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1
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4000 years ago, the Ebers Papyrus listed:

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remedies for ailments

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2
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Egyptian culture considered healing as the successful result of:

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a contest between invisible beings of good & evil

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3
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This group of people believed that life could be prolonged _______

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Indefinitely

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4
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The jewish contribution to public health is greatest in:

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sanitation

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5
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The Hebrew’s notion of disease was rooted in disease as

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God’s punishment for sin

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6
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Name which the word hygiene is derived from; goddess of preventive health

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Hygeia

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7
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All healing “universal remedy”

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Panacea

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8
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Father of Medicine

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Hippocrates

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9
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This philosopher’s contribution to public health was the recognition that making accurate observations of & drawing general conclusions from actual phenomena formed the basis of sound medical reasoning

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Hippocrates

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10
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In greek society, health was considered to result from:

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balance between mind & body

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11
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Empedodes of Acragas asserted 4 main humors of the body, which were:

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blood, bile, phlegm, black bile

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12
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In sickness in which no wound occurred, an _____ was considered the cause

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evil spirit

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13
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Galen of Pergamum’s contribution to medicine is he helped it evolve into a ____

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science

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14
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____ first developed mobile war nursing units

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Romans

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15
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The ____ surpassed the Greeks in the evolution of nursing

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romans

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16
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iatreia is an early form of:

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hospital

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17
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The word hospital is derived from the Latin word __ meaning service of guests

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hopitalis

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18
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Bubonic plague was caused by:

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flea bites carrying bacillus

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19
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the name bubonic plague came from

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swollen lymph nodes called bubos

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20
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developed a vaccination for smallpox

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edward jenner

21
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discovered pasteurization as a method to preserve milk & food

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louis pasteur

22
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developed a chemical antiseptic solution of carbolic acid for use in surgery

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joseph lister

23
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conducted research on anthrax, regarded as the father of microbiology

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robert koch

24
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identified the organism that caused cholera

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Robert koch

25
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proved the germ theory

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edwin klebs

26
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founded the sisters of charity in france (order of nuns who visited the sick in their homes)

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Saint Vincent de Paul

27
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During the 1600s & 1700s hospitals were called:

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pesthouses

28
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the dark period of nursing lasted from

29
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A report that found that more than half of the children of labor-class workers died by age 5

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Chadwick Report

30
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Report that called for services that benefited public health

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Shattuck Report

31
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First epidemiologist

32
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Demonstrated that chloera rates were linked with water pump used in London

33
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identified as the angel of mercy

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Florence Nightingale

34
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The name of florence nightingale’s work that stands as a classic feminist treatise against the idleness of victorian women

35
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Volunteered with Nightingale’s nurses because she couldn’t be hired. Significant in rectifying miniorities in nursing

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Mary Grant Seacole

36
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established the first district visiting nurse service

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William Rathbone

37
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Believed the future of health care would be in preventative medicine & take place in the home & community

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Nightingale

38
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Report that advocated the establishment of university schools of nursing

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Goldmark Report

39
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Report that became the catalyst for the implementation of accreditation of nursing schools

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Brown Report

40
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founded the ANA

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Isabel Robb

41
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devoted her life to teaching women about birth control

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Margaret Sanger

42
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Research associate at Yale school of nursing, public speaker, nurse must “get inside the skin of each patient to know what they need.”14 basic needs, Florence Nightingale of the 20th century

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Virginia henderson

43
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CRNA, first male officer of the Army Nurse Corps,

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Edward T. Lyon

44
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world’s first registered nurse,

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Ellen Dougherty

45
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compassion, poet, nurse

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Walt Whitman

46
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sanitation, nurse in WWI

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Helen Fairchild

47
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public health nursing, hired African American nurses

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Lillian Wald

48
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Founder of the Red Cross

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Clara Barton

49
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Founder of midwives

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Mary Breckenridge

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