Ms. Lavinia Lloyd Dock
Ms. Lavinia Lloyd Dock was born February 26, 1858 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was one of the six children of the wealthy Mr.Gilliard Dock. Mr.Lavinia Dock encouraged each of his children to attend school. At the age of 18, Ms.Lavinia Dock lost her mother and, with the help of her older sister, played a major role in the caregiving and raising of her younger siblings (Sicherman, B., & Green, C. H. (1980)). This was the beginning of a long future of care giving for Ms. Lavinia Lloyd Dock.
Education
. In accordance with her fathers wishes, Ms. Lavinia Dock attended conventional school at an all girls academy in Harrisburg. Upon completion of the all girls academy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, while reading a magazine article about the program available for nurses to be trained at Bellevue Hospital, Ms. Lavinia Dock chose to study nursing (Sicherman, B., & Green, C. H. (1980)). In 1884, Ms. Dock trained at the Bellevue Hospital in New York. While there, Ms. Lavinia Dock learned everything she possibly could during the twelve hour work days and less than adequate instruction from the evening staff (Sicherman, B., & Green, C. H. (1980)). She graduated Bellevue Training School for Nurses in 1886 (American Association for the History of Nursing). While serving as night shift supervisor at Bellevue Hospital, she compiled the first nurses’ manual of drugs. Mr. Gilliard Dock financed publication of this manual called Material Medica for Nurses (1890) and it became the standard in nursing school education for the next decade (Sicherman, B., & Green, C. H. (1980)).
Contributions to modern nursing
Ms. Dock’s first contribution to modern nursing was when she compiled Material Medica for Nurses (1890) (Forest). This...
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