week 1 Flashcards
- Is a set of propositions ( Statements / opinions ), suppositions ( Assumptions / Hypotheses ), or constructs ( Ideas ), that purport to explain, describe, and predict a reality. It is an abstraction of a reality.
THEORY
building blocks of theory
CONCEPTS
cutting a hole in the head of the afflicted to let out the evil spirit.
Trephining
The Evolution of Nursing
A. Intuitive Period
B. Apprentice Period
C. Educational Period
D. Contemporary Period
- Believed that medicine man or witch doctor having the power to heal using white magic.
SHAMAN
- Nursing was “untaught” and “instinctive”.
- Nurse’s role practicing midwifery and being wet nurse to a child.
- Nursing was a function that belonged to women.
- No caregiving training is evident.
- that illness was caused by the evil spirit.
- SHAMAN
- TREPHINING was used.
INSTUITIVE PERIOD (PRIMITIVE ERA – 6TH CENTURY)
RISE OF THE EARLY CIVILIZATION AND ANCIENT CITIES THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO MEDICINE
MESOPOTAMIA
EGYPT
INDIA
CHINA
GREECE AND ROMAN EMPIRE
- Introduced the methods of therapy and cause. The text contains a list of medical symptoms
Diagnostic Handbook
- No distinction between rational science and magic.
- Mental illness is associated with deities
Mesopotamia
Medical Authority/ Exorcist- Healer
Asipu
considered “ The Healthiest of all Men ”
- Egyptians
an ancient textbook on surgery almost completely devoid of magical thinking and describes in exquisite detail the examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of numerous ailments.
Edwin Smith Papyrus
Earliest known woman physician
- Peseshet
- “ The Healthiest of all Men ”
- Edwin Smith Papyrus
- The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus
- (“Chief of Dentists and Physicians” for King Djoser in the 27th century BCE)
- Peseshet
EGYPT
treats women’s complaints, including problems with conception.
Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus
- The earliest known physician is also credited to ancient Egypt “Chief of Dentists and Physicians”
PESESHET
“Complete knowledge for long life” Medical system of India with 8 branches of medicine
Ayurveda
- The Atharvaveda
- Ayurveda
- Charaka and Sushruta
- Suśrutasamhitā
INDIA
Ancient text dealing with Medicine
The Atharvaveda
2 most famous medical textbooks that describes physical examinations, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis and several surgical procedures.
Charaka and Sushruta
- The foundational text of Chinese medicine written 5th century to 3rd century BC- Basis of traditional Chinese medicines, acupuncture and moxibustion.
Huangdi neijing
Huangdi neijing
CHINA
Wound treatment
GREECE AND ROMAN EMPIRE
- The Romans attempted to maintain vigorous health, because illness was a sign of weakness.
- Care of the ill was left to the slaves or Greek physicians.
Wound treatment
Describe several surgical procedures.
Suśrutasamhitā
is a war primarily caused or justified by differences in religion.
religious war or holy war
- There was the rise of Religious Nursing Orders for women
The Rise of Secular Order
- Period of “on the job” training.
- From the founding of the Religious orders
- Nursing performed without any formal education
- Founding of religious order.
The Apprentice Period (6th Century- 18th Century)