NUR 115 Test 1 Study Guide

What are the characteristics of a nursing professional (Kelly's Criteria)? – 1. The services provided are vital to humanity and the welfare of society. 2. There is a special body of knowledge that is continually enlarged through research. 3. The service involve intellectual activities; individual responsibility(accountability) is a strong feature. 4. Practitioners are relatively independent and control their own policies and activities (autonomy). 5. Practitioners are educated in institutions of higher learning. 6. Practitioners are motivated by service (altruism) and consider their work an important component of their lives. 7. There is a code of ethics to guide the decisions and conduct of practitioners. 8. There is an organization (association) that encourages and supports high standards of practice. Describe the Scope and Standards of the practice of nursing. - This outlines the expectations of RNs and tells them what they must do and details care they can practice in extreme detail. Why should we define nursing? - A definition provides a framework for nursing practice and establishes the parameters of the profession and clarifies the purposes and functions of the work of nursing. What is Florence Nightingale's definition of nursing? - Nursing has to do is put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him. How did the post-World War II influence the definitions of nursing? - Added technology and Skills Recognized emotions as r/t Health, Illness, and Nursing Care Many Nurses Began to Receiving Master's degree Wanted to test New Ideas about Nursing Nursing Theory Born Founded the Red Cross - Clara Barton Founder of Modern Nursing and Nursing Education Hospital Reform Upgrade Conditions for Sick and Wounded in Military Established Training Schools for Nurses - Florence Nightingale Avid reformer of care of the mentally ill Appointed by President Lincoln of Women Nurses Of the Army Created Month Long Training for Women Who Wanted to Serve - Dorothea Dix Civil War lay nurse who rallied the soldiers, cleaning up the camps and soldiers - Mary Ann Bickerdyke First Professor of Nursing in the World - Mary Adelaide Nutting First Black Trained Nurse - Mary Mahoney Helped to form NLN and ANA - Isabel Hampton Robb Founded Henry Street Settlement and Public Health Nursing - Lillian Wald Nurse Midwife who Founded Frontier Nursing Service - Mary Breckenridge Founded ADN Education in 1952 - Mildred Montag Pioneer in Nursing Theory - Hildegard Peplau What 2 major challenges did African-American nurses face in the late 1800's and early 1900's? - Racial Barriers in Military- (1947) segregation of African American Nurses was ended What 2 major challenges did African-American nurses face in the late 1800's and early 1900's? - Racial Barriers for Education-(1878) Mahoney admitted to New England Hospital for Women and Children What 2 major challenges did African-American nurses face in the late 1800's and early 1900's? - Segregated Nursing Schools-(1886) 1st exclusively for A.American women was Established at Atlanta Baptist Female Seminar (Spelman College) Civil War - No Pro. Nurses Available