NU411 Exam 1 Study Guide With
Solution
Theory of greater good - ANSWER practice in public health nursing that
pertains to doing the most good for the highest number of individuals in a
population
John Snow - ANSWER father of epidemiology; studied the London Cholera
epidemic and determined its source to be a contaminated well
National Public Health Performance Standards - ANSWER set of guidelines
that emphasize importance of demonstrating improved health outcomes fro
populations, evaluating efficacy of interventions, and comparing current
status to national benchmarks
mid 1960s - ANSWER when public health nursing reemerged
respecting autonomy, doing good, avoiding harm, treating people fairly -
ANSWER cornerstones of public health nursing ethics
churches, wealthy citizens, individual nurses - ANSWER organizing efforts for
early nursing practice
Great Stink (1858) - ANSWER a time in the summer of 1858 during which the
smell of untreated sewage almost caused the abandonment of the biggest
city in the world
Mary Robinson - ANSWER first district nurse
Nightingale - ANSWER created modern nursing profession; lead war nurses
,in 1854, emphasized infection prevention, opened nursing school in Liverpool
Lemeul Shattuck - ANSWER In 1850, published the first report on sanitation
and public health problems. Recommended the exchange of health
information, sanitary inspections, research on tuberculosis, and the teaching
of sanitation and prevention in medical schools. Founding health
departments.
Dorothea Dix - ANSWER Rights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients -
created first wave of US mental asylums
Clara Barton - ANSWER Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American
Red Cross
Lilian Wald - ANSWER founder of public health nursing; established the
Henry Street Settlement in Manhattan, NY for poor and ill citizens
Mary Breckinridge - ANSWER Established the Frontier Nursing Service;
focused on women and children in rural areas; created the Frontier Graduate
School of Midwifery
increased nurse training and education, recognition of nurse's autonomy,
preventative care - ANSWER major outcomes for public health nurses as a
, result of historical figures
Healthy People 2020 - ANSWER A set of disease prevention and health
promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the
new millennium
decentralized, laissez faire, and resources - ANSWER basic features of the U.S.
healthcare system
decentralization - ANSWER decisions regarding healthcare are allotted to
local, state, and federal governments
laissez faire - ANSWER private parties deliver care; public healthcare entities
are for the poor
abundant resources - ANSWER U.S. spends more on health care than most
countries
disjointed public and private entities, no central plan, multiple layers of
government - ANSWER components of the U.S. healthcare system
primary healthcare - ANSWER the promotion of health and prevention of the
Solution
Theory of greater good - ANSWER practice in public health nursing that
pertains to doing the most good for the highest number of individuals in a
population
John Snow - ANSWER father of epidemiology; studied the London Cholera
epidemic and determined its source to be a contaminated well
National Public Health Performance Standards - ANSWER set of guidelines
that emphasize importance of demonstrating improved health outcomes fro
populations, evaluating efficacy of interventions, and comparing current
status to national benchmarks
mid 1960s - ANSWER when public health nursing reemerged
respecting autonomy, doing good, avoiding harm, treating people fairly -
ANSWER cornerstones of public health nursing ethics
churches, wealthy citizens, individual nurses - ANSWER organizing efforts for
early nursing practice
Great Stink (1858) - ANSWER a time in the summer of 1858 during which the
smell of untreated sewage almost caused the abandonment of the biggest
city in the world
Mary Robinson - ANSWER first district nurse
Nightingale - ANSWER created modern nursing profession; lead war nurses
,in 1854, emphasized infection prevention, opened nursing school in Liverpool
Lemeul Shattuck - ANSWER In 1850, published the first report on sanitation
and public health problems. Recommended the exchange of health
information, sanitary inspections, research on tuberculosis, and the teaching
of sanitation and prevention in medical schools. Founding health
departments.
Dorothea Dix - ANSWER Rights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients -
created first wave of US mental asylums
Clara Barton - ANSWER Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American
Red Cross
Lilian Wald - ANSWER founder of public health nursing; established the
Henry Street Settlement in Manhattan, NY for poor and ill citizens
Mary Breckinridge - ANSWER Established the Frontier Nursing Service;
focused on women and children in rural areas; created the Frontier Graduate
School of Midwifery
increased nurse training and education, recognition of nurse's autonomy,
preventative care - ANSWER major outcomes for public health nurses as a
, result of historical figures
Healthy People 2020 - ANSWER A set of disease prevention and health
promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the
new millennium
decentralized, laissez faire, and resources - ANSWER basic features of the U.S.
healthcare system
decentralization - ANSWER decisions regarding healthcare are allotted to
local, state, and federal governments
laissez faire - ANSWER private parties deliver care; public healthcare entities
are for the poor
abundant resources - ANSWER U.S. spends more on health care than most
countries
disjointed public and private entities, no central plan, multiple layers of
government - ANSWER components of the U.S. healthcare system
primary healthcare - ANSWER the promotion of health and prevention of the
