1700-1900 [Improvements In Hospital Care] Flashcards
Who significantly influenced improvement la in hospital care?
Florence nightingale
What was nursing not seen as for women?
A respectable job.
Was there a lot of training for nurses like nightingale?
No there was little.
What school did nightingale attend?
The first nurses training school -in Kaiserwerth hospital ,Germany
What role did nightingale ask to have during the Crimean war?
To lead team of nurses at a military hospital
Unexpectedly, what belief resulted in nightingales emphasis on hygiene, fresh air and good supplies with training for nurses?
Miasma
Was nightingales work widely known in British newspapers?
Yes
What did nightingale publish books on?
Nursing and hospital organisations
What did nightingale set up for nurses and midwives?
A training school
What did nightingales work lead to?
Improved hygiene
What sort of roles were nurses given?
More central roles caring for patients+ assisting doctors
What would happen to the elderly sick or disabled poor?
Forced to enter work houses
What could upper middle classes afford doctors to do?
Treat them at home