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15 Cards in this Set
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Crimean War
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-inadequate care given to soldiers raises public oucry in Great Britan
-Florence Nightingale set up sanitation practices in military hospitals that significantly reduced mortality rates |
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American Civil War
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-no organized medical corps highligthed the need for trained nurses which was a significant factor in the development of nursing in the US
-most nurses untrained volunteers |
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Cadet Nursing Corps
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-established in response to nursing shortage during WWII
-the government paid for uniforms, tuition and expenses in exchange for military service after graduation |
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Sisters of Charity
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-established in 1633 by Louise de Marillac
-1st educational program to be affiliated with a religious nursing order -1809 introduced into America by Mother Elizabeth Seaton, later known as the Daughters of Charity -services expanded to care for abandoned children |
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the Reformation
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-considered the Dark Ages of Nursing
-women relegated to the house to care for the home, husband and children -healthcare provided by prostitutes, widows, criminals and drunks in exchange for food and shelter -negative stigma kept respectable women out of the nursing profession |
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Vietnam and Korea
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-treatment centers established close to the frontlines(MASH units)
-triage care evolved -aeromedical established -recruitment of nurses a priority -nurses were the only females allowed to serve in combat zone |
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Gulf War
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-ability to stabalize and transport critically ill and injuried rapidly over several thousand miles using aeromedical was refined
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World War II
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-establishment of the Cadet Nursing Corps.
-auxiliary healthcare workers became prominent -medical specialties arose to meet the needs of hospitalized patients |
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World War I
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-highlighted the need for the uniformity in nursing education
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Deaconesses Groups
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-origins in the Roman Empire of the 3rd and 4th centuries
-Deaconesses trained in nursing to provide comfort to the sick and dying in the parish -suppressed during the Middle Ages by Western Churches -1836-Theodore Fliedner reinstates the order and opened a small hospital and nursing school in Kaiserwerth, Germany, Florence Nightingale studied there |
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Monastic Orders
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Dating back to the early centuries these orders provided care to the sick and injuried and comfort to the dying
-Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony -Brothers of Misericordia -Alexian Brothers -often cared for marginalized populations ie plague victims, lepers, people with syphylis |
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Women's movement
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-women seeking economic, political, occupational and educational equality and greater autonomy
-greater sensitivity to women's health issues -emerging specialties in women's health -inclusion in research studies -more equality in care |
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Cultural Diversity
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-due to immigration and easier travel nurse often have to care for patients with cultures different from their oven
-nurses are responsible to be culturally aware and cognicent of how other cultures view illness and death -may encounter practices contrary to personal beliefs |
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Consumer Movement
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-due to better education and access to knowledge the public has become more aware of the needs for care
-consider healthcare a right for all people including the poor and minority groups -resulted in the Patient Bill of Rights -patients assume responsiblitiy for care and participate actively |
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Graying of America
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-babyboomers entering late life
-increased life expectancy -higher incidence of long-term illness and chronic disease |
