Final answer:
The Texas Nurses Assoc's Nurse-Friendly Program for small hospitals aimed to improve nurse retention by reducing workplace violence and enhancing nurse autonomy and support, paralleling historical efforts to improve working conditions.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Texas Nurses Assoc (TNA) began work in 2003 to positively affect nurse retention by improving workplace conditions and initiated the TX Nurse-Friendly Program for small hospitals. The program focused not on increasing overtime, but rather on efforts to reduce workplace violence, enhance nurse autonomy, and provide additional support services such as childcare. This initiative reflects broader historical efforts to improve working conditions, such as the development of minimum wage and maximum work hour regulations by the National Recovery Administration (NRA), as well as social welfare programs like TANF, which provides childcare among other services to assist working parents.