LPN Chapter 1: Nursing &
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, Florence Nightingale an English-woman, felt the calling by God to become a nurse.
Trained to become a nurse in the mid-1800s and started the first school of nursing
in England
Dorothy Dix a social worker, to organize women volunteers to provide nursing care for the
soldiers.
Clara Barton took volunteers into the field hospitals to care for the soldiers of both armies. Later
founded the American Red Cross
Lillian Ward took nursing out in the community, and in 1893 she and Mary Brewster established
the Henry Street Settlement Service in New York City.
1892 New York young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) started the first official
school for practical nursing, the Ballard School, offered for 3 months
1918 group of women open the Household Nursing School in Boston to train-Later the
school was called the Shepard Gill School of Practical Nursing.
Common goals 1. to promote wellness
2. to prevent illness
3. to facilitate coping
4. to restore health
Nightingale based beliefs 1. nutrition is important part of nursing care
2. fresh, clean, air is beneficial to the sick
3. sick people need occupational and recreational therapy
4.nurses should help meet the patient's needs
5. should directed toward two conditions: health and illness
6.medicine should be taught by nurses
7. continuing education is needed for nurses.
Interventions are actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness.
Invasive procedures procedures that require entry into the body.
aseptically without introducing infectious material.
DRG's created by Medicare in 1983 attempt to contain health care cost, hospital receives a
set amount for patient who is hospitalized with a certain diagnosis.
When nursing was taken out into the community, nursing apprenticeship
education was essentially
The American Red Cross was founded by -----,as an Clara Barton, Civil
outgrowth of service during the-------War.
Healthcare System 2026 |
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Questions, Answers &
Exam Review | Complete
Ethics Study Guide
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep and Comprehensive
Rationales
Included
, Florence Nightingale an English-woman, felt the calling by God to become a nurse.
Trained to become a nurse in the mid-1800s and started the first school of nursing
in England
Dorothy Dix a social worker, to organize women volunteers to provide nursing care for the
soldiers.
Clara Barton took volunteers into the field hospitals to care for the soldiers of both armies. Later
founded the American Red Cross
Lillian Ward took nursing out in the community, and in 1893 she and Mary Brewster established
the Henry Street Settlement Service in New York City.
1892 New York young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) started the first official
school for practical nursing, the Ballard School, offered for 3 months
1918 group of women open the Household Nursing School in Boston to train-Later the
school was called the Shepard Gill School of Practical Nursing.
Common goals 1. to promote wellness
2. to prevent illness
3. to facilitate coping
4. to restore health
Nightingale based beliefs 1. nutrition is important part of nursing care
2. fresh, clean, air is beneficial to the sick
3. sick people need occupational and recreational therapy
4.nurses should help meet the patient's needs
5. should directed toward two conditions: health and illness
6.medicine should be taught by nurses
7. continuing education is needed for nurses.
Interventions are actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness.
Invasive procedures procedures that require entry into the body.
aseptically without introducing infectious material.
DRG's created by Medicare in 1983 attempt to contain health care cost, hospital receives a
set amount for patient who is hospitalized with a certain diagnosis.
When nursing was taken out into the community, nursing apprenticeship
education was essentially
The American Red Cross was founded by -----,as an Clara Barton, Civil
outgrowth of service during the-------War.
