o Detail how one of the nurses, as discussed in the text (or other source), has made a significant impact on public health
Lillian Wald: Lillian Wald was known as the mother of public Health Nursing because of all the accomplishments that she has made in public health. She was the founder of the Henry Street Settlement and played a role in the formation of the Children's Bureau, National Child Labor Committee, and the National Woman Trade Union League. The Henry street settlement was established because of the poor living conditions of the immigrants in New York City to provide acute and long-term care for the sick and also taught them about health and hygiene stressing the importance of preventive care. The Children's Bureau was the first federal agency in the United States to focus on improving the lives of children and families dealing with issues such as infant and maternal death, child labor, orphanages, child health, family economic support, abused and neglected children and foster care. She also helped found the National Organization for Public Health Nursing- the first …show more content…
Lillian Wald because of her education and understanding of communicable disease as a nurse believed that educating people about preventions of infection would reduce these illnesses. She moved to the neighborhood where the incidences are on a rampage because she was distressed by the living conditions in those neighborhoods and established the Henry Street Settlement. At this settlement, she and her classmate Mary Brewster provide acute and long-term care for the sick and also taught health and hygiene to the immigrant woman stressing the importance of preventive care. She called her services public Health
Lillian Wald: Lillian Wald was known as the mother of public Health Nursing because of all the accomplishments that she has made in public health. She was the founder of the Henry Street Settlement and played a role in the formation of the Children's Bureau, National Child Labor Committee, and the National Woman Trade Union League. The Henry street settlement was established because of the poor living conditions of the immigrants in New York City to provide acute and long-term care for the sick and also taught them about health and hygiene stressing the importance of preventive care. The Children's Bureau was the first federal agency in the United States to focus on improving the lives of children and families dealing with issues such as infant and maternal death, child labor, orphanages, child health, family economic support, abused and neglected children and foster care. She also helped found the National Organization for Public Health Nursing- the first …show more content…
Lillian Wald because of her education and understanding of communicable disease as a nurse believed that educating people about preventions of infection would reduce these illnesses. She moved to the neighborhood where the incidences are on a rampage because she was distressed by the living conditions in those neighborhoods and established the Henry Street Settlement. At this settlement, she and her classmate Mary Brewster provide acute and long-term care for the sick and also taught health and hygiene to the immigrant woman stressing the importance of preventive care. She called her services public Health