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a profession dedicated to the care of others :

an art and a science
Nursing
a latin word meaning to Nourish
Nurse
to facilicate coping with disability and or death
To promote health
To restore health
To prevent illness
Role of Nursing
In early civilizations - the medicine men were considered
Physicians
In early civilizations - the mothers who cared for their ill family members were called
Nurses
In early civlization the first hospitals were
Temples
In temples - the priest was the
Doctor
In temples the slave who carried out a physicians order was
The Nurse
In the MIDDLE ages - care was provided primarily by _________ to the sick and poor
Religious Orders (NUNS)
Some of the earliest Nurses were
NUNS
order originated in 1830s by roman catholic church in Dublin, still exists today
Sisters of Mercy
What is the name of the sister of Mercy at GMC ?
Katherine Mccolly
During Middle Ages - no specific training was required for someone to become a nurse - T/F
TRUE
Besides Nuns , in middle ages other early nurses were considered :
Women of Ill Repute

Poor single women withno family or hope of marriage

Prisoners , Servants, Slaves
Nursing prior to the 1800s
-required no training
-inadequate pay
-considered unrespectable
-carried out under deplorable conditions
-NOT regarded as profession
-often did little to help patients recover
NURSING AS A PROFESSION - In the late _______th century
19th
Credit is given to who as the founder of Nursing as a profession
Florence Nightengale
Born in 1820 and died in 1910
in Italy to a wealthy english patient.
Frustrated by lack of options for women of her social background.
Defied parents and society traveled to germany and europe to train as a Nurse.
Florence Nightengale
Florence Nightengales big opportunity came when the ____________ broke out in 1854
Crimean War
During the Crimean War - the death rate for Florence Nightingale and her nurses was at _____ %
40 %
How many nurses showed up at the hospital in SCUTARI TUrkey where Nighingale was in charge - patients were in the worst of conditions
38 nurses
SCUTARI - TURKEY HOSPITAL (2 YEARS)
Death Rate Decreased 2 %
Nightengale established _______ and_______ rules
Cleanliness and Sanitation
Patients recieved special _____ and plenty of food, improved water supply and proper nursing care and care at home.
diets
By 1887 Nightengale had her nusress working in how many countries and all of the US
six
Nightengale is considered the FOUNDER ...
FOUNDER OF MODERN NURSING
Nightingale said Nursing was different from other existing programs T/F
TRUE
Nightingales 7 basic tenents :
THE CONTENT OF NURSING EDUCATION MUST BE DEFINED BY NURSES.

NURSE EDUCATORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR NURSING CARE PROVIDED BY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF NURSING PROGRAM

EDUCATORS SHOULD BE TRAINED BY NURSES THEMSELF

NURSING SCHOOLS SHOULD BE SEPERATE ENTITES - NOT CONNECTED WITH PHYSICIANS OR HOSPITALS

NURSES SHOULD BE PREPEARED WITH ADVANCED EDUCATION AND ENGAGE IN CONTINUING ED THROUGH CARREERS.

NURSING INVOLVES BOTH SICK NURSING AND HEALTHY NURSING AND INCLUDES THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS THE PATIENT (HOLISM)

NURSING MUST INCLUDE THEORY!
establishes standards of practice, encourages research to advance RN and represents nursing for legislative actions.

the most professional organization for RNS in US.founded late 1800s, nursing association.
ANA
organization includes nursing, non nurses to foster development and improvement of all nursing services and ed.
NLN
national voice for BA and higher degree nursing education programs. focuses on establishing quality education standards, improved healthcare and public support.
AACN
national organization for student nurses

students practice self governance, advocate for rights.
NSNA
Standards of Nursing Practice are set by the
ANA 2003 Standards
Nursing practice Acts and Licensure is by
individual state laws to regulate practice
a major guideline for practicing ADPIE - the nurses implement there roles which integrates both art and science of nursing.
Nursing Process
ADPIE stands for
Assess
Diagnose
Plan
Implement
Evaluate
What are current trends in Nursing
-Independant Nursing
-Decreased length of stay
-Increased Chronic Health
-Cultural Compentance Care
-Aging/Illness

-Furthering Ed
-Shortage 2010
-Insurance Problems
what percentage of nursing students are male?
5-10 percent
Men in Nursing tend to work in
high anxiety and technological areas
Some examples of high anxiety and tech areas are :
Anesthesia
Emergency Nursing
ICU/Critical Care
Trauma
Administration
the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge and the processes we use to develop our perceptions of nursing is the
Philosophy of Nursing
Each nurses philosophy is developed through _________ and ________ and forms the basis of providing nursing care
Education and Practice
What is based on philosophic beleifs about humans, health, teaching and learning and quality patient care .
Patient Care
First Nurses

Early Civiliation ( mothers, slaves)
Middle Ages (Nuns, Religious Orders)
First Doctors :

Early Civilation (Medicine Men)
Middle Ages ( Priests)
allow nurses to carryout professional roles, protects nurse, pt alnd institution where healthcare is given
standards
laws established in each state in US to regulate practice of nursing. broadly worded.
Nursing practice Acts
state of optimal functioning or well being.
health
RN liscensure recieved by these types of programs
Diploma
Associates Degree
BSN
ADPIE = ANA NURSE PRACTICE
Collects comprehensive data pertinent to pts health or situation
Assessment
nurse evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes
Evaluation
nurse ID expected outcomes for a plan for patient
Identification/Outcome
nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternations to attain outcomes
Planning
nurse analzyes assessment data
Diagnosis
What historic 20th century event led to increaed emphasis on nursing
World War 2
describes values and social responsibility of nursing
Nursing Social Policy Statement
first international organization of professional women nurses
ICN
What authority regulates the practice of nursing
(state) Nurse Practice Acts
what defines activities of nurses that are specific and unique to nursing
ANA Scope and Standards of Practice
the knowledge base for care that is provided is the _________ of nursing
Science of nursing
the skilled application of knowledge is
the __________ of nursing
Art of nursing
nurses that think about the nature of things to make sense of world
cognitively skilled
nurses manipulate equipt skillfully to produce result
techinically skilled
nurses establish and maintain caring relationships that faciliate achievement of goals
interpersonality skilled
nurses conduct themselves in a manner consistent with personal moral code and professional role.
ethically and legally skilled
founder of red cross in 1882 , volunteered to care for wounded civil war
clara barton
americas first african american nurse to graduate from RN school
mary mahoney
what had a huge effect on nursing. large #s of women worked outside home became more independant. war needed nurses.
world war 2