Describe the influence and contributions of key figures in the history of nursing,
including Florence Nightingale.
History & Image of Nursing
Key historical figures:
*Florence Nightingale
*Mary Seacole
*Clara Barton
*Dorothea Dix
*Mary E. Mahoney
*Lillian Wald
*Mary Breckenridge
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, Florence Nightingale: Famous nurse, affluent. Focused on prisons and
military. Reduced mortality rate by 2% by feeding the people and keeping
them clean/sanitation/ventilation. Supervised 38 nurses. Founded first
nursing school in St. Thomas Hospital in London.
Mary Seacole: (Jamaican) Called Mother Seacole. Expert in Cholera.
Manage/Funded for soldiers in Crimea. Was voted the Greatest Black
Britain 2003. Did not consider herself a nurse.
Clara Barton: Angel of Battlefield. Founded the Red Cross is 1881. Was not a
nurse; campaigned for supplies
Dorothea Dix: Civil War superintendent of union army
Mary E. Mahoney: first african american Nurse. Began her nursing training
at the New England Hospital
Lillian Wald: Founded Henry Street Settlement in New York which offered
health care and social services to the member of the community
Mary Ann Breckenridge: established the frontier nursing service to provide
healthcare to poor/isolated patients in the appalachian mountains of
eastern kentucky. Did work as midwife, often on horseback.
Identify commonalities in various definitions of
nursing
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Prevention of disease
Maintaining/Promoting health
Assistance
Administration of medicine
, Discuss traditional and alternative ways of becoming a registered nurse as well the
difference between licensure and certifications.
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RN usually begins in one of three ways
>In a hospital based diploma program
>BSN program
>An associates degree in nursing (ADN) program.
Licensure and certifications overlap
>Licensure- required for practice
>Certification- not required for practice
Describe how the public sees nurses.
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Some view nurses as highly sexualized or as not being diverse in gender
and race, they tend to view them as young white women. Also most people
do not appreciate the complexity and range of today's professional nursing
role.
Identify strategies to promote EBP and barriers to
implementation
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Strategies to promote EBP- Learn where and how to search
-Insufficient time to explore questions on the job.
-Rejection of need for change
including Florence Nightingale.
History & Image of Nursing
Key historical figures:
*Florence Nightingale
*Mary Seacole
*Clara Barton
*Dorothea Dix
*Mary E. Mahoney
*Lillian Wald
*Mary Breckenridge
Give this one a try later!
, Florence Nightingale: Famous nurse, affluent. Focused on prisons and
military. Reduced mortality rate by 2% by feeding the people and keeping
them clean/sanitation/ventilation. Supervised 38 nurses. Founded first
nursing school in St. Thomas Hospital in London.
Mary Seacole: (Jamaican) Called Mother Seacole. Expert in Cholera.
Manage/Funded for soldiers in Crimea. Was voted the Greatest Black
Britain 2003. Did not consider herself a nurse.
Clara Barton: Angel of Battlefield. Founded the Red Cross is 1881. Was not a
nurse; campaigned for supplies
Dorothea Dix: Civil War superintendent of union army
Mary E. Mahoney: first african american Nurse. Began her nursing training
at the New England Hospital
Lillian Wald: Founded Henry Street Settlement in New York which offered
health care and social services to the member of the community
Mary Ann Breckenridge: established the frontier nursing service to provide
healthcare to poor/isolated patients in the appalachian mountains of
eastern kentucky. Did work as midwife, often on horseback.
Identify commonalities in various definitions of
nursing
Give this one a try later!
Prevention of disease
Maintaining/Promoting health
Assistance
Administration of medicine
, Discuss traditional and alternative ways of becoming a registered nurse as well the
difference between licensure and certifications.
Give this one a try later!
RN usually begins in one of three ways
>In a hospital based diploma program
>BSN program
>An associates degree in nursing (ADN) program.
Licensure and certifications overlap
>Licensure- required for practice
>Certification- not required for practice
Describe how the public sees nurses.
Give this one a try later!
Some view nurses as highly sexualized or as not being diverse in gender
and race, they tend to view them as young white women. Also most people
do not appreciate the complexity and range of today's professional nursing
role.
Identify strategies to promote EBP and barriers to
implementation
Give this one a try later!
Strategies to promote EBP- Learn where and how to search
-Insufficient time to explore questions on the job.
-Rejection of need for change
