WHITEFISH BAY, Wis., Aug. 22, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- They say that in order to face the future, we need to learn our past. This is the reason why we study history, so that we may pick up bits and pieces about how our ancestors began, how they survived without the technologies we know today, and how 'they' eventually came to be 'us.' Travel back in time with author Alma Hebel Haglund as she takes us as far back as seventeenth century England to witness the beginning of what would come to be the largest general hospital in The New World.
Some two hundred seventy five years ago, a Quaker of English aristocracy settles in a parcel of land west of the Delaware River and north of Maryland. In honor of this settler's father, Sir William Penn, a British admiral who bravely fought the Dutch in the British Civil War, the land would come to be known as Pennsylvania, which means forests of Penn. Sir William's son, Will, envisioned a community of peace and instantly struck a friendship with the native Indians living in the land granted to his father by Charles II.
Interwoven in this early Pennsylvania history is the story of Blockley, a hospital that began in colonial days as an almshouse to become one of the most outstanding hospitals in the United States for medical and nursing care and research. Readers are given a glimpse of how early settlers and Indians managed their health care and why that was so. See what it was like to have lived three centuries ago, share in the overwhelming emotions of Pennsylvania's glory as Blockley is born, grows and until it eventually meets its demise in 1977.
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About the Author
Alma Hebel Haglund began her nursing career in September 1944, when she was only seventeen. She earned a BSNED, an MS from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD from University of Wisconsin after graduating from nursing school. She taught the University Of Pennsylvania College Of Nursing Hospital Contract Program and their associate degree program. She moved to Wisconsin and joined the faculty at Marquette University in Milwaukee where some people giggled about that funny cap she wore and where some called her 'Sister.' When the College of Nursing of University of Wisconsin-Madison started a school of nursing in Milwaukee, she was assigned to teach the first class. Later, she had the opportunity to introduce associate degree nursing to the state of Wisconsin when she took charge of that program. When Cardinal Stritch University began planning for a school of nursing, she was their curriculum consultant and introduced the "ladder" concept. She is an adjunct professor at Concordia University Wisconsin and owner and president of Haglund Associate Leadership Management Institute, consulting with the business community.
Honey, It Won't Come Off * by Alma Hebel Haglund, PhD, RN
Take a 275 year ride with Blockley
Publication Date: August 6, 2008
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