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| What is Florence Nightingale known for? | Being the first nursing theorist |
| What Latin word can nursing be traced back to? | Nutrie "to nourish" |
| What is illness? | An abnormal process in which the social, emotional, or intellectual condition and function diminish or are impaired? |
| In early civilization what did they believe if you were ill? | An evil spirit had entered the body |
| What was the role of medicine men? | Performed witchcraft and rituals to rid the body of the "evil spirit" |
| What did medicine men use? | Purgatives (laxatives) emetics (vomiting) hot and cold substances, cautery, cupping |
| How did woman assist medically in early civilization? | With child birth |
| What is a pest house? | A hospital |
| What were the "nurses" of the 19th century known for? | Drinking heavily, prostitution, or prison inmates. |
| What did Theodor Fliedner establish? | The first school of nursing |
| Where was Theodor Fliedner's nursing school located? | Kaiserwerth, Germany |
| What nursing program did Florence Nightingale attend? | The Kaiserwerth program. (Fliedner) |
| What war did Nightingale help the wounded? | The Crimean war in Scutari, Turkey |
| What sanitary changes did Nightingale establish? | Units cleaned, clothes washed regularly, and hand hygiene |
| Who was the "Lady with the Lamp" | Florence Nightingale |
| What nursing school did Nightingale establish? | Nursing School at Saint Thomas Hospital in London |
| What is the Nightingale plan? | Records kept on students progress, as well as employment after program completion. |
| How did the Nightingale nurses improve patient care? | Good hygiene and sanitation, patient observation, accurate record keeping, nutritional improvement. |
| Where was the first protestant hospital in America located? | Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh infirmary, now under the name Pasavant Hospital |
| What did the American Medical Association recommend in 1869? | That every large hospital should have and support its own nursing school to meet the need for patient care. |
| What was the goal for the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools of Nursing? | To set educational standards for nurses. |
| What was the first stated to require licensure? | North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia |
| What is licensure? | Permission to engage in practice or activity by overseeing authority. |
| In 1911 what did the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools change their name to? | National League for Nursing Education |
| What is NLNE | National League for Nursing Education |
| What was Dorothea Dix a Superintendent of? | Female Nurses of the Union Army |
| Who developed the American Red Cross? | Clara Barton |
| What did Mary Ann Ball do during the Civil War? | Made sure the rights and comforts of soldiers were met, organized kitchen diets, laundries, ambulance service, and supervised all nursing staff |
| Who was the first trained nurse in America? | Linda Richards |
| What did Isabel Hampton Robb establish? | The first graded systems for theory and practice while in nursing school. |
| Who founded the American Journal of Nursing? | Isabel Hampton Robb and Lavinia Dock |
| Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney? | The first professional African American nurse. |
| Who developed curriculum concepts and guidelines for nursing students? | Mary Adelaide Nutting |
| Who was a pioneer in widwifery, had to ride horseback in Kentucky to reach the mothers. | Mary Breckenridge |
| Why was the Army School of Nursing founded? | Too many untrained personnel caring for wounded soldiers |
| What nursing training was founded during World War II? | The Cadet Nurse Corps |
| What was the purpose of the Cadet Nurse Corps? | To provide an abbreviated training program to meet the war effort |
| When were men offered and education and training in the nursing career for the first time? | World War II |
| What are some of the advanced practice nursing roles? | Nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and midwives. |
| What is an LVN/LPN | Licensed Vocation Nurse/ Licensed Practical Nurse |
| What is IOM? | Institute of Medicine |
| What is NLN? | National League for Nurses |
| What do you expect when staying in a hospital? | High quality care, a clean and safe environment, involvement in your care, to discuss your treatment choices. |
| What did the nursing uniform represent? (White pleated cap, and apron of a maidservant) | Respectability, cleanliness, and servitude. |
| What is the capping ceremony? | A symbolic ritual in which junior nurses receive their first cap. |
| What is the pinning ceremony? | They demonstrate the successful completion of a program by nursing students |
| Where were the first nursing pins awarded in the United States? | Bellevue Hospital in New York (1880) |
| What was on the first pin? | The center had a crane, which demonstrated vigilance. Followed by a red and blue band. |
| What did the red band on the pin mean? | Mercy and a relief of suffering |
| Why are men more likely to leave the nursing field? | Social isolation, stereotypes, and nursing instructors unable to bring a sense of masculinity to the curriculum/ teaching style |
| What was the first school for practical nursing? Where? | The Ballard School in Brooklyn, New York. |
| How long was the Ballard school course? | Three months. |
| What did the Ballard School train its student nurses to do? | Care for invalids, children, chronically ill, and the elderly. Home health- cooking, nutrition, basic science, and basic nursing techniques. |
| What was the purpose of the Association of Practical Nurse Schools? | They planned the first standard curriculum for for practical nursing |
| What did the Association of Practical Nurse Schools change their name to? | (NAPNE) Nation Association for Practical Nurse Education (1942) (NAPNES) National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service (1959) |
| What is NFLPN? | National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses |
| What is the official membership organization for LPN/LVN? | NFLPN (National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses) |
| Who set the standards for practical and vocational nurses? | NAPNES and NFLPN (National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Services) (National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses) |
| What services do the Council of Practical Nursing Programs offer? Through the NLN | Accreditation services |
| What is an approved program? | A program that satisfies the minimum standards set by the state agency responsible for overseeing educational programs |
| Does a program need to be approved? | Yes, a program cannot open and operate without approval. |
| What is accreditation? | The accrediting organization has been determined to meet its preestablished criteria |
| How long are LVN/LPN programs typically? | 12-18 months |
| What is articulation? | It allows nursing programs to plan curricula collaboratively. |
| What is a portfolio? | An organized account of an individuals education and professional accomplishments. |
| What act was passed to provide vocational and public information? | The Smith-Hughes Act |
| What was the purpose of the American Nurses Association's First Position on Education for Nursing? | It outlined recommendations for the educational levels for the nurse to enter practice. |
| What is the NCLEX-PN? | National Council Licensing Examination for Practical Nursing |
| What networks of agencies, facilities, and providers are involved with healthcare in a geographical area? | The Health Care System |
| What is the wellness-illness continuum? | A level chart that is based off the physical condition, mental condition, and social well being |
| What type of care considers the physical, emotional, social, economical, and spiritual needs of a person? | Holistic Health Care |
| What are the essential human needs? And order. | Physiological, safety and security, love, belongingness, and esteem and self-actualization |
| What are the physiological needs? | Nutrition, elimination, oxygenation, sexuality |
| What is safety and security? | Stability, protection, freedom from fear and anxiety |
| What is love and belongingness? | Affection, acceptance, by peers and community |
| What is esteem? | Self- respect, self-confindence, feelings of self worth |
| What is self actualization | Full use of individual talents |
| What does public health do? | Identifies types of diseases and related risk factors |
| What are the three levels of health promotion? | Primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention |