chap 1 Flashcards
Series of selected events that influenced nursing practice.
Historical Perspectives
theme of Women’s roles
and status, religious (Christian) values, war, societal attitudes, and visionary nursing leadership
Historical Perspectives
traditional female roles of wife, daughter and sister always included the care and
nurturing of other family members.
Women’s Roles
called on to care for others who
were ill.
Women’s Roles
provide is related to physical maintenance and comfort.
Women’s Roles
traditional
nursing roles has always entailed:
Humanistic caring
Nurturing
Comforting
Supporting
Christian value of “love thy neighbors as thyself”
Religion
Christ’s parable of the Good Samaritan
Religion
wealthy matrons such as Fabiola, converted to Christianity and used their wealth to provide houses of care and healing
3rd and 4th century
wealthy matron who converted to Christianity and used their wealth to provide houses of care and healing
Fabiola
care of people with leprosy, syphilis and chronic
skin condition.
Knights of Saint Lazarus
brothers who organized care for victims of Black Plague in the 14th century in Germany.
Alexian Brothers
the Alexian brothers organized care for victims of the Black Plague in the 14th century in Germany during the
Medieval times
Early religious values such as:
Self- denial
Spiritual calling
Devotion to duty
Hard work
War
Crimean War (1854-1856)
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Crimean War was during the years
1854-1856
American Civil War was during the years
1861-1865
inadequacy of care given to soldiers in Great Britain.
Crimean War
recruit contingent nurses to provide care to the sick and injured in the Crimea.
Florence Nightingale
She transformed the military hospitals by setting up sanitation practices,
Florence Nightingale
sanitation practices that Florence Nightingale set up
hand washing and washing clothing regularly.
mortality rate decreased from
42% to 2% in 6 months.
credited with performance after the mortality rate decreased from 42% to 2% in 6 months.
Florence Nightingale
when was care and safety to slaves fleeing to the North on the Underground railroad provided?
American Civil War
who provided care and safety to slaves fleeing to the North on the Underground railroad
Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth
volunteered as nurses to give care to injured soldiers
Walt Whitman and Louisa May Alcott
Union’s superintendent female nurse is responsible for recruiting and supervising all women nurses working in the army hospitals.
Dorothea Dix
according to _____, a woman’s place was in the home
society
according to _____, no respectable woman should have a career.
society
book written by Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzllewit (1896)
Martin Chuzzllewit was written in
1896
Martin Chuzzllewit was written by
Charles Dickens
book written wherein he reflected his attitude toward nurses through the character of Sairy Gamp,
Martin Chuzzllewit (1896)
character that cared for the sick by neglecting them, stealing
from them, and physically abusing them.
Sairy Gamp,
image of guardian angel or angel of mercy
Florence Nightingale.
She brought respectability to the nursing profession
Florence Nightingale.
She brought respectability to the nursing profession, nurses were viewed as:
Noble
Compassionate
Moral
Religious
Dedicated
Self-sacrificing
“Lady with the lamp”
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
Florence Nightingale’s years
1820-1910
Clara Barton’s years
1821-1912
Linda Richards’ years
1841-1930