NURS 2300 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

NURS 2300 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Early Nursing - -Preformed by family members -Fighting male nurses of the crusades -Religious Orders -The "Sairy Gamps"--criminal class, elderly inmates, other patients (otherwise unemployable) 19th Cent. Kaiserswerth Sisters - Order of deaconesses, est. 1836 by German pastor Spread to other Lutheran orgs through Europe Mid 19th cent. Nursing in England - Florence Nightingale Born May 12th, 1820-Aug 13, 1910 "lady with a lamp" Often visited sick/poor w/ her mother, customary of aristocratic women 2Disclaimer: Original Content, No Copyright Infringement, All Rights Reserved © 2025 Trained as Nurse in Germany for 3 years Nightingale in Crimea - -1854-56 -Reduced mortality rate at Scutari hospital from 60% to less -than 2% -Supervised a team of nurses -Improved supplies, sanitation& nutrition Mary Seacole - -Jamaican, black nurse & business owner -Made contributions to soldiers health in Crimean War -Was refused entry into Nightingale's team, so she est. a hotel for the injured & visited the battlefield to assist wounded -Experienced w/ Cholera bc outbreak of this in Panama when she visited her brother, many soldiers died of this in Crimean War -bankrupt after returning from war, citizens help raise money for her -"Greatest Black Briton" Nightingale School - Founded St. Thomas Hospital in London, 1860 Became model for Nursing edu. throughout Europe & US 3Disclaimer: Original Content, No Copyright Infringement, All Rights Reserved © 2025 Nightingale & Public Policy - Influenced: -policies for military hospitals -public sanitation of England -Lying-In hospitals -Consulted w/ leaders of other countries Civil War - -Clara Barton "Angel of the Battlefield" -US Patent Clerk -Began independent campaign to provide necessary supplies to soldiers -Founded American Red Cross 1881 -Began independent campaign providing soldier relief (woolen shirts, blankets, towels, lanterns, kettles, etc.) -est own system of distribution -Refused to enlist in military nurse corps headed by Dorothea Dix Dorothea Dix - Mental health reformer appointed Superintendent of Women Nurses for the Union April 23, 1861 4Disclaimer: Original Content, No Copyright Infringement, All Rights Reserved © 2025 Helped create month-long training program at 2 NY hospitals for women who wanted to serve This helped thousands of women serve and be employable afterwards Mary Ann Bickerdyke - "Mother Bickerdyke" untrained/unofficial nurse herbalist widow from Illinois began service in 1861 •Selected by her congregation to deliver supplies to troops on