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63 Cards in this Set

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Early Health Care
strong belief in the power of gods
evil spirits
MOPS
Humoral Theory
body composed of 4 elements
Fire, Air, Earth, Water
Curing Disease
purging
bloodletting
leeching
cupping
Nurse
Latin word for nourish
Deaconesses
unmarried or widowed
wealth and social status
ordained in the church
earliest public health nurses
Monastic Orders
Knights Hospitallers of St John
Knights Templar

staffed and defended hospitals
Rafaida Al-Aslamiya
11th century Muslim
trained women in nursing
nursing code of conduct
Sisters of Charity
developed nursing ed program
Elizabeth Seton founder
order in US
Bethlehem
(bed-lam)
1st lunatic asylum
care provided by inmates
Kaiserwerth
training institute for deaconesses
included lectures by doctors
Sairy Gamp
fictional nurse
gave nurses bad name
Colonial America
lack of physicians
large death rate from disease
malnutrition
humoral theory
Almhouses
Charity hospital
Pennsylvania hospital

charity houses
Altruism
Setting aside one's own needs
Florence Nightingale
wealthy family
Victorian era
Kaiserwerth 1851
Superintendent of the Establishment for Gentlewomen During Illness
Crimean War
Crimean War
William Russell-reporter
Sidney Herbert-sec of war
sent Florence Nightingale to fix conditions
Scutari
hospital at Crimean war
3000-4000 patients
4 miles of beds 16 in apart
Barracks hospital
Dorthea Dix
advocate for the mentally ill
superintendent of nurses in civil war
created month-long training program for nurses
Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke
uneducated, widowed housekeeper
nursing ability
provided clean conditions on western front during Civil War
Clara Barton
independent campaign to provide relief for soldiers
"Angel if the battlefield"
founded the American Red Cross
Sallie Thompkins
appointed superintendent at Confederate hospital
1st woman to hold rank
Phoebe Pember
appointed matron of Chimbarazo hospital in Richmond, VA
Linda Richards
the 1st trained nurse in the US
Mary Mahoney
1st trained black nurse in the US
Lillian Wald
founded the Henry Street Settlement and Stillman house that treated blacks
Union Nurses
Clara Barton, Dorthea Dix, Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, Mary Ann Bickerdyke
Confederate Nurses
Phoebe Pember, Kate Cummings, Sallie Thompkis
Walter Reed
discovered cause of yellow fever during Spanish-American War
Vassar Training Camp
intensive prep course for college graduates
cooperation between higher education and nursing schools
Army School of Nursing
Annie Goodrich, dean
Standard Curriculum from NLN
limited duty hours to 8hrs/day
Cadet Nurse Corps
Bolton Act
encouraged young women to enter nursing school
pledge to engage in essential nursing for duration of war
financial and patriotic benefits
Vietnam War
no support from nation
Army Student Nurse Program
Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing
1966 allowed men in military nurse corps
flight nursing
New England Hospital for Women and Children
1st formal program
Linda Richards and Mary Mahoney
BBCS
Bellvue Training School
Boston Training School
Connecticut Training School
Spellman (blacks)
Diploma Programs
hospital based
27-36 months
foundation in biologic and social sciences
clinical emphasis
declining enrollment
Associate Degree
may take 3-5 years to complete
no community health management
prepare more graduates than BSN
Baccalaureate Education
Yale School of Nursing 1st
basis for graduate education
required for certification
Non-traditional education
generic masters
ND
accelerated programs
RN completion programs
External degree
Graduate Education
Masters-educators, NP, midwife
Doctorate-educators, researchers, advanced practice
Auxiliary Workers
Nursing Assistants
LVN or LPN
The Brown Report
accredidation
nursing should be planned program
Professional Organizations
means for professional positive change
sign of a mature profession
Constituents of Nursing Associations
public
profession
individual
Types of Associations
broad purpose
specialty practice
specialty interest
American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools of Nursing
fellowship
universal standard of training
further interests in nursing
Nurses Associated Alumni of the US and Canada
official organization of trained nurses
advancing interests
ICN
International Council of Nurses
influence health policy
bring nursing together worldwide
National Organization of Public Health Nursing
Lillian Wald 1st president

est national standards for nursing
NLN
National League of Nursing
accredidation of schools
testing services
ANA
American Nurses Association
better nursing care for all people
American Journal of Nursing
official journal for communication among nurses
news and clinical articles
Sigma Theta Tau International
International honor society
achieved through academic achievement
NSNA
National Student Nurses Association
prepare students for licensure as RN
promote development of skills
AACN
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
advance ed at BSN level
membership
CCNE
Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education
autonomous accredidation agency
est by AACN
TNA
Texas Nurses Association
nurse staffing
safe patient handling
peer assistance
testing after exposure to blood borne pathogen
Autonomy
the right to self determination, value the patient's ability
Human Dignity
respect the worth of a person, treating every patient the same
Integrity
honesty and acting like a moral person
Social Justice
not discrimination, we should all essentially recieve the same care
Critical Thinking
problem solving, clinical reasoning
Assessment
vital signs
Technical Skills
giving medications, cleaning bed pans, etc