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Belief in an afterlife prompted care of the body after death
Early Egyptian Cultures
Hippocratic Oath
Early Greek Culture
Communicable disease management was important
Early Hebrew Culture
Disease was generally considered the work of evil spirits
Early Egyptian and and Early Babylonian Culture
Disease was considered to be related to a break in one's relationship with God
Early Hebrew Culture
Diseases were often associated with this culture's gods and goddesses
Early Roman Culture
Ebers papyrus
Early Egyptian Culture
Xenodochia
Early Hebrew and Greek culture
The god of healing was Aesculapias
Early Roman Culture
Iatria
Early Greek Culture
Hammurabi's code
Early Babylonian Culture
Many medical terms are derived from this culture's mythology
Early greek culture
Military hospitals were numerous in this culture
Early Roman Culture
The office of the priest-physician was important
Early Egyptian and Hebrew culture
Wet nrses faced severe penalties if their pts died
Early Babylonian Culture
Roles of of women in the Christian church in the 1st century were....
Deaconesses/home caregivers focused their attention on the needs of the poor/sick, usually unmarried or widows(freer)
Who was the 1st deaconess?
Pheobe is considered the 1st deaconess- the role of the parish nurse is modeled after the early deaconess movement- (think Visiting nurses)
What movement planted the seeds of hospital nursing?
The monastic movement- Single/widowed/divorced men and women devoted themselves to God, incorporating caring for the sick/poor
Built and staffed a hospital in Jerusalem during the crusades
Knights of the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem
Founded the 1st free Christian public hospital in Rome for the sick and the poor
Fabiola
Wrote extensively about causes of, symptoms of, and cures for disease
Hildegarde of Bingen
Organized an ambulance service in Italy to transport the sick to hospitals
Catherine of Siena
Established a geroncomion
Helena
Cared for people with leprosy
Knights of St Lazarus
Male nursing orders developed to care for crusaders and other
Late Middle ages
Dark Ages
Early middle ages
Increase in urbanization
Early middle ages
Spread of communicable diseases
Early Middle ages
Renewed interest in culture
Late Middle Ages
The Renaissance
late 1400's classic revival in literature and the arts; lay people became more educated- no changes to nursing
The Reformation
1517 MLK, sparked the Reformation- many monastic orders became Protestant- leaving behind a shortage in hospitals and nurses; Also called the dark ages of nursing
Industrial Revolution
1750s people left farm and mvd to city- Cholera, small px, and typhus were common-poor living conditions/poverty
Sairey Gamp
Character in Dickens Novel- Prototype of the nurse in the 1800s- came to wrk drunk
Elizabeth Seton
Est. order of Nuns in MD affiliated w/sisters of Charity sisters acted as matrons/gave basic nursing care/meds
Catherine McAuley
Founded Sisters of Mercy- members started hospitals and cared for the wounded during American Civil War
Nursing was born in the Church but raised in the military means....
Nursing is grounded in religious beliefs but advances during and immed. after periods of war.. Crimean, American civil, and WW1&2
20% of the nursing workforce served overseas and created an acute nursing shortage in the US
WWII
Flight nursing developed during this war
WWII
20,000 nurses sent by the ARC to serve in this war
WWI
Following this war, the Health Amendments Act funded prep for admin, spvsor, and teaching positions
WWII
Exposure of chemical weapons during this war are believed to have created a mysterious complex of symptoms in returning soldiers
Persian Gulf War
Many male nurses served in this war
Vietnam War
the Nurse Training act of 1964 was passed during this war for NLN-accredited nursing programs
Vietnam War
Nurses in this war treated many children suffering from skin and intestinal diseases
Vietnam War
Federal funding went directly to nursing schools rather than hospitals during this war
WWII
Army nurses were the 1st American women to be dispatched to combat zones during this war
Korean War
The 1st navy nurses served in this war
Civil War
Saw beneficial of improved technology
Vietnam War
First war to utilize M.A.S.H units
Korean War
1st war in which black students were heavily recruited
WWII
Catholic nuns gave the only formal nursing care during this war
Revolutionary War
The British Secretary of War asked Florence Nightingale to go to Scutari and be the Superintendent of Nurses
Crimean War
Nurses in the US contributed books for a nursing library nearly destroyed in this war
War in Iraq
First President of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
Organized the first US Army nurse Corps
Dorothea Lynde Dix
Major contribution to the war effort was improved sanitation and nutrition
Florence Nightingale
Helped establish US cadet nurse corps through the nurse training act of 1943
Frances Payne Bolton
Nurse who is best known for work with the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Established the 1st grading policies for a nursing school
Isabel Hampton Rob
Established the International Rec Cross
Jean Henri Dunant
An institute of study for Protestant deaconesses that included nursing training
Kaiserswerth
Nurse suffragette who influenced the current movement for independent nursing practice
Lavina Dock
Established the 1st public health or visiting nurse service in Manhattan
Lillian D Wald
Founded the American Assembly for men in Nursing
Luther Christman
Founded the frontier nursing service
Mary Breckinridge
Founder of Planned Parenthood
Margaret Sanger
First black nurse to graduate from a school of nursing in the US
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Considered America's 1st trained nurse
Melinda Ann (linda) Richards
1st school of nursing in America; it was based on Kaiserwerth principles
New England Hospital for women and children
Worked in the freedman's village in Arlington Heights Va
Sojourner Truth