Ch2 Flashcards
founded in 1872 by Clara Barton that today seeks to reduce human suffering through health, safety, and disaster-relief programs
American Red Cross
pioneering nurse who established the Frontier Nursing School to deliver community health services to families in rural Kentuckey
Mary Breckinridge
a system in public health nursing in which a nurse was assigned to a geographic district in a town to provide a variety of health services for its residents
district nursing
an early term for visitng nursing. Begun in Boston, it emphasized health education and care to families
instructive district nursing
a life insurance company that provided home nursing services for its beneficiaries and their families from 1909-1952
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
a national nursing organization that began as the American Society of superintendents of Training Schools of Nursing and later the National League for Nursing Education. Initially established nurse training standards and promoted collegial relations among nurses
National League for Nursing (NLN)
a British philanthropist who founded the first district nursing association in Liverpool. With Florence Nightingale, he advocated for district nursing throughout England
William Rathborne
neighborhood centers providing social and health services
settlement houses
the first attempt to describe a model approach to the organization of public health
Shattuck Report
enacted to protect the health of people and included funds for education and employment of public health nurses
Social Security Act of 1935
agencies staffed by nurses who provide care for patients and families most often in the home
visiting nurse associations
nurses who provide care wherever the client may be
visiting nurses
the first public health nurse in the United States and an influential social reformer. She founded the Henry Street Settlement (later the Visiting Nurse Service of New York)
Lillian Ward
Effective planning for the future is built upon
learning from our predecessors
part of the appeal of public health nursing has been its
autonomy of practice and independence in problem solving and decision making, as well as the interdisciplinary nature of the specialty
guaranteed medical care for the poor, blind, and lame
Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601
Colonial Americans established systems of care for the sick, poor, aged, mentally ill, and dependent based on
the model of the Elizabethan Poor Law
first hospital in the US
Pennsylvania Hospital 1751
After the American Revolution, the threat of disease, particularly yellow fever, led to public interest in establishing
govt sponsored boards of health
establish a state health department and local health boards in every town
conducting sanitary surveys and collecting vital stats
improving environmental sanitation
control of food, drug, and communicable disease
Controlling smoking and the use of alcohol
town planning
teaching preventative medicine in med schools
Shattuck report 1850 by the Massachusetts Sanitary Commission
important bc it was the first proposal for modern approach to public health organization
shattuck report
Thought that nursing should promote health and prevent illness and emphasized proper nutrition, rest, sanitation, and hygeine
Nightingale
initiated home nursing care outside of the larger cities
American Red Cross
first school nurse and Henry Street resident
Lina Rogers
