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NUR 115

Units 1,2&3

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Define Nursing Establishes parameters/boundaries. Infulences health polices at local,state and national levels. Aid in developing education curricula and research agendas. Establishes purposes/functions.
Florence Nightingale's Definition Dealt with basic needs for patient. "Nature acting upon him" Use of fresh air, light, warmth,cleanliness, quiet and proper diet. Least expensive for the patient, but also providing comfort.
Humanism Holism and caring;promoting health, healing and hope
Holism Comprehensive care encompassing, physical, emotional,social,economic, and spiritual needs
Integrity Respecting the dignity and moral wholeness of the individual
Diversity Affecting the uniquness of and differences among persons
Excellence Creating and implementing transformative strategies with daring ingenuity
South Carolinas Definition of Practive of Nursing Assists persons and groups to obtain or promote optimal health. Indentifying peretent info. and evaluating data in the clinical context in order to produce informed decisions.
Martha Rogers Definition of Nursing "Nursing aims to assist people in achieving their maximum health potential. Maintence and promotion of health, prevention of disease, nursing diagnosis, intervention, and rehabilitation ecompasss the scope of nursing goals."
Dorthea Orem's Definition of Nursing "Nursing gives direct assistance to a person, as required, because of the persons specifics inabilites in self care resulting from a situation of personal health."
American Nurses Assoiciation A professional organization that addresses ethics,clinical standards, public policy, and the economic and general welfare of nurses. Membership is limited to nurses.
ANA Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and the abilities, prevention, od illnes and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatement of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals.
Hildegrad Peplau Defined Nursing in interpersonal terms. "Nursing is a signifacant, therapeutic, interpersonal process..". Reinforced idea of patient as an active collaborator in his own care. Pioneer.
Holistic Nursing Nourishes the whole person. BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT
Philosophy of Nursing Deined as the study of principles underlying conduct, thought, and the nature of the universe. It is a search for meaning, contemplating or wondering about something.
Who defines Nursing? Individuals, Schools of Nursing, Hospitals, Nursing organizations, State Boards, State legislatures.
Nursing Journals Written for nurses, offer the latest info, research results, usually a journal for every area of specialty
Non-Professional Magazines Written for the lay public,will occasionally contain an article that is health/disease related
Clara Barton Founded American Red Cross. "Angel of the Battelfield"
Mary Ann Bickerdyke A civil war lay nurse who rallied soilders, cleaning up the camps and the soilders. "Cyclone in Calico"
Dorthea Dix An avid reformer of care of the mentally ill, appointed by President Lincoln as Superintendent of Women's Nurses of the Army
Florence Nightingale Founder of Modern Nursing and nurisng education. Nurse during crimean war, opened first nursing school in London. "Creator of Modern Nursing"
Adelaide Nutting first preofessor of nursing in the world
Isabel Hampton Robb Helped to form the National League of Nursing and the American Nurses Association
Mildred Montag Founded ADN education in 1952
Lillian Wald Founded Henry Street Settlement in NYC and Public Health Nursing
Hildegard Peplau Pioneer in nursing theory
Mary Mahoney First black trained nurse
Mary Breckenridge Nurse Midwife who founded the Frontier Nursing service in Kentucky
Civil War Played a major role in reform of military hospitals,Placed women in leadership positions in hospitals, Led to the first training schools for nurses
Spanish American War First time trained nurses were used in war, Led to Permanent Amry Nurse corps and navy nurse corps
World War I Infulenza epidemic,increased demand for trained nurses and many schools were opened, established Army school of nursing
World War II Graduate nurses were hired for minimum wage to work in hospitals, lack of funds and hospital shortages
Vietnam War Establishment of Mdeicad and Medicare, era of specialty care, emergence of the physicians assistant and nurse practionier
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