Kneipp, S.M., Drevdahl, D.J., Canales, M.K.
Philanthropic Foundations’ Discourse and Nursing’s Future: Part I: History and Agency (2023) Advances in Nursing Science, 46 (2), pp. 158-168.
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000450
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. © 2023 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Author Keywords
collective agency; nursing profession; philanthropic foundations; power; self-regulation; social contract
Index Keywords
article, autoregulation, exercise, human, human experiment, modern times, nursing, occupation, organization, social contract, financial management, forecasting; Forecasting, Fund Raising, Humans
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