410- A) EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
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Egypt - Early civilization Valued personal health, God influenced
health, cleanliness was important,
food/drinking exercise was important
Egypt - Early civilization women were hired by privileged families to
care for the sick and to assist with child birth
Greece- Early civilization Greek mythology: God/goddesses controlled
health and illness
Hippocrates Father of medicine
Vedas a sacred Hindu Book (Early civilization- India) a book in which was
the source of information about health
practices; emphasized hygiene and illness
prevention
India- Early civilization Public hospitals were staffed by male nurses
,Rome- Early civilization First military hospital in Europe, military orders
made exclusively of men were developed to
care for the injured
the Middle Ages (476BC- 1450 women cared for the sick at home
AD) catholic church: nuns/monks cared for the bulk
of the sick or orphaned
What kind of women could wealthy women (mainly became midwives)
become nurses in the middle seen as charitable work
ages?
Renaissance and the reformation nursing became an undesirable job during this
period era, common women, ex-prisoners, thieves,
alcoholics, prostitutes took over with poor pay,
long hours, and strenuous work
, Late Renaissance religious nursing re-emerged, sisters of charity-
recruited young women for nurse training,
developed educational programs, and cared
for abandoned children
Who created a hospital for St. Vicent de Paul
orphaned children?
Florence Nightingale and the she accepted the assignment to lead a group
Crimean War of 38 nurses who were sisters and nuns from
various catholic and Angelican orders to
the crimea to work at the
Barracks hospital in Scutari
Florence Nightingale is purchased medical supplies, food/linen; set up
remembered for: kitchen; provided laundry services social
services; spent 20 hours each day managing,
actually did little "hands on"
care
Nightingale's Goal during improve health outcomes of British army during
Crimean war war
Who did Nightingale want on She wanted single white women nothing else;
her team? she ended military men being nurses too