History of nursing Flashcards
Where was the first hospital in Canada?
First hospital in Canada– Hôtel-dieu de Quebec in 1649
Who was the first nurse?
First nurse: Marie Rollet Hébert, New France, laywoman who provided nursing care to support fur trade
Why were Indian hospitals first started?
Started because people thought that TB was spreading from indigenous people to white
Purpose was to assimilate indigenous people, “correct” their traditional healing practices, improve their health
What is CINA?
CINA: Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association (used to be RNCIA)
Improve health in indigenous communities
What did Canadian missionary nursing look like? When did it stop
Began with missionaries going to china, 1880s
Stopped in 1949 when chinese govt said no more foreigners → ended the era of missionary nursing
What was the origins of the WHO?
missionary nursing (Transitioned into the WHO in 1948)
What were the results of the Weir report?
Recommended to transfer from hospital apprenticeship to general classroom education
What were the results of the Hall Commission report?
- no more hospital apprenticeships
- two tiered education system (full degree and diploma)
When did the CNA pass the bachelor degree requirement for nurses?
CNA passed a resolution that nurses need to earn a baccalaureate as an entry to practice requirement by 2000
why was the nurse practitioner originally introduced?
for remote areas
What was Florence Nightengale known for?
- treated british soldiers during the crimean war
- improved hygiene and sanitation
- Used award funding from the war to start nursing schools
- nightingale model of education became the standard
- Elevated status of nursing
- First female statistician→ used data to support need for clean air and water
- supporter of british colonialism and genocide
What was Mary Seacole known for?
- biracial, also helped in crimean war
- received a “Seacole fund” for her service
- Many more obstacles because of race and class
What was Mary Snively known for?
- organized Toronto General Hospital’s nursing school clinical curriculum
- made written records of nursing care, client histories
- treasurer of the ICN
What was Agnes Clinton known for?
first black nurse to graduate from women’s college hospital school of nursing
What was Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture known for?
first indigenous women to be an RN→ had to go to new york to get education
what are the origins of public health nurses?
VON
What did the VON do for nursing education?
set a professional standard for nursing education, specifically nursing knowledge
What was the mission of the ICN?
address professional welfare of nurses and interests of women, improvement of health
