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, Where are images of nursing seen? Magazines, television, movies, statuses
What is the projected nursing shortage of RNs for 2020? 20% which is 400,000 nurses
What is true of reports related to the nursing shortage? Reports show that supply is growing faster that projected due to new nurses in the
field, ages 23-36
What did the number of new graduates increase by 230%
between 2002 and 2013?
What Legislative law was passed in an effort to combat the The Nursing Reinvestment Act that was signed in 2002 funded $20 million. It
nursing shortage? provided the following:
Nursing scholarships
Public service announcements
Faculty loan cancellation programs
Geriatric training grants
Nurse retention and enhancement grants
What did the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of Student Loan Amounts
2010 increase and provide? Provided $50 million/year to find nurse managed health centers
Funded gerontology nursing fellowship programs
$40,000 in educational loan repayment for nurse faculty
$80,000 for doctorally prepared nurse faculty
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of Provided clinical training for Advanced Practiced Nurses
2010, what did Graduate Nursing Demonstration Grants to
Hospitals provide?
What are the four types of Advanced Practice Nurses? Nurse anesthetist
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse-midwives
Where are the earliest references of nursing found? In the Bible. They talk about the action of 2 nurse midwives in about 1900BC
What is an example of a Victorian image of nursing in Charles Dicken's portrayal of Sairey Gamp (drunk/uncaring nurse) became a
literature? famous stereotype of incompetent nurses of the Victorian era (before Nightingale).
Florence Nightingale She created a positive image of nursing.
The beginning of modern nursing was her success in improving the health of British
soldiers against medical obstacles
She reduced the mortality rate from 42 to 2 % in the Crimean War.
She was one of the early users of statistics, and she developed the pie chart.
What does early 20th century art show? Portrayed nurses as dedicated, heroic, and caring. (Often portrayed with wings)
Nurses had opportunities to help in war.