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NUR 100 Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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What was the period of intuitive nursing?

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it was when there were medicine men/ shaman

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2
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How did the Egyptians contribute to healthcare?

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embalming

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How did Israel contribute to healthcare?

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sanitation

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How did Rome contribute to healthcare?

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organized the first visiting of the sick

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How Greece contribute to healthcare?

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they emphasized a healthy body; Hipocrates is known as the father of medicine

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How did China contribute to healthcare?

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they believed that health was a balanace of Yin and Yan; introduced physical exams

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7
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How did India contribute to healthcare?

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they had nurses dating back to 500 BC

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What was the Dark Ages of Nursing?

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there were no established nurses

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Who was Florence Nightingale and what did she do?

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She is known as the founder of modern nursing; “Lady with the lamp”; decreased mortality from 42% to 2%

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10
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Florence Nightingale founded was school and when? What was her era called?

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St. Thomas School of Nursing in 1860; Period of Educated Nursing

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11
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What is Lillian Wald famous for?

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she was the inventor of visiting nurses

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12
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What is Margaret Sanger famous for?

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she began several marches for birth control

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13
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What is Linda Richards famous for?

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first nursing graduate in the US

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14
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What is Mary Eliza Mahoney famous for?

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first black RN

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What is Clara Barton famous for?

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founder of Red Cross

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What is Clara Maas famous for?

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she volunteered to be bit by mosquitoes for research; died of yellow fever; helped in the Civil War

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17
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How did the Revolutionary war influence nursing?

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called for a lot of volunteers

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18
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How did the Civil War influence nursing?

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there was more death and injuries than the other wars, which called for more nurses

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Who was Sojourner Truth?

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She was a nurse who was also a women’s right activist.

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Who was Dorathea Dix?

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Helped improved the system for mental health

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21
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Who was Harriet Tubman?

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A nurse who helped in the Underground Railroad and women’s rights activism

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How did WWI and WWII influence nursing?

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There was a shortage of nurses. Led to the opening of diploma schools for nurses

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23
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How did the Korean conflicts influence nursing?

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created MASH units (Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals)

24
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How did the Vietnam War influence nursing?

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there were big recruiting efforts to maintain nurses

25
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Where do the greatest number of RN’s work?

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acute care (hospitals)

26
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Where do the greatest number of LPN’s work?

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long term care (nursing homes)

27
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What is culture?

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learned and shared beliefs, values and life ways of a particular group that are generally transmitted across generations and influence one’s thinking and behavior

28
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What is a subculture?

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a group with beliefs, values and behaviors that are distinct from greater culture

29
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What is enculturation?

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learning one’s primary culture

30
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What is acculturation?

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learning a secondary culture

31
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What is race?

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biological characteristics shared by groups of people, genetic traits

32
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What is ethnicity?

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shared affiliation by groups of people related to geographical location, religion, language, etc.

33
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What is ethnocentrism?

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belief that one’s own way of life is better than others

34
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What is bias/prejudice?

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mental attitude attributing negative or positive characteristics to others

35
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What are stereotypes?

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fixed, unchanging and usually negative attribution about groups of people

36
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What is discrimination?

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action on ones’ prejudices

37
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What is cultural imposition?

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forcing one’s own values, beliefs and way of life on others

38
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What is cultural competence?

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developing an awareness of one’s own existence, sensations, thoughts, and environment without letting them have an undue influence on those from other backgrounds

39
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What is Mildred Montag famous for?

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developed the ADN program

40
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What is community-based health care?

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It is using the nursing process in the environments where people work, live, go to school etc.

41
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What are the driving forces of community-base health care?

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its less expensive, promotes health, and prevents illness

42
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What are the three levels of prevention?

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primary (fighting the disease before it happens [vaccines]), secondary (early disease prevention [antibiotics]), and tertiary (rehab an injury or disease [physical therapy])

43
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What organization provides direction to change personal behavior?

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Healthy People 2020

44
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What is epidemiology?

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the study of how disease is caused

45
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What is morbidity?

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the ratio of sick to well people in a population

46
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What is incidence?

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the number of new cases in a population

47
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What is prevalence?

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the measure of disease in a population at a specific time

48
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What is endemic?

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the usual expected level of disease

49
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What is epidemic?

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when the rate of disease is higher than usual

50
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What is pandemic?

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world wide outbreak of a disease

51
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What are the three parts of the epidemiologic triangle?

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host, agent, environment

52
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What is an intrinsic factor?

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it is an internal factor (that you cannot change) that makes you more susceptible to disease

53
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What is the web of causation?

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it represents the complex group of subjects and relationships that can contribute to the occurrence and spread of disease

54
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What is the method of the Iceberg Model?

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It is to understand all that creates and supports one’s current state of health, he has to look “underwater”

55
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What are the potential health threats in the Kent county?

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housing, water quality, air standards, food quality, health care access

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