Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, Ch. 1 Fundamentals of Nursing | Questions and Answers with complete solution

National Counsel Licensing Examination - NCLEX "nutrire" or "to nourish" - nursing An abnormal process in which aspects of the social, emotional, or intellectual condition and function of a person are diminished or impaired. - Illness The first nursing theorist - Florence Nightingale Developed the American Red Cross in 1881. - Clara Barton Superintendent of Female Nurses in the Union Army. Crusader for standards of care for the mentally ill. - Dorothea Dix Organized diet kitchens, laundries, and ambulance services. Championed the rights and comforts of the soldiers. - Mary Ann Ball First trained nurse in America. Responsible for the development of the first nursing and hospital records. - Linda Richards Organized the first graded system of theory and practice in the schools of nursing. - Isabel Hampton Robb Responsible for the organization of the American Society of Superintendents of training schools, which evolved into the National League for Nursing Education - Lavinia Dock