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20 Cards in this Set
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Dr. Gail Porrier |
Dean of College of Nursing and Allied Health |
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Dr. Melinda Orberlietner |
Associate Dean |
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Dr. Lisa Broussard |
Department Head |
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Sheryl Gonsoulin |
BSN Coordinator |
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Prehistoric Period |
Health practices were strongly guided by beliefs of magic, religion and superstition |
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Egypt |
- First to use the concept of sutures in repairing wounds -A pharmacopoeia that classified more than 700 drugs -Nurses were used by kings and Aristocrats to deliver babies an care for young, older adults, and those who were sick |
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Palestine |
-Under the leadership of Moses, they developed a system of laws called the Mosaic Code -Had one of the first organized methods of disease control and prevention that contained public health laws which dictated personal, family, and public hygiene. |
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The God of Medicine |
Aesculapius -carried a staff that was intertwined with serpents -represented wisdom and immortality -model of today's medical caduceus |
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Hippocrates |
The Father of Medicine -first to attribute disease to natural causes rather than supernatural or curses from the gods |
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The Vedas |
Sacred book of Brahmanism -used to guide health care practices. -emphasized hygiene and prevention of sickness |
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Confucius |
-taught moral philosophy which was used as the basis of Chinese education -health and illness beliefs based on yin and yang |
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Clara Barton |
-served on the front line during the civil war and operated a war relief program to provide supplies to the battlefields and hospitals -set up a post war service to find missing soldiers -Founded the American Red Cross |
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Louisa May Alcott |
-Served as a nurse for 6 weeks until stopped by ill health -The first nursing textbook: A manual of Nursing |
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Lilian Wald |
-best known for development and establishment of a viable practice for public health nurses in the twentieth century -main location was the Henry Settlement House |
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Sheppard- Towner Act |
-One of the first pieces of federal legislation passed to provide funds to assist in the care of special populations -promoted the health and well being of women, infants and children |
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Frontier Nursing Service |
established in 1925 by Mary Breckenridge -assisted disadvantaged women and children -returned to the Kentucky/ Appalachian mountains |
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Social Security Act of 1935 |
Provided -vocational rehabilitation services for the handicapped -medical care for the crippled children and blind people -a plan to strengthen public health services -provided avenues for nursing care and nursing jobs were created |
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Florence Nightingale |
-She introduced asepsis and infection control and a system for transcribing physicians orders and maintaining patient records -established first nursing school in england |
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Mary Seacole |
-Jamaican nurse from the British West Indies -denied into Nightingale's group of nurses because she was black -purchased her own supplies and traveled more than 3000 miles -British government honored her with medal of recognition |
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Sairy Gamp |
Charles Dickens wrote this -portrayed drunken, unkempt uncaring nurse -nursing was endured because of lack of other oppurtunity |
