{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":36.96,"endTime":43.6,"body":"Welcome to this episode of Nursing EDge Unscripted "},{"startTime":36.96,"endTime":43.6,"body":"Saga a conversation where we journey through the  "},{"startTime":43.6,"endTime":50.0,"body":"history of nursing education using stories that "},{"startTime":43.6,"endTime":50.0,"body":"connect the past to the present and then our  "},{"startTime":50.0,"endTime":57.04,"body":"future as we reimagine our teaching and learning. "},{"startTime":50.0,"endTime":57.04,"body":"July is the birth month of Linda Richards  "},{"startTime":57.04,"endTime":66.8,"body":"born on July 27, 1841 in Potsdam, New York. she "},{"startTime":57.04,"endTime":66.8,"body":"was formerly named Melinda Ann Judson Richards  "},{"startTime":66.8,"endTime":73.84,"body":"after the missionary Ann Hasseltine Judson. Her "},{"startTime":66.8,"endTime":73.84,"body":"parents hoped she would follow in her footsteps.  "},{"startTime":74.64,"endTime":82.0,"body":"Unfortunately, Linda's parents died when she was "},{"startTime":74.64,"endTime":82.0,"body":"young, both due to tuberculosis and Linda was  "},{"startTime":82.0,"endTime":88.56,"body":"their primary care provider. It was through this "},{"startTime":82.0,"endTime":88.56,"body":"experience that she developed a love for nursing.  "},{"startTime":89.68,"endTime":96.32,"body":"Linda is best remembered as the first "},{"startTime":89.68,"endTime":96.32,"body":"professionally trained American nurse. In  "},{"startTime":96.32,"endTime":105.12,"body":"1872 she became the first student to enroll in the "},{"startTime":96.32,"endTime":105.12,"body":"inaugural class of five nurses at the New England  "},{"startTime":105.12,"endTime":113.04,"body":"Hospital for Women and Children in Boston. Of her "},{"startTime":105.12,"endTime":113.04,"body":"own training experience she is quoted as saying, "},{"startTime":159.28,"endTime":166.32,"body":"It was this experience that influenced her desire "},{"startTime":159.28,"endTime":166.32,"body":"to transform the nursing education experience.  "},{"startTime":167.36,"endTime":173.84,"body":"Following her graduation she accepted a "},{"startTime":167.36,"endTime":173.84,"body":"night superintendent position at Bellevue  "},{"startTime":173.84,"endTime":180.88,"body":"Training School in New York City. Bellevue was "},{"startTime":173.84,"endTime":180.88,"body":"one of the first Nightingale-model training  "},{"startTime":180.88,"endTime":187.12,"body":"schools in the United States. A year "},{"startTime":180.88,"endTime":187.12,"body":"later, she returned to Boston taking on  "},{"startTime":187.12,"endTime":193.92,"body":"the superintendent role at the Boston Training "},{"startTime":187.12,"endTime":193.92,"body":"School, which became the Massachusetts General  "},{"startTime":193.92,"endTime":202.56,"body":"Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1896. It "},{"startTime":193.92,"endTime":202.56,"body":"was in this position that she began changing how  "},{"startTime":202.56,"endTime":208.24,"body":"training was delivered. She developed a "},{"startTime":202.56,"endTime":208.24,"body":"series of classroom instruction learning  "},{"startTime":208.24,"endTime":214.8,"body":"tracks as opposed to the occasional lectures "},{"startTime":208.24,"endTime":214.8,"body":"provided to students by the hospital physicians.  "},{"startTime":215.92,"endTime":221.76,"body":"She wanted to advance her skills and decided "},{"startTime":215.92,"endTime":221.76,"body":"to take a seven-month leave to train in  "},{"startTime":221.76,"endTime":229.12,"body":"England under Florence Nightingale herself. She "},{"startTime":221.76,"endTime":229.12,"body":"established a close relationship with Florence  "},{"startTime":229.12,"endTime":236.24,"body":"and with her enhanced skills in the Nightingale "},{"startTime":229.12,"endTime":236.24,"body":"educational model and instinctive leadership  "},{"startTime":236.24,"endTime":243.12,"body":"qualities. She returned to the United States to "},{"startTime":236.24,"endTime":243.12,"body":"carry on the legacy of pioneering the founding  "},{"startTime":243.12,"endTime":251.92,"body":"and superintending of the nurse training schools "},{"startTime":243.12,"endTime":251.92,"body":"across the United States. Linda also recognized  "},{"startTime":251.92,"endTime":257.76,"body":"the need to better track patients while they "},{"startTime":251.92,"endTime":257.76,"body":"were in the hospital and design one of the first  "},{"startTime":257.76,"endTime":264.48,"body":"hospital medical records systems. Her work "},{"startTime":257.76,"endTime":264.48,"body":"in transforming training for nurses and the  "},{"startTime":264.48,"endTime":271.2,"body":"tremendous positive impact this had on hospitals "},{"startTime":264.48,"endTime":271.2,"body":"earned her admiration across the country.  "},{"startTime":272.08,"endTime":278.72,"body":"She was known to develop and manage the most "},{"startTime":272.08,"endTime":278.72,"body":"highly regarded programs in the United States.  "},{"startTime":279.68,"endTime":285.44,"body":"Linda's passion for establishing health care "},{"startTime":279.68,"endTime":285.44,"body":"settings and training to provide the best  "},{"startTime":285.44,"endTime":293.76,"body":"care possible continued throughout her life. Her "},{"startTime":285.44,"endTime":293.76,"body":"parents missionary aspirations also influenced her  "},{"startTime":293.76,"endTime":301.04,"body":"work and interests bringing her to serve in that "},{"startTime":293.76,"endTime":301.04,"body":"capacity in Japan where she continued to push for  "},{"startTime":301.04,"endTime":308.4,"body":"the formal training of nurses. She was successful "},{"startTime":301.04,"endTime":308.4,"body":"in opening the first training school there  "},{"startTime":308.4,"endTime":317.36,"body":"in Kyoto between 1886 and 1891. She "},{"startTime":308.4,"endTime":317.36,"body":"was recognized as a strong leader and  "},{"startTime":317.36,"endTime":326.8,"body":"influencer by superintendents across the United "},{"startTime":317.36,"endTime":326.8,"body":"States and in 1894 she was elected and served as  "},{"startTime":326.8,"endTime":333.2,"body":"the first president of the American Society of "},{"startTime":326.8,"endTime":333.2,"body":"Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses,  "},{"startTime":333.84,"endTime":341.04,"body":"today known as the National League for Nursing. "},{"startTime":333.84,"endTime":341.04,"body":"Her knowledge and experience with hospital  "},{"startTime":341.04,"endTime":347.28,"body":"economics made her well-suited to serve as "},{"startTime":341.04,"endTime":347.28,"body":"a member of the committee that established  "},{"startTime":347.28,"endTime":356.0,"body":"the hospital economics program at Teachers "},{"startTime":347.28,"endTime":356.0,"body":"College, Columbia University. In 1911, Linda  "},{"startTime":356.0,"endTime":363.36,"body":"Richards retired at the age of 70 and spent time "},{"startTime":356.0,"endTime":363.36,"body":"reflecting on her life's work and experiences.  "},{"startTime":364.08,"endTime":371.6,"body":"She turned those reflections into the publication "},{"startTime":364.08,"endTime":371.6,"body":"titled, Reminiscences of Linda Richards.  "},{"startTime":371.6,"endTime":379.84,"body":"This publication was republished in 2006 under "},{"startTime":371.6,"endTime":379.84,"body":"the title of America's First Trained Nurse.  "},{"startTime":380.72,"endTime":389.44,"body":"Sadly she suffered a severe stroke at the age "},{"startTime":380.72,"endTime":389.44,"body":"of 82 requiring hospital care until her death  "},{"startTime":389.44,"endTime":399.36,"body":"on April 16, 1930. Linda's dedication and work "},{"startTime":389.44,"endTime":399.36,"body":"in creating and delivering excellence in nursing  "},{"startTime":399.36,"endTime":406.72,"body":"education continues today as the National League "},{"startTime":399.36,"endTime":406.72,"body":"for Nursing lives out its mission to promote  "},{"startTime":406.72,"endTime":413.76,"body":"excellence in nursing education to build a strong "},{"startTime":406.72,"endTime":413.76,"body":"and diverse nursing workforce to advance the  "},{"startTime":413.76,"endTime":421.44,"body":"health of the nation and the global community. The "},{"startTime":413.76,"endTime":421.44,"body":"work of our past nursing education scholar giants  "},{"startTime":421.44,"endTime":429.2,"body":"like Linda Richards continues to inform nursing "},{"startTime":421.44,"endTime":429.2,"body":"education learners today. The National League  "},{"startTime":429.2,"endTime":436.8,"body":"for Nursing implements its mission guided by four "},{"startTime":429.2,"endTime":436.8,"body":"dynamic and integrated core values that permeate  "},{"speaker":"the organization and are reflected in our work","startTime":436.8,"endTime":444.72,"body":"diversity, integrity, caring, and excellence.  "},{"speaker":"the organization and are reflected in our work","startTime":445.28,"endTime":452.88,"body":"Excellence was embraced by Linda Richards, our "},{"speaker":"the organization and are reflected in our work","startTime":445.28,"endTime":452.88,"body":"first NLN president whose passion for excellence  "},{"speaker":"the organization and are reflected in our work","startTime":452.88,"endTime":461.2,"body":"in education lives on today. In the words of our "},{"speaker":"the organization and are reflected in our work","startTime":452.88,"endTime":461.2,"body":"current President and CEO Dr. Beverly Malone, "},{"speaker":"the organization and are reflected in our work","startTime":482.72,"endTime":489.36,"body":"And so the saga continues and may our "},{"speaker":"the organization and are reflected in our work","startTime":482.72,"endTime":489.36,"body":"saga continue as we bring to a close  "},{"speaker":"the organization and are reflected in our work","startTime":489.36,"endTime":495.92,"body":"this episode of Nursing EDge Unscripted "},{"speaker":"the organization and are reflected in our work","startTime":489.36,"endTime":495.92,"body":"Saga. Thank you for joining us"}]}