nursing exam 1 study guide
What are the effects of historic, political, social, and economic events on the development of nursing?
correct answersEffects of historic events on nursing
Middle Ages: women began to use herbs and new methods of healing; health care based on the church's
emphasis on charity and the sanctity of human life; female nurses mainly midwives
Renaissance/Reformation: major advancements made in pharmacology, chemistry, and medical
knowledge (a&p, surgery). Nurses were basically nonexistent- women cared for children in their homes.
Nursing was no longer respected profession during Dark Ages. The Sisters of Charity trained smart young
women in nursing and developed educational programs.
Colonial American Period: North America - Hospital of Immaculate Conception in Mexico City and
medical school at University of Mexico. America - Pennsylvania Hospital through Ben Franklin's efforts
Effects of political events
-The Nursing Training Act of 1943 first time government funded nurse training.
-Hill-Burton Act: largest commitment of federal dollars to hospital construction. As a result, this boom of
hospitals led to an increased demand for professional nurses to provide care in hospitals.
- Medicaid quickly became the largest public assistance program in the nation. Health departments
employed nurses to provide most of the care in the Medicaid population
effects of social events
-Women's movement of the 1970s greatly influenced nursing. Focus on enhancing the economic benefits
of the profession. Nurses played major role in providing health care to communities.
effects of economic events
-WWII - many women went to work as a result of the men being gone. Right after the war the
unemployment rate was very high for men and most women returned home to be house wives like the
government encouraged. 2 decades later nursing emerged as a true profession.
Florence Nightingale correct answersfounder of organized professional nursing, reformed the british
army medical corps, improved sanitation in India,improved public health in Great Britain
, Mary Seacole correct answersJamaican business woman who set up the British Hotel behind the lines
during the Crimean War. "a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers", and
provided succour for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. She was posthumously awarded the
Jamaican Order of Merit in 1991. used herbal treatments
Harriet Tubman correct answerscared for sick as a nurse of the sea islands off coast of SC, and was later
known as the conductor of the underground railroad, first women to lead american troops into battle
Sojourner Truth correct answersknown for her abolitionist and nursing efforts was an advocate of clean
and sanitary conditions for patients
Susie King Taylor correct answers-hired to work in the laundry, served as a nurse because of the growing
number of wounded that needed care, taught many of her comrades in company E to read and write
Linda Rogers correct answers-First school nurse
-Resident of Henry Street Nurses' Settlement
Mary Mahoney correct answersfirst African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse
in the United States, graduating in 1879, one of the first African Americans to graduate from a nursing
school, and she prospered in a predominantly white society.
Clara Barton correct answersserved on the front line during civil war and operated a war relief program
to provide supplies to the battlefield and hospital, set up a post war service to find missing soldiers,
founded the american red cross
Lillian Wald correct answerspioneer in public health nursing best known for the development and
establish for the first viable practice for health nurses, dev, first nursing service for occupational health,
committee member of what was later know as ANA and the NLN., coined the term "PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSE"
Mary Brewster correct answersWald and Mary Brewster, both graduates of the New York Hospital School
of Nursing, moved to the Lower East Side of New York City to put this concept of public health nursing
into practice. They arrived during one of the nineteenth century's worst depressions and began to give
patients ice, sterilized milk, medicines, meals, and referrals to hospitals and dispensaries. Most
importantly, they were able to use their social connections to provide many people with jobs.
What are the effects of historic, political, social, and economic events on the development of nursing?
correct answersEffects of historic events on nursing
Middle Ages: women began to use herbs and new methods of healing; health care based on the church's
emphasis on charity and the sanctity of human life; female nurses mainly midwives
Renaissance/Reformation: major advancements made in pharmacology, chemistry, and medical
knowledge (a&p, surgery). Nurses were basically nonexistent- women cared for children in their homes.
Nursing was no longer respected profession during Dark Ages. The Sisters of Charity trained smart young
women in nursing and developed educational programs.
Colonial American Period: North America - Hospital of Immaculate Conception in Mexico City and
medical school at University of Mexico. America - Pennsylvania Hospital through Ben Franklin's efforts
Effects of political events
-The Nursing Training Act of 1943 first time government funded nurse training.
-Hill-Burton Act: largest commitment of federal dollars to hospital construction. As a result, this boom of
hospitals led to an increased demand for professional nurses to provide care in hospitals.
- Medicaid quickly became the largest public assistance program in the nation. Health departments
employed nurses to provide most of the care in the Medicaid population
effects of social events
-Women's movement of the 1970s greatly influenced nursing. Focus on enhancing the economic benefits
of the profession. Nurses played major role in providing health care to communities.
effects of economic events
-WWII - many women went to work as a result of the men being gone. Right after the war the
unemployment rate was very high for men and most women returned home to be house wives like the
government encouraged. 2 decades later nursing emerged as a true profession.
Florence Nightingale correct answersfounder of organized professional nursing, reformed the british
army medical corps, improved sanitation in India,improved public health in Great Britain
, Mary Seacole correct answersJamaican business woman who set up the British Hotel behind the lines
during the Crimean War. "a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers", and
provided succour for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. She was posthumously awarded the
Jamaican Order of Merit in 1991. used herbal treatments
Harriet Tubman correct answerscared for sick as a nurse of the sea islands off coast of SC, and was later
known as the conductor of the underground railroad, first women to lead american troops into battle
Sojourner Truth correct answersknown for her abolitionist and nursing efforts was an advocate of clean
and sanitary conditions for patients
Susie King Taylor correct answers-hired to work in the laundry, served as a nurse because of the growing
number of wounded that needed care, taught many of her comrades in company E to read and write
Linda Rogers correct answers-First school nurse
-Resident of Henry Street Nurses' Settlement
Mary Mahoney correct answersfirst African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse
in the United States, graduating in 1879, one of the first African Americans to graduate from a nursing
school, and she prospered in a predominantly white society.
Clara Barton correct answersserved on the front line during civil war and operated a war relief program
to provide supplies to the battlefield and hospital, set up a post war service to find missing soldiers,
founded the american red cross
Lillian Wald correct answerspioneer in public health nursing best known for the development and
establish for the first viable practice for health nurses, dev, first nursing service for occupational health,
committee member of what was later know as ANA and the NLN., coined the term "PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSE"
Mary Brewster correct answersWald and Mary Brewster, both graduates of the New York Hospital School
of Nursing, moved to the Lower East Side of New York City to put this concept of public health nursing
into practice. They arrived during one of the nineteenth century's worst depressions and began to give
patients ice, sterilized milk, medicines, meals, and referrals to hospitals and dispensaries. Most
importantly, they were able to use their social connections to provide many people with jobs.
