her 2 goals in nursing?
When was FNS established?
2. What inspired her to become a nurse midwife?
What was Mary Breckinridge known as (nickname)?
References
In 2011, they changed the name of her school to what?
- Castlenovo, G. (2003, November).Mary breckinridge (1881-1965). Retrieved from http://www.truthaboutnursing.org/press/pioneers/breckinridge.html
- Goff, M. (2010). Mary Breckinridge: the frontier nursing service and rural health in Appalachia. Nursing Ethics, 17(1), 145-146.
- Goan, M.B. (2008) Mary Breckinridge: The frontier nursing service & rural health in appalachia. University of North Carolina Press.
- Frontier Nursing Service. (2012). Frontier Nursing History Information. Retrieved from frontiernursing.org: http://www.frontiernursing.org/History/History.shtm