Foundations of Nursing Practice Study Guide
ANA:
American Nurses Association; Founded in late 1800's, for RN
ICN:
International Council of Nurses; Founded in 1899, professional women
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney: First African American nurse
Harriet Tubman: Nurse, abolitionist; active in the underground railroad.
Dorothea Dix: Superintendent of the Female Nurses of the Army during the
civil war; was a pioneering rusader for the reform of the treatment of the
mentally ill.
Margaret Sanger: Founder of Planned Parenthood
Lillian Wald: Est. a neighborhood nursing service for the the sick poor of the
Lower East Side in NYC; founder of public health nursing.
Florence Nightingale:
Birth of modern nursing, provided foundation for modern nursing, defined it
as an art & science, differentiated it from medicine.
Contributions of Florence Nightingale:
Est. standards for hospital management, est. nursing education, two
components of nursing: health & illness, Continuing education for nurses,
maintained accurate records of patients.
The science of nursing:
the knowledge base for the care that is given
, Nursing is a blend of:
Science & art
What is a nurse?:
someone who nourishes, fosters, protects; cares for the sick, injured, and
aged
The patient:
is the central focus. includes physical, emotional, social, and spiritual
dimensions.
Caring:
is the essence of nursing and the most central & unifying focus of nursing
practice
The Art of Nursing:
application of scientific knowledge, the skilled application of knowledge to
help others reach maximum health & quality of life.
Definitions of Nursing:
Promotion of health, preventing of illness, collaborative care; central to all
definitions of nursing is Holistic Care.
Nutrix:
Latin, to nourish
ICN's definition of nursing:
nursing is the promotion of health, prevention of illness, collobrative of care;
Advocacy, promote safe environment, research in shaping health policy &
health system management. (Policies)
ANA's definition of nursing:
the social context of nursing, a definition of nursing, the knowledge base for
nursing practice, the scope of nursing practice, standards of professional
ANA:
American Nurses Association; Founded in late 1800's, for RN
ICN:
International Council of Nurses; Founded in 1899, professional women
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney: First African American nurse
Harriet Tubman: Nurse, abolitionist; active in the underground railroad.
Dorothea Dix: Superintendent of the Female Nurses of the Army during the
civil war; was a pioneering rusader for the reform of the treatment of the
mentally ill.
Margaret Sanger: Founder of Planned Parenthood
Lillian Wald: Est. a neighborhood nursing service for the the sick poor of the
Lower East Side in NYC; founder of public health nursing.
Florence Nightingale:
Birth of modern nursing, provided foundation for modern nursing, defined it
as an art & science, differentiated it from medicine.
Contributions of Florence Nightingale:
Est. standards for hospital management, est. nursing education, two
components of nursing: health & illness, Continuing education for nurses,
maintained accurate records of patients.
The science of nursing:
the knowledge base for the care that is given
, Nursing is a blend of:
Science & art
What is a nurse?:
someone who nourishes, fosters, protects; cares for the sick, injured, and
aged
The patient:
is the central focus. includes physical, emotional, social, and spiritual
dimensions.
Caring:
is the essence of nursing and the most central & unifying focus of nursing
practice
The Art of Nursing:
application of scientific knowledge, the skilled application of knowledge to
help others reach maximum health & quality of life.
Definitions of Nursing:
Promotion of health, preventing of illness, collaborative care; central to all
definitions of nursing is Holistic Care.
Nutrix:
Latin, to nourish
ICN's definition of nursing:
nursing is the promotion of health, prevention of illness, collobrative of care;
Advocacy, promote safe environment, research in shaping health policy &
health system management. (Policies)
ANA's definition of nursing:
the social context of nursing, a definition of nursing, the knowledge base for
nursing practice, the scope of nursing practice, standards of professional
