Exam 1 Flashcards
Florence Nightingale
- -“founder of modern nursing”
- -“lady with the lamp”
- -believed nursing should be in charge of nursing
- -thought to be the first nurse researcher
What did Florence Nightingale do in 1853, 1854, and 1860?
- -1853: became superintendent of charity hospital
- -1854: took nurses to assist military hospital in Crimean War in Turkey
- -1860: established training school for nurses
Famous nurse in Pre-Civil War?
Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix
- -improved care for mentally ill
- -helped develop State Hospital in Fulton
Famous nurses in Civil War?
- -Dorothea Dix
- -Clara Barton (founded Red Cross)
- -Harriet Tubman (cared for Union Soldiers)
Linda Richards
“America’s first trained nurse”
Mary Mahoney
“America’s first trained black nurse”
What 3 nursing schools were initiated in 1873?
- -Bellevue Training School
- -Connecticut Training School
- -Boston Training School
In 1891, what was the first training school for black nurses?
Provident Hospital in Chicago
Lillian Wald
(early 1900’s)
- -increased public health care
- -established school nursing (1902)
Margaret Sanger
(pre-WWI)
–opened first birth control education clinic in America
During which war was the Army Nursing School created?
WWI
In what period was the role of nurse anesthetists developed?
pre-WWI
Mary Breckinridge
(Frontier Nursing)
- -lowered maternal mortality rate
- -frontier nursing still exists today
- -prenatal care
During which war did female nurses receive full commissioned status in the military?
WWII
In what period did the concept of “team nursing” evolve?
post WWII
In what period is there a nursing shortage and increased outpatient treatments?
Current history
How many nurses are in the U.S. today?
3.1 million