Philanthropic Foundations' Discourse and Nursing's Future: Part I: History and Agency. (6th April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kneipp, Shawn M.; Drevdahl, Denise J.; Canales, Mary K.
• Is Part Of: Advances in nursing science. Volume 46:Number 2(2023)
• Page Start: 158
• Page End: 168
• Publication Date: 2023-04-06
• Subjects: collective agency -- nursing profession -- philanthropic foundations -- power -- self-regulation -- social contract; Nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Psychiatric nursing -- Periodicals; 362.173
• DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000450
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-9268

Abstract

Abstract : In this article, we examine external agents' effect on nursing's professional evolution and the consequences for the discipline's collective agency, social contract, and self-regulation. Situated within Foucault's theories of power, we review how the power of organizations reaches into the fabric of everyday life and explore how philanthropic foundations have influenced a diverse array of disciplines, including nursing. Through a genealogic lens, we examine nursing history and professionalization and conclude with concerns surrounding nursing's exercise of its collective agency during one of the most significant, discipline-shaping activities of modern times—Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Future of Nursing initiatives.