History Flashcards
Who does nursing history begin with?
Florence (Nightingale.. I think. LMAOO)
She was the first one to gather data and notice trends to helps others.
Ex: cleanliness increased health outcomes
Who was the nurse known for advocating for mental illness by opening hospitals for them?
How was she related to the civil war?
Dorothea Dix.
She pushed for mental health awareness by opening hospitals for mentally ill people. 32 total
Dorothea was also a superintendent union army nurse in the civil war.
Which nurse introduced the concept or coined the term “Public Health Nurse”.
Why did she also advocate for social issues?
Lillian Wald.
She introduced the idea of going out to help others and not waiting for them to come to us.
Lillian advocated for social issues bc she felt that health problems and social problems were heavily related.
(Those living in poverty are more likely to have health problems - including children).
Which nurse was responsible for the frontier nursing service?
Mary Breckinridge
She lived in the mountains and developed frontier nursing services. The infant and maternal mortality death rate was too high. So she trained midwives to go out and find people who needed maternal care.
In 1885 the KS state legislature established the State board of health. What issue causes them to do this?
They wanted to figure out how to protect people from community disease going on.
Who was the secretary of the state board of health in 1904 who advocated for prevention of diseases?
And how did he do this?
Samuel Crumbine who was a doctor from Dodge city
Samuel focused on the concept of eliminating vectors to take care of prevention.
Swat the fly - children given money to do this w newspaper add Bat the rats Common drinking cup Common towel Save the baby Pure food, drugs, and water Sanitation parade
All these things reminded people of how to do their part to stop the spread of disease at a local level. Wanted to remove the cause instead of trying to save them and not being successful.
First public health nurse in Kansas?
How did she go about her work?
Laura Neiswanger who focused on disease prevention of TB
Laura tried to focus on identifying those of late/disease of TB and to isolate them
First city in KS to have a school nurse starting 1916?
Dodge city bby
When was the public health nursing division founded ?
1922
Today
Which counties has CM nurses in KS?
Which regions have CM nurse state consultants?
Today
Every country has a CMN
Every region has a constultant
What is big community resource that is on federal level?
CDC
