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Nursing
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The care of others
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Who is the focus on in nursing?
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The person receiving care
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What is the science of nursing?
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The knowledge base for the care that is given
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What is the art of nursing?
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The skilled application of that knowledge to help others reach maximum health and quality of life
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Pre-civilization nursing was based on the theory of
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Animism
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According to animism, what causes health and illness?
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good and evil spirits
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According to animism, who was the physician?
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the medicine man
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According to animism, who was the nurse?
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The mother caring for family
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What were the early civilization medical centers?
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the temples
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In early civilization, what was believed to cause illness?
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sin and gods' displeasure
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In early civilization, who was the doctor? who was the nurse?
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Doctor = priest
Nurse = slave carrying out menial tasks |
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When was nursing first elevated?
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During the early Christian period
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At the beginning of the 16th century, who were the nurses?
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Criminals were recruited
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Who transformed nursing? What is she sometimes known as?
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Florence Nightingale
'The lady with the lamp' |
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Who began the first formal school of nursing?
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Florence Nightingale
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Who recognized the two components of nursing, and what are they?
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Florence Nightingale: health and illness
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Who instituted therapy for ill people?
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Florence Nightingale
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Who first maintained accurate nursing records?
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Florence Nightingale
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Clara Barton
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1. Cared to Union soldiers
2. began Red Cross |
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Dorthea Dix
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1. In charge of nurses in the civil war
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Linda Richards
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1. First formally trained US nurse
2. Began medical charting |
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Lillian Wald
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1. Founded public health nursing
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Mary Elizabeth Mahoney
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1. First African American nursing graduate
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Harriet Tubman
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1. Nurse and Abolitionist
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Sojourner Truth
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1. Nurse and advocate for women's rights
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Isabel Hampton Robb
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1. Leader in nursing education
2. Began the ANA |
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Lavinia Dock
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1. Nursing leader
2. Women's right activist who was important in allowing women to vote |
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Mary Breckenridge
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1. Established Fronter Nursing Service
2. Established one of the first midwifery schools in the US |
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A profession has...
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1. Own body of knowledge
2. Unique body of knowledge 3. Public service record |
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ICN definition of nursing included:
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promotion of helth, prevention of illness, collaborative care
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What are the four aims of nursing?
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1. To promote health
2. To prevent illness 3. To restore health 4. To facilitate coping with disability or death |
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What is health?
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A state of optimal functioning or well-being, not an absence of disease
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ANA
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American Nurses Association, for RNs only
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NLN
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National League for Nursing, for nurses and non-nurses
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AACN
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American Association for Colleges in Nursing
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NSNA
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National Student Nurse's Association
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Nurse Practice Acts
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Laws established in each state to regulate nursing
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Explain nursing shortage
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- More shortage previously
- Less shortage now - Nurses not retiring as early - Nursing coming back to the field |
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Evidence-Based Practice
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- Based on scientific research and evidence, not intuition or gut-feeling
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Community Based Nursing
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Nursing in the community, as in parish nursing
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Decreased length of stay
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'quicker and sicker'
due to large numbers of patients |
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Aging Population
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Increase in number of older patients
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Increase in chronic care conditions
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conditions which used to be fatal are now chronic conditions
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Culturally competent care
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more concern for other cultures
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