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NUR 129 FINAL Mathew Merrill 236
Complete Solutions Actual
NUR 129 FINAL Mathew Merrill 236
Complete Solutions Actual
Nursing in Egypt - ANSWER - Physicians are believed to have specialized in certain diseases (such as
internal diseases, fractured bones, and wounds). They also hired women, later known as midwives, to
assist with childbirth. These women were the first recorded nurses.



Nursing in Greece - ANSWER - Believed in Apollo, the Greek god of healing and prayed to him for magic
cures for their illness.

In 400 B.C., the famous Greek physician Hippocrates believed that disease had natural, not magical,
causes.



Nursing in Rome - ANSWER - After 300 B.C., early physicians built on the groundwork of their Egyptian
and Greek predecessors.

- Best known for advances in the health of the public



Nursing in India - ANSWER - Early hospitals were staffed by male nurses who were required to meet four
qualifications:

- Knowledge of the manner in which drugs should be prepared for administration; cleverness;
devotedness to the patient; and purity of mind and body.



Nursing in Christianity - ANSWER - Nursing began to have a formal and more clearly defined role.

- Led by the belief that love and caring for others were important, women made the first visits to sick
people, male gave nursing care and buried the dead.

- Nursing became a respected vocation.



Nursing in the Middle Ages - ANSWER - More hospitals were built.

- Nurses delivered custodial care and depended on physicians for direction.

- Nurse midwifery, as one of the oldest nursing roles, flourished.

- Much nursing care was provided by monks and nuns, which was segregated by sex.

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Nursing in the Crusades - ANSWER - Europe rose to reclaim the Holy Land from the Moslems.

- Hospitals developed on the battlefields.

- Knight Hospitaliers of St. John's of Jerusalem cared for the injured - their symbol, a bright, Red Cross.

- Knights organized nursing care

- Had a probationary period before you could wear the "white" robes of knighthood

- Nursing became acceptable for women and encouraged by the Catholic Church



Nursing in the Renaissance - ANSWER - Dark Ages of Nursing

- Nursing orders to take a vow of poverty, chastity and obedience.

- Number of nurses reduced to smallest possible number (to economize)

- Limited women's freedom.

- Doctors did most of the nursing jobs.

- Nurses did mostly cleaning, laundry and scrubbing.

- Hospitals a source of epidemics

- An average family dreaded and avoided nurses and hospitals.



Nursing in 15th-19th Centuries - ANSWER - The extensive population growth in cities, the lack of hygiene
and sanitation and the increasing poverty in urban centers resulted in serious health problem.

- Society changed from one with a religious orientation to one that emphasized warfare, exploration,
and expansion of knowledge.

- Many monasteries and convents closed, leading to a tremendous shortage of people to care for the
sick.

- Women who had committed crimes were recruited into nursing in lieu of serving sentences.



Diagnosis - ANSWER identifying disease scientifically



Prognosis - ANSWER Predicting possible outcome

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Cure - ANSWER Restoration of health



First hospital in North America - ANSWER L'Hotel de Montreal Jeane Mance

1645



Nursing in 18th Century - ANSWER The sick and poor were in great numbers - change was needed - the
stage was set for those with "social" vision.



Nursing in 19th Century - ANSWER - Era of social reform for prisons, public health and care of the poor.

- Pastor Theodur Fliedner opened the Kaiserwerth Deaconess Institute - the first REAL nursing school.

-Its most famous student: Florence Nightingale



First real nursing school - ANSWER Kaiserwerth Deaconess Institute



Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) - ANSWER - Born in 1820 in a wealthy family;

- she was determined to become a nurse since she believed she was "called by God to help others and to
improve the well-being of mankind";

- she visited Kaiserswerth and received nurse's training at 1850 for three months

- Founder of modern nursing

- Established first nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration

- First practicing nurse epidemiologist

- First nurse researcher

- Changed society's view of nurse



Founder of modern nursing - ANSWER Florence Nightingale



First practicing nurse epidemiologist - ANSWER Florence Nightingale

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First nurse researcher - ANSWER Florence Nightingale



James Derham (1785) - ANSWER - First male nurse in North America

- Bought his freedom from slavery by working as a nurse.



Late 19th Century-Now - ANSWER Civil war shaped nursing by dramatizing the NEED for nursing care.



Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) - ANSWER - Appointed to organize military hospitals, provide trained nurses,
and disperse supplies; she received no official status and no salary for this position.

- Fought for the rights of the mentally ill.

- 6 million people hospitalized during the war—one-half million surgical cases; 2000 nurses served in the
war



Clara Barton (1821-1912) - ANSWER - Was concerned about the condition of wounded soldiers on
battlefield.

- Brought supplies and nursed the wounded on the front.

- Inspired by International Red Cross to form American Red Cross in 1881



Margaret Sanger - ANSWER - One of the most controversial nurses of modern times

- Dedicated to provide legal birth control

- Founded Planned Parenthood



Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965) - ANSWER - Founder of the Frontier Nursing Service

•Established 1925

- Healthcare to women and their families in rural Kentucky

- Educated as Nurse Midwife in England

- Started First School of Midwifery in the US 1939

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