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What is Florence Nightingale known for?Being the first nursing theorist
What Latin word can nursing be traced back to?Nutrie "to nourish"
What is illness?An abnormal process in which the social, emotional, or intellectual condition and function diminish or are impaired?
In early civilization what did they believe if you were ill?An evil spirit had entered the body
What was the role of medicine men?Performed witchcraft and rituals to rid the body of the "evil spirit"
What did medicine men use?Purgatives (laxatives) emetics (vomiting) hot and cold substances, cautery, cupping
How did woman assist medically in early civilization?With child birth
What is a pest house?A hospital
What were the "nurses" of the 19th century known for?Drinking heavily, prostitution, or prison inmates.
What did Theodor Fliedner establish?The first school of nursing
Where was Theodor Fliedner's nursing school located?Kaiserwerth, Germany
What nursing program did Florence Nightingale attend?The Kaiserwerth program. (Fliedner)
What war did Nightingale help the wounded?The Crimean war in Scutari, Turkey
What sanitary changes did Nightingale establish?Units cleaned, clothes washed regularly, and hand hygiene
What did Florence Nightingale carry at night?A lamp
Who was the "Lady with the Lamp"Florence Nightingale
What nursing school did Nightingale establish?Nursing School at Saint Thomas Hospital in London
What year did Saint Thomas Hospital nursing school open?1860
How long was the Nightingale nursing program?One year
What is the Nightingale plan?Records kept on students progress, as well as employment after program completion.
How did the Nightingale nurses improve patient care?Good hygiene and sanitation, patient observation, accurate record keeping, nutritional improvement.
Where was the first protestant hospital in America located?Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh infirmary, now under the name Pasavant Hospital
What did the American Medical Association recommend in 1869?That every large hospital should have and support its own nursing school to meet the need for patient care.
Where was the Bellevue school of Nursing located?New York
What was the goal for the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools of Nursing?To set educational standards for nurses.
What was the first stated to require licensure?North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia
What is licensure?Permission to engage in practice or activity by overseeing authority.
In 1911 what did the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools change their name to?National League for Nursing Education
What is NLNENational League for Nursing Education
Who established standards of care for mentally ill?Dorothea Dix
What was Dorothea Dix a Superintendent of?Female Nurses of the Union Army
Who developed the American Red Cross?Clara Barton
What did Mary Ann Ball do during the Civil War?Made sure the rights and comforts of soldiers were met, organized kitchen diets, laundries, ambulance service, and supervised all nursing staff
Who was the first trained nurse in America?Linda Richards
Who is responsible for the development of the first nursing and hospital records?Linda Richards
What did Isabel Hampton Robb establish?The first graded systems for theory and practice while in nursing school.
Who founded the American Journal of Nursing?Isabel Hampton Robb and Lavinia Dock
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?The first professional African American nurse.
Who is responsible for the development of public health nursing?Lillian D Wald
Who developed curriculum concepts and guidelines for nursing students?Mary Adelaide Nutting
Who was a pioneer in widwifery, had to ride horseback in Kentucky to reach the mothers.Mary Breckenridge
Why was the Army School of Nursing founded?Too many untrained personnel caring for wounded soldiers
What nursing training was founded during World War II?The Cadet Nurse Corps
What was the purpose of the Cadet Nurse Corps?To provide an abbreviated training program to meet the war effort
When were men offered and education and training in the nursing career for the first time?World War II
What are some of the advanced practice nursing roles?nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and midwives.
What is an LVN/LPNLicensed Vocation Nurse/ Licensed Practical Nurse
What is IOM?Institute of Medicine
What is NLN?National League for Nurses
What do you expect when staying in a hospital?High quality care, a clean and safe environment, involvement in your care, to discuss your treatment choices.
What did the nursing uniform represent? (White pleated cap, and apron of a maidservant)Respectability, cleanliness, and servitude.
What is the capping ceremony?A symbolic ritual in which junior nurses receive their first cap.
What is the pinning ceremony?They demonstrate the successful completion of a program by nursing students
Where were the first nursing pins awarded in the United States?Bellevue Hospital in New York (1880)
What was on the first pin?The center had a crane, which demonstrated vigilance. Followed by a red and blue band.
What did the red band on the pin mean?Mercy and a relief of suffering
What did the blue band on the pin mean?Constancy
Why are men more likely to leave the nursing field?social isolation, stereotypes, and nursing instructors unable to bring a sense of masculinity to the curriculum/ teaching style
What was the first school for practical nursing? Where?The Ballard School in Brooklyn, New York.
How long was the Ballard school course?Three months.
What did the Ballard School train its student nurses to do?Care for invalids, children, chronically ill, and the elderly. Home health- cooking, nutrition, basic science, and basic nursing techniques.
What was the purpose of the Association of Practical Nurse Schools?They planned the first standard curriculum for for practical nursing
What did the Association of Practical Nurse Schools change their name to?(NAPNE) Nation Association for Practical Nurse Education (1942) (NAPNES) National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service (1959)
What is NFLPN?National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses
Who founded NFLPN (National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses)Lillian Kuster
What is the official membership organization for LPN/LVN?NFLPN (National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses)
Who set the standards for practical and vocational nurses?NAPNES and NFLPN (National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Services) (National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses)
What services do the Council of Practical Nursing Programs offer? Through the NLNAccreditation services
What is an approved program?A program that satisfies the minimum standards set by the state agency responsible for overseeing educational programs
Does a program need to be approved?Yes, a program cannot open and operate without approval.
What is accreditation?The accrediting organization has been determined to meet its preestablished criteria
How long are LVN/LPN programs typically?12-18 months
What is articulation?It allows nursing programs to plan curricula collaboratively.
What is a portfolio?An organized account of an individuals education and professional accomplishments.
What act was passed to provide vocational and public information?The Smith-Hughes Act
What state was the first to have mandatory licensure laws?New York
What was the purpose of the American Nurses Association's First Position on Education for Nursing?It outlined recommendations for the educational levels for the nurse to enter practice.
What is the NCLEX-PN?National Council Licensing Examination for Practical Nursing
What networks of agencies, facilities, and providers are involved with healthcare in a geographical area?The Health Care System
What is the wellness-illness continuum?A level chart that is based off the physical condition, mental condition, and social well being
What type of care considers the physical, emotional, social, economical, and spiritual needs of a person?Holistic Health Care
What are the essential human needs? And order.Physiological, safety and security, love, belongingness, and esteem and self-actualization
What are the physiological needs?Nutrition, elimination, oxygenation, sexuality
What is safety and security?Stability, protection, freedom from fear and anxiety
What is love and belongingness?Affection, acceptance, by peers and community
What is esteem?Self- respect, self-confindence, feelings of self worth
What is self actualizationFull use of individual talents
What does public health do?Identifies types of diseases and related risk factors
What are the three levels of health promotion?primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention