NURS 4000 EXAM GUIDE (Policy, Politics,
Legislation and Community Health Nursing) WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Sojourner Truth
(1840) advocated for abolishing slavery and women's rights, fought for funds to train physicians
and nurses
Florence Nightingale
(1850) collected data to influence policy for the health of soldiers in the Crimean war
Lavinia Dock
(1893) campaigned for legislator to allow nurses to control the nursing profession instead of the
physicians
Lillian Wald
(1912) driving force behind development of the Children's Beaurea
Mary Breckenridge
(1920) established Frontier Nursing Services
Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail
(1960) walked from reservation to reservation to improve nursing services for Native Americans
and established NANA
Florence Wald
(1970) established hospice care in the US
, Dr. Ruth Watson Lubic
(1975) nurse midwife crusaded for free standing birth centers
Strategic priorities
no longer present on CDC website
#1 improve health security here at home and around the world
#2 better prevent the leading causes of illness, injury, disability, and death
#3 strengthen public health and health care collaboration
Sovereign power
supreme power of nation or state to enact laws including health laws
- provides authority but also limits powers
Mayflower Compact
just and equal laws for the common good
Declaration of independence
certain unalienable rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Constitution
the realization of sovereign power and was planned to provide for balance of powers
Health policy
- can be made through public or private sector
- in private sector, it evolves differently
Legislation and Community Health Nursing) WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Sojourner Truth
(1840) advocated for abolishing slavery and women's rights, fought for funds to train physicians
and nurses
Florence Nightingale
(1850) collected data to influence policy for the health of soldiers in the Crimean war
Lavinia Dock
(1893) campaigned for legislator to allow nurses to control the nursing profession instead of the
physicians
Lillian Wald
(1912) driving force behind development of the Children's Beaurea
Mary Breckenridge
(1920) established Frontier Nursing Services
Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail
(1960) walked from reservation to reservation to improve nursing services for Native Americans
and established NANA
Florence Wald
(1970) established hospice care in the US
, Dr. Ruth Watson Lubic
(1975) nurse midwife crusaded for free standing birth centers
Strategic priorities
no longer present on CDC website
#1 improve health security here at home and around the world
#2 better prevent the leading causes of illness, injury, disability, and death
#3 strengthen public health and health care collaboration
Sovereign power
supreme power of nation or state to enact laws including health laws
- provides authority but also limits powers
Mayflower Compact
just and equal laws for the common good
Declaration of independence
certain unalienable rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Constitution
the realization of sovereign power and was planned to provide for balance of powers
Health policy
- can be made through public or private sector
- in private sector, it evolves differently
