NURS 310 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
Florence Nightingale - Answers - -FOUNDED THE FIRST SCHOOL OF NURSING (in
europe)
~treated the WHOLE PATIENT not just the issue
**SANITATION REFORM-she noticed the unsanitarys processes and took action ,
wanted nurses to acutally be trained in the field
^^^ID that proper nursing techniques saved lives
changed the perception of nurses in the 17th century by getting an education &
becoming a nurse
Clara Barton - Answers - -american teacher who helped nurse wounded ppl from civil
war
*NOT a trained nurse**
-pattened clerk
FOUNDER OF AMERICAN RED CROSS, she brought it back from switzerland
Mary E Mahoney - Answers - ~FIRST PROFESSIONAL BLACK NURSE IN USA
-
**~historic mission is to provide financial aid and scholarships to students of African
heritage
Lillian Wald - Answers - -champion of community health nursing
***FOUNDED HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT- provided care & continum to New
yorkers w/ poor & low income care
Dorthea Dix - Answers - **american activist for the insane who were living on the street
w/out mental care
*Careated FIRST GENERATION OF AMERICAN METAL ASYLUMS **
, ~founded 32 mental hospitals and 15 schools for feeble minded , school for blind
&training facilities for nurses
**also established libraries in prisons , mental hospitals
Louisa Parson - Answers - FOUNDED UMSON
***~trained by FLORENCE
-1st superintendent of school of nursing
-decorated military career
Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail - Answers - FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN RN
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie - Answers - - started AMERICAN NURSING ASSOCIATION-
that allowed for diff ethnicities to enter the nursing field
Luther Christman - Answers - - FOUND NATIONAL MALE NURSE ASSOCIATION
-First to hire African American women as faculty members
Linda Aiker - Answers - ~conducted a study proving that nurses w/ a BSN save more
lives rather than nurses w/ an associates degree
what is the historical context of professional nursing? - Answers - -Nursing started off
unorganized / poor defined
-1st :nursing role was based on family/ religious ties/ provider of comfort & care &
educate
-->moved from hospital to university training -->
Now: role of a nurse is based on competency/ autonomy/ determination/ holistic human
caring
What guides a nurses practice? - Answers - -Nursings social policy statement
-nursing scope and standards of practice
-code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements
state boards of nursing
Examples of evidence that supports nursing as a profession ? - Answers - -ongoing
research that governs the nursing practice (Nursing journals)
Florence Nightingale - Answers - -FOUNDED THE FIRST SCHOOL OF NURSING (in
europe)
~treated the WHOLE PATIENT not just the issue
**SANITATION REFORM-she noticed the unsanitarys processes and took action ,
wanted nurses to acutally be trained in the field
^^^ID that proper nursing techniques saved lives
changed the perception of nurses in the 17th century by getting an education &
becoming a nurse
Clara Barton - Answers - -american teacher who helped nurse wounded ppl from civil
war
*NOT a trained nurse**
-pattened clerk
FOUNDER OF AMERICAN RED CROSS, she brought it back from switzerland
Mary E Mahoney - Answers - ~FIRST PROFESSIONAL BLACK NURSE IN USA
-
**~historic mission is to provide financial aid and scholarships to students of African
heritage
Lillian Wald - Answers - -champion of community health nursing
***FOUNDED HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT- provided care & continum to New
yorkers w/ poor & low income care
Dorthea Dix - Answers - **american activist for the insane who were living on the street
w/out mental care
*Careated FIRST GENERATION OF AMERICAN METAL ASYLUMS **
, ~founded 32 mental hospitals and 15 schools for feeble minded , school for blind
&training facilities for nurses
**also established libraries in prisons , mental hospitals
Louisa Parson - Answers - FOUNDED UMSON
***~trained by FLORENCE
-1st superintendent of school of nursing
-decorated military career
Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail - Answers - FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN RN
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie - Answers - - started AMERICAN NURSING ASSOCIATION-
that allowed for diff ethnicities to enter the nursing field
Luther Christman - Answers - - FOUND NATIONAL MALE NURSE ASSOCIATION
-First to hire African American women as faculty members
Linda Aiker - Answers - ~conducted a study proving that nurses w/ a BSN save more
lives rather than nurses w/ an associates degree
what is the historical context of professional nursing? - Answers - -Nursing started off
unorganized / poor defined
-1st :nursing role was based on family/ religious ties/ provider of comfort & care &
educate
-->moved from hospital to university training -->
Now: role of a nurse is based on competency/ autonomy/ determination/ holistic human
caring
What guides a nurses practice? - Answers - -Nursings social policy statement
-nursing scope and standards of practice
-code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements
state boards of nursing
Examples of evidence that supports nursing as a profession ? - Answers - -ongoing
research that governs the nursing practice (Nursing journals)
