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Hippocrates - ✔✔"father of medicine" he believed in harmony with the
natural law rather than appeasing the gods; he treated mind, body, spirit &
environment and raised the ethical standards of practice known today as
Hippocratic Oath.
Florence Nightingdale - ✔✔"founder of modern nursing" she worked o
reform nursing education, techniques to improve care & supervised
practice.
Isabel Adams Hampton Robb - ✔✔founder of American Society of
Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses; the first president of the
group that later became the American Nurses Association; creator of
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,American Journal of Nursing. She advocated raising standards of nursing
education in the U.S.
Lillian Wald - ✔✔social reformer who *advocated for children's & the
poor's health wellness*, wellness education, sanitary conditions &
*initiated the concept of school nursing.*
Lavinia Lloyd Dock - ✔✔reformer who advocated for women's & equal
rights, the professionalization of nursing & social reform to improve health
standards among the poor; author of the first medicine textbook for nurses
Annie Goodrich - ✔✔a nurse educator and director of many nursing
schools she became the first nurse to be appointed as state inspector of
nursing schools.
Loretta Ford - ✔✔founder of the practice of Nurse Practitioner; advocate
for nursing education, considered to be a nursing leader who transformed
the nursing profession and made healthcare more accessible to the general
public.
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,Symbol of nursing: "the lamp" - ✔✔Originally used by Florence
Nightingale when she brought oil lamps around with her as she provided
care and sparked the symbol of the "lady of light" which depicted help on
its way, purity, goodness & wisdom; also represents the eternal flame the
dispels darkness; the flame of life; can also represent the continual seeking
of knowledge
Symbol of nursing: "nursing pin" - ✔✔a pinning ceremony is a tradition for
nursing graduates to acknowledge graduates. First started by Florence
Nightingale and is viewed as a symbol of education
& legal authority as a licensed professional in the field of nursing.
Symbol of nursing: "the cap" - ✔✔Originally used by nurses in the field to
keep hair back/tamed and to prevent the spread of germs/bacteria. Later
died out for this purpose but represents a symbol of status, education faith,
dedication, honesty and wisdom to the healthcare field.
QSEN competencies - ✔✔A guide for nursing curriculum by the Robert
Wood Johnson foundation that imposes six competencies to improve the
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, quality and safety of client care through nursing education & student
competency.
(1) Client-centered care
(2) Teamwork and collaboration
(3) Evidence-based practice (EBP)
(4) Quality improvement (QI)
(5) Safety
(6) Informatics
This project was driven by concerns of the community and professionals
because of the large number of medication and medical errors that occur
and lead to injury or death.
Interprofessional Education - ✔✔The Joint Commission realized that along
with medical errors, poor communication & lack of teamwork among
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