Nursing History

Question 1

Describe Isabel Maitland Stewart

Answer 1

-a 1902 graduate of Winnipeg General Hospital Training School for Nurses
-one of the first to create a course for teaching nursing
-thought nursing students should be prepared for what might happen
-had several degrees
-believed in recognizing the past to lead the future of nursing

Question 2

Describe Jean Cuthand Goodwill

Answer 2

-nurse
-founder of Registered Nurses of Canadian Indian Ancestry (RNCIA)
-gain position, self-advocacy and Indigenous representation
-now called Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada

Question 3

Describe Marie Rollet Hebert

Answer 3

-the first lay woman to provide care
-didn’t think the indigenous people needed saving
-came over around the time of the Jesuit priests

Question 4

Who facilitated the healthcare of early settlers?

Answer 4

the indigenous people and nurses

Question 5

Describe Jean Mance

Answer 5

-1639
-was often called the “Angel of the Colony”
-was a nurse who came over
-the only person in the colony with an education
-founded Hotel-Dieu-Hostel of God (first Western hospital in North America)
-provided for settlers and indigenous people
-hailed as the founder of Montreal
-Canadian Nurses Association awards its highest honor in her name

Question 6

Describe Marguerite d-youville

Answer 6

-formed the first visiting nurses in Canada in 1737, called the Canadian nuns, Sisters of Charity
-nicknamed the grey nuns/ les soeurs grises/ the tipsy nuns
-did homecare
-made uniforms, tents, brewery, and tobacco to make money
-not actual nuns
-4 nuns came to MB to do homecare

Question 7

Describe Florence Nightingale

Answer 7

-“God-given calling to be a nurse”
-French religious order but not a nun
-in 1851, trained to be a nurse at age 31
-in 1854, Crimea war with 38 other nurses
-in 1856, returned a national heroine
-used statistics to prove how good her nursing techniques were
-pioneered nursing practices such as hygiene and fresh air
-didn’t think men should be nurses
-didn’t believe in germs

Question 8

Describe Margaret Sanger

Answer 8

-watched her mother die an early death
-became a nurse and an activist
-saw many women die from childbirth and self-induced abortions
-advocated for birth control
-opened America’s first birth control clinic
-planned parenthood

Question 9

Describe Mary Agnes Snively

Answer 9

-superintendent of the school of nurses in Toronto
-schools were strict
-taught to report “faithfully” to the physician

Question 10

What was the Weir Report?

Answer 10

-1932
-report on nursing education
-thought students were being exploited
-students weren’t being taught, they just had to work everyday
-the CNA, in response, published a proposed nursing curriculum for the schools and found only 16% of the schools could be accredited
-slow education reform
-BN was originally a 1 year course to work in admin not in hospital
-thought that it was the selection of students that was the problem, not the 12 hour work days everyday

Question 11

Describe Helen Mussallem

Answer 11

-headed the CNA sponsored survey of nursing education
-took place after the Weir report

Question 12

Describe the Victorian Order of Nursing (VON)

Answer 12

-1898
-headed by Lady Aberdeen
-home nursing in rural areas
-took a comprehensive and preventative approach
-provided education on hygiene, sanitation, infant care and first aid
-MB was the first province to provide public health service

Question 13

Describe Katherine MacDonald

Answer 13

-first nurse to die on the front lines in WW1