History of Nursing Flashcards

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why study history

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  • don’t make same mistakes
  • continue to grow
  • knowing where we come from
  • see how far nursing has come/evolution of nursing
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Florence Nightingale

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  • created pie chart to display her stats
  • notes on nursing 1898
  • decreased mortality bu 2.2% in 6 months during Crimean war
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5 essential points to secure health of houses by Nightingale

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1) pure air
2) pure water
3) efficient drainage
4) cleanliness
5) light
able to decrease death rate of her practice

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Nursing education before Nightingale

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  • nurses were not trained
  • they were laypeople
  • got into nursing role by working along someone and learning by experience
  • people in hospitals sometimes had to care for each other
  • no real nursing education
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nursing education after Nightingale

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  • in 1860 she started a school so nurses could learn from training and theory
  • created high levels of education so nurses could work with sick and teach
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6
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how has nursing education changed since Nightingale

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  • hospital schools
  • Weir report
  • training vs education
  • university education
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hospital schools

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  • nursing students ran hospitals
  • students worked 6 days a week
  • only people with official training were instructors and supervisors
  • cheap for hospitals because of cheap laboured nurses were taken advantage of
  • many women left program when they got married
  • only white Christian women 18-35
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Weir report

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  • 1932
  • concern about level of nursing education, students did not have skills to treat complex patients
  • recommended nurses training and a liberal arts education
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why did the Weir report take so long to be implemented (6)

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  • cost
  • people resisting change
  • would take longer to become a nurse
  • education of women was uncommon
  • not enough people to teach
  • lack of resources
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University education

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  • 1st program in 1919 was 2 clinical years switched between 2 years of schooling
  • first UNB nursing class in 1959 admitting 14 students
  • university education has advanced to entry to practice growing into masters and PhD
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training vs education: training

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  • hands on
  • different kinds
  • for a specific task/place
  • how to do things
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training vs education: education

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  • why we do things
  • to care for people in different ways and places
  • to promote wellness, treat illness, and become advocates
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men in nursing

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  • little info
  • nursing started with men and changed to women
  • big imbalance between men and women
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indigenous healers and midwives occupied important caregiver roles in their communities

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  • stopped because the goal of Europeans settlers was to assimilate
  • indigenous had a lot of knowledge on herbs and spiritual healing
  • indigenous healers took care of settlers in early stages
  • traditional medicine is now being more accepted
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catholic sisters influenced nursing autonomy

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  • catholic nurses created autonomy
  • were involved in creation of hospitals
  • ran hospitals
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Hotel Dieu

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  • first hospital in canada

- built in 1845 in montreal

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Grey nuns

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  • tipsy nuns
  • started an alcohol/tobacco business
  • made tents and clothes for military
  • all to fund their missions
18
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what % of nursing students were British or French in 1931

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  • 94%
  • only white christian
  • English/French speaking
  • unmarried
  • 18-35
  • having good character
19
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when did BN become entry to practice

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  • 1992
  • nursing association and nursing union did not agree on terms
  • union did not want BN to become entry to practice
  • got voted down the first time