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Hippocrates
Ans: "Father of Modern Medicine.
Beliefs focused on harmony with the natural law instead of on
appeasing the gods.
Emphasized treating the whole client, mind, body, spirit, and
the environment.
Made diagnosis on the basis of symptoms rather than on an
isolated idea of a disease.
He was concerned with ethical standards for physicians,
expressed in the now-famous Hippocratic Oath.
Florence Nightingale
Ans: Founder of modern nursing, in 1851. Nightingale
supervised 125 nurses in several large hospitals, and advocated
a program of at least 1 year that included basic biological
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science, techniques to improve nursing care, and supervi sed
practice.
Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
Ans: Dedicated her life to raising the standards of nursing
education in the United States, and was the first as director of
the Illinois Training School for Nurses, headed the new Johns
Hopkins Training School for Nurses.
Formed the American Society of Superintendents of Training
Schools for Nurses and served as chairwoman.
In 1896, she became the first president of a group called the
Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada,
which would later become the American Nurses Association
(ANA).
Robb helped develop the still the official journal called the
American Journal of Nursing, the first professional journal for
nursing.
Lillian Wald
Ans: Opened a storefront health clinic called the Henry Street
Settlement in New York.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company saw value in her beliefs
and asked her to organize its nursing branch, and she founded
the American Red Cross's Town and Country Nursing Service.
She founded and became the first president of the National
Organization for Public Health Nursing, was the first to place
nurses in public schools, and current proposals for health-care
reform often include her ideas about public health nursing,
independent clinics, and health maintenance.
Loretta C. Ford
Ans: Credited with founding nurse practitioner practice.
Awarded the Blackwell Award (named for the first female
doctor in America) from Hobart and William Smith Colleges,
which is given to a woman whose life exemplifies outstanding
service to humanity.
Ford was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in
2011, and still consults and lectures at the University of
Rochester School of Nursing.
Lamp
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Ans: a symbol of learning, signs of caring, comfort, and often
the difference between life and death. and a symbol of the
ideals and selfless devotion of Florence Nightingale.
Nursing Pin
Ans: First modern nursing pin is attributed to Florence
Nightingale, a sign of their legal authority as licensed
professionals, and was evidence of their successful completion
of the nursing program.
Nursing Cap
Ans: Much of history, women were required to keep their heads
covered with some type of garment, a white cap that signified
"service to others", for women to keep their heads covered; it
kept the nurse's long hair, up and off her face; and it kept the
hair from becoming soiled.
Capping indicated that the student was now off probation and
that she had earned the right to wear the cap during clinical
rotations in the hospital, first-year students wore plain white
caps, second-year students had a vertical black band added to
the edge of the cap, and third-year students were given a
second vertical black band.
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Dimensions of Nursing-FINAL EXAM
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Hippocrates
Ans: "Father of Modern Medicine.
Beliefs focused on harmony with the natural law instead of on
appeasing the gods.
Emphasized treating the whole client, mind, body, spirit, and
the environment.
Made diagnosis on the basis of symptoms rather than on an
isolated idea of a disease.
He was concerned with ethical standards for physicians,
expressed in the now-famous Hippocratic Oath.
Florence Nightingale
Ans: Founder of modern nursing, in 1851. Nightingale
supervised 125 nurses in several large hospitals, and advocated
a program of at least 1 year that included basic biological
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science, techniques to improve nursing care, and supervi sed
practice.
Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
Ans: Dedicated her life to raising the standards of nursing
education in the United States, and was the first as director of
the Illinois Training School for Nurses, headed the new Johns
Hopkins Training School for Nurses.
Formed the American Society of Superintendents of Training
Schools for Nurses and served as chairwoman.
In 1896, she became the first president of a group called the
Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada,
which would later become the American Nurses Association
(ANA).
Robb helped develop the still the official journal called the
American Journal of Nursing, the first professional journal for
nursing.
Lillian Wald
Ans: Opened a storefront health clinic called the Henry Street
Settlement in New York.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company saw value in her beliefs
and asked her to organize its nursing branch, and she founded
the American Red Cross's Town and Country Nursing Service.
She founded and became the first president of the National
Organization for Public Health Nursing, was the first to place
nurses in public schools, and current proposals for health-care
reform often include her ideas about public health nursing,
independent clinics, and health maintenance.
Loretta C. Ford
Ans: Credited with founding nurse practitioner practice.
Awarded the Blackwell Award (named for the first female
doctor in America) from Hobart and William Smith Colleges,
which is given to a woman whose life exemplifies outstanding
service to humanity.
Ford was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in
2011, and still consults and lectures at the University of
Rochester School of Nursing.
Lamp
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Ans: a symbol of learning, signs of caring, comfort, and often
the difference between life and death. and a symbol of the
ideals and selfless devotion of Florence Nightingale.
Nursing Pin
Ans: First modern nursing pin is attributed to Florence
Nightingale, a sign of their legal authority as licensed
professionals, and was evidence of their successful completion
of the nursing program.
Nursing Cap
Ans: Much of history, women were required to keep their heads
covered with some type of garment, a white cap that signified
"service to others", for women to keep their heads covered; it
kept the nurse's long hair, up and off her face; and it kept the
hair from becoming soiled.
Capping indicated that the student was now off probation and
that she had earned the right to wear the cap during clinical
rotations in the hospital, first-year students wore plain white
caps, second-year students had a vertical black band added to
the edge of the cap, and third-year students were given a
second vertical black band.
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