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HCR 220 Questions and Correct Answers/
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Identify each of the 7 trends in nursing
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• Education
• Advancement in practice
• War
• Workforce issues
• Licensure and regulation
• Research
Discuss the role of knights and religious orders in providing nursing
care
Ans: • When soldiers became ill or injured, knights were
assigned to provide nursing care when they weren't engaged in
battle. Monks and nuns were assigned to provide nursing care
when their care was not provided by the patient's family. This
was a part of their religious charity work.
Describe how the Reformation influenced nursing care
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Ans: • Role of men in nursing - men were pulled out of nursing
care for people during the Reformation and from then on,
nursing has never been a man's profession.
• Religious order involvement - monastic institutions for
providing nursing care for the sick were closed down, and the
very few that were open were run by nuns (only women). This
led to the opening of public hospitals where laywomen were
expected to perform nursing care.
Discuss Florence Nightingale's impact on the nursing profession
Ans: • Nursing Education - she opened the first nursing school.
She believed that organized nursing education woul d provide a
means to raise nursing to a respectable endeavor by clarifying
standards for professional and personal conduct and
standardizing how nurses provided care for the sick.
o 1st nurse training school - St. Thomas Hospital in London -
June 24, 1860
• not only taught nurses how to care for people in homes and
hospitals, but also trained them to teach other nurses.
• Research & Statistics - Nightingale engaged in retrospective
study, which uses statistical analysis results to justify proposed
procedural and policy changes. (Led to today's evidence -based
practices?)
• "Notes on Nursing" - 79-page book meant to explain how to
provide nursing care in the home. Originally made for
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laywomen so they could learn basic nursing care in the home,
but it became a normal work in nursing schools.
• First American Nursing School - New England Hospital for
Women and Children opened by Dr. Marie Zakrzewska in 1862.
Describe Florence Nightingale's service during the Crimean War
Ans: •Nightingale sent to improve the conditions of the
hospitals for the injured soldiers. The rate at which people died
from infection was surpassing the number of deaths from
injuries alone. Nightingale worked to make living conditions
cleaner for the soldiers, changing clothes and bedding everyday
to prevent infections. The mortality rate dropped from 60% to a
fraction over 1% from her efforts.
Explain why Florence Nightingale is considered a holistic nurse
Ans: • Nightingale was considered a holistic nurse because not
only did she care for people's physical needs, but she also cared
for their feelings and other troubles that they were dealing with
in the hospital. She is well known for staying up late and
walking through the hospital at night with a candle, making
sure that all of her patients are well accounted and cared for
before she could rest herself.
Identify the first Florence Nightingale School of nursing
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HCR 220 Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
Identify each of the 7 trends in nursing
Ans: • Image
• Education
• Advancement in practice
• War
• Workforce issues
• Licensure and regulation
• Research
Discuss the role of knights and religious orders in providing nursing
care
Ans: • When soldiers became ill or injured, knights were
assigned to provide nursing care when they weren't engaged in
battle. Monks and nuns were assigned to provide nursing care
when their care was not provided by the patient's family. This
was a part of their religious charity work.
Describe how the Reformation influenced nursing care
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Ans: • Role of men in nursing - men were pulled out of nursing
care for people during the Reformation and from then on,
nursing has never been a man's profession.
• Religious order involvement - monastic institutions for
providing nursing care for the sick were closed down, and the
very few that were open were run by nuns (only women). This
led to the opening of public hospitals where laywomen were
expected to perform nursing care.
Discuss Florence Nightingale's impact on the nursing profession
Ans: • Nursing Education - she opened the first nursing school.
She believed that organized nursing education woul d provide a
means to raise nursing to a respectable endeavor by clarifying
standards for professional and personal conduct and
standardizing how nurses provided care for the sick.
o 1st nurse training school - St. Thomas Hospital in London -
June 24, 1860
• not only taught nurses how to care for people in homes and
hospitals, but also trained them to teach other nurses.
• Research & Statistics - Nightingale engaged in retrospective
study, which uses statistical analysis results to justify proposed
procedural and policy changes. (Led to today's evidence -based
practices?)
• "Notes on Nursing" - 79-page book meant to explain how to
provide nursing care in the home. Originally made for
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laywomen so they could learn basic nursing care in the home,
but it became a normal work in nursing schools.
• First American Nursing School - New England Hospital for
Women and Children opened by Dr. Marie Zakrzewska in 1862.
Describe Florence Nightingale's service during the Crimean War
Ans: •Nightingale sent to improve the conditions of the
hospitals for the injured soldiers. The rate at which people died
from infection was surpassing the number of deaths from
injuries alone. Nightingale worked to make living conditions
cleaner for the soldiers, changing clothes and bedding everyday
to prevent infections. The mortality rate dropped from 60% to a
fraction over 1% from her efforts.
Explain why Florence Nightingale is considered a holistic nurse
Ans: • Nightingale was considered a holistic nurse because not
only did she care for people's physical needs, but she also cared
for their feelings and other troubles that they were dealing with
in the hospital. She is well known for staying up late and
walking through the hospital at night with a candle, making
sure that all of her patients are well accounted and cared for
before she could rest herself.
Identify the first Florence Nightingale School of nursing
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