Chapter 2: History & Social Context Of Nursing Flashcards
Nurses began the task of organizing and cleaning the hospital and providing care to the wounded soldiers, collected very detailed data on morbidity and mortality, and thus effectively argue the case for reform of the entire British Army medical system. Which war?
The Crimean war
For all of its destruction in horror, it helps to advance the cause of professional nursing. The success of the refund military hospitals would open the doors to reform of civilian hospital facilities throughout the country. Which war?
The American Civil War
It set the stage for the development of a permanent Army nurse Corps and maybe nurse Corps. Which war?
The Spanish-American war
Congress passed a bill to provide a nurses with Frank and saw increased use of hospitals and an acceptance of the scientific-based medicine. Which war?
World War I
Military nurses were awarded full commissioned officer status and both the Army and Navy nurse Corps, and segregation of African-American nurses was ended. Which war?
World War II
The era of specialty care and clinical specializations for nurses. Which war?
The Vietnam war
Who founded the first training school for nurses at St. Thomas is Hospital in London (1860), which would become the mall for nursing education in the United States?
Florence Nightingale
She was a longtime advocate for the mentally ill in pre-Civil War years. She was appointed superintendent of women nurses of the (Union) Army. In that position, she was instrumental in creating month-long training program at two New York hospitals for women who wished to serve. Who was she?
Dorthea Dix
Who founded the American Red Cross after earning the title “Angel of the Battlefield?”
Clara Barton
She established a private hospital in Richmond Virginia. She was commissioned a “captain of Calvary, unassigned” by Confederate Pres. Davis. She was the only woman in the Confederacy to hold military rank. Who was she?
Sally Thompkins
The first African-American professionally educated nurse, she received her training in New England Hospital for women and children. Who was she?
Mary Eliza Mahoney
She sounded the International Council on Nurses (ICN). The ICN was dedicated to uniting nursing organizations of all nations, and, fittingly, the first meeting was held at the world exposition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901. At that meeting, a major topic of discussion was one that would dramatically change the practice of nursing: state registration of nurses. Who was she?
Mrs. Bedford Fenwick
She founded the organization that eventually became the American Nurses Association (ANA)in 1911. Originally known as the Nurses Associated Alumni of the United States and Canada, this group had an initial mission to enhance collaboration among practicing nurses and educators. Who was she?
Isabel Hampton Robb
She was the first trained nurse who graduated in the United States in 1874. Who was she?
Linda Richards
She established the Henry Street Settlement and began the first formalized public health nursing practice. Who was she?
Lillian Wald
