Classical Era (around 1000 BC) correct answers healing is a result of good and evil
Greek Era (around 460-370 BC) correct answers Hippocrates (father of medicine)
Roman Era (31 BC - AD 476) correct answers Galen and the Romans (promoted evolution for
nursing)
Middle Ages (AD 476-1453) correct answers Nursing influenced by christianity
Nursing roles were filled by church
The Renaissance (473 - 1500s) correct answers sparked learning interest re: arts and science, no
significant changes in nursing
The Reformation (from 1517) correct answers Nursing care decline
The Dark Period of Nursing (1500 - 1860) correct answers worst period for nursing.
Education programs began closing down d/t poor conditions in hospitals.
Constant Plague's.
Life expectancy at 35 years.
Trash in the streets.
The Industrial Revolution (mid 1700s) correct answers Machinery and mass production
beginning of public hospitals
Florence Nightingale correct answers English nurse remembered for her work during the
Crimean War (1820-1910).
,Established sanitary nursing care units.
Founder of modern nursing.
Began professional education in nursing known as Nightingale School of Nursing
Considered true Angel of Nursing
The Goldmark Report correct answers 500 page report used by US to advocate nursing in
colleges
Published in 1923, this report recommended that nursing education develop educational
standards, schools of nursing adopt a primary focus on education and be moved to universities,
and nurse educators receive advanced education.
The Brown Report correct answers Created by Ester Brown
Implementation of nursing accreditations from CCNE
Formed basis for evaluating nursing programs
American Nurses Association (ANA) correct answers Established in 1911
Started state nursing associations
TNA (Texas Nursing Associations)
Lillian Wall and the Henry Street Settlement correct answers Founder of public health nursing
Previously pre-med student but changed to nursing after seeing involvement of bonding w/ pt
during clinicals
Dorothea Dix correct answers A reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat the insane as
mentally ill, beginning in the 1820's, she was responsible for improving conditions in jails,
poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S. and Canada. She succeeded in persuading
many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. She served as the
Superintendant of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War.
, Boston school teacher of prisoners. Saw uncleanliness in prisons and wrote a report that was
published and brought into public attention
Clara Barton correct answers Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Mary Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service correct answers Established the Frontier
Nursing Service and one of the first midwifery schools in the United States
Brought healthcare in Appalachian area for women since there was a high birth rate
Decades of Change
1945-1960 correct answers New technology
Hill Burton Act (1946)
ANA accepted African American
ANA code of ethics adopted
Males entered school
New technology correct answers Creation of ECG?
Hill-Burton Act of 1946 correct answers funding for the improvement and expansion of hospital
services
ANA adoption of Code of Ethics correct answers Creation of ethics for nurses
Journal of Nursing first published correct answers Nursing research began
Years of revolution, protest, and the new order (1961-2000) correct answers Specialization in
Nursing