history of nursing Flashcards
who is Isabelle Maitland Stewart? what did she believe?
graduate of the Winnipeg General Hospital (now HSC), developed the first nursing curriculum, played a role in educating during WWI and WWII believed in educators being prepared for the future of nursing
what was Isabelle Maitland Stewart’s curriculum called?
the educational program of the school of nursing
who is Jean Cuthland Goodwill?
nurse working for recruitment of indigenous people
what did Jean Cuthland Goodwill found?
Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada,
what did the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada do?
rewrote the curriculum with Indigenous representation
what was the “Angel of the Colony”?
the beginning of nursing care in Canada
who was Mary Rollet Hebert?
the first lay woman to provide care, as men were the original caregivers
what did Jean Mance do? what did she found?
provided nursing care to settlers and Indigenous people, founder of Hotel Dieu Hostel of God
what did Marguerite d’Youville form?
formed the first visiting nurses in Canada, called the Canadian Nuns, Sisters of Charity
what were the Canadian Nuns, Sisters of Charity’s nickname? what did they do?
nicknamed the tipsy nuns, made uniforms and tents for the military, they canoed from Montreal to Winnipeg and was the start of homecare
where did Florence Nightingale come from? what was she nicknamed?
came from religious orders, was nicknamed lady with the lamp
what did Florence Nightingale do?
she was part of the team that improved the unsanitary conditions at British base Hospital which reduced the death count, her writings were a worldwide health reform
what did Florence Nightingale found?
founded the Nightingale School of nurses
what did Florence Nightingale believe about nurses?
that men should not be nurses, and nurses should be educated by nurses
who is Margert Sanger?
watched her mother die an early death and became a nurse reproductive health care activist
what did Margret Sanger found? what backlash did she deal with?
founded the first women’s clinic now known as Planned Parenthood, received backlash as reproductive healthcare (abortion and the pill) was illegal at the time
where was the first nursing school was established?
General and Marie hospitals in St. Catherine’s Ontario
what did a nursiing students day look like?
6.5 hrs in the hospital, some classes held in the evenings, had strict curfews… HOSPITAL ORIENTED, LESS IN CLASSES
what was the second nursing school that was established and where?
Winnipeg general hospital school of nursing, first in western canada
what did the weir report recommend?
recommended nursing education be moved away from the hospital and into the classroom
what did the weir report lead to?
the “proposed nursing curriculum”… with a 2 tiered system, RN and BN
what did Lady Abderdeen do? what did she found?
she saw the need for home nursing in rural areas, founded the Victorian Order of Nursing (VON)
Who is Katherine Macdonald?
nurse during WWI on the frontline, administered pain meds, assisted in surgery, died in a bombing, first Canadian nurse killed in war
who were the Bluebirds of WWI?
worked in field hospitals, causality clearing, ambulance trains
how did the Bluebirds transfer back to regular nursing after WWI?
returned with refined skills
what were the Bluebirds called by the soldiers?
angels of mercy
what did the white cap symbolize?
accomplishment, professionalism, and respect… it was a standard of education
why did the demise of the white cap occur?
started to be seen as oppression and not power, only worn by women, colour was associated with purity and virginity, they wanted to be seen as a team and not just as their white caps, they were unsanitary
