PN 108 History of Nursing – Study Guide and Exam Review
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Influences of the Development of Nursing - ✔✔Religion
Western nursing was Strongly influenced by Christian values: "Love thy neighbor as thyself" and
The Good Samaritan
War
Need for nurses always increase during war times
Societal Attitudes
Women's place in society
Angel of Mercy image
Nurse as hand-maiden to physician
Order of the Deaconesses - ✔✔Wealthy matrons of Roman Empire during 3rd and 4th
centuries, but suppress by Western churches during Middle Ages
1.Marcella
2. Fabiola
3. Paula
Theodor Fliedner - ✔✔reinstituted the Order of Deaconesses and opened a small hospital and
training school in Kaiserswerth, Germany in 1836 where Florence Nightingale received her
training
Dorothea Dix - ✔✔(1802-1887) Pioneer crusader of evelation of standards of the care for the
mentally ill. Superintendent of Female Nurses of the Union Army
Clara Barton - ✔✔(1821-1912) Developed the American Red Cross in 1881
, Volunteered as a nurse in the Civil Was
Organized the nursing services
Established the American Red Cross
Mary Ann Ball - ✔✔(1817-1901) One of the greatest nurse heroines of the Civil
War.Championed the rights and comforts of the soldiers; organized diet kitchens,
laundries,ambulance service; and supervised the nursing staff.
Linda Richards - ✔✔(1841-1930) First trained nurse in America.Responsible for the
development of the first nursing and hospital records. Credited with the development of our
present-day documentation system
Isabel Hampton Rob - ✔✔(1859-1910) Organized the first graded system of theory and
practice in the schools of nursing. One of the founders of the American Journal of Nursing
Lavinia Dock - ✔✔(1858-1956) Responsible, with Robb, for the organization of the American
Society of Superintendents of Training Schools, which evolved into the National League for
Nursing Education.
Feminist, writer, political, activist, suffragist
Participated in protest for passage of 19th amendment
Sought legislation for nurses to control their own profession, not physician
Founded precursor of NLN with Nutting and Robb
Mary Eliza Mahoney - ✔✔1845-1926) Graduated from the New England Hospital for Women
and Children in 1879, becoming the first African American professional nurse.Worked for
acceptance of African Americans in the nursing profession
Lillian D. Wald - ✔✔(1867-1940) Responsible for the development of public health nursing in
the United States through the founding of the Henry Street Settlement in New YorkCity.
Material
Influences of the Development of Nursing - ✔✔Religion
Western nursing was Strongly influenced by Christian values: "Love thy neighbor as thyself" and
The Good Samaritan
War
Need for nurses always increase during war times
Societal Attitudes
Women's place in society
Angel of Mercy image
Nurse as hand-maiden to physician
Order of the Deaconesses - ✔✔Wealthy matrons of Roman Empire during 3rd and 4th
centuries, but suppress by Western churches during Middle Ages
1.Marcella
2. Fabiola
3. Paula
Theodor Fliedner - ✔✔reinstituted the Order of Deaconesses and opened a small hospital and
training school in Kaiserswerth, Germany in 1836 where Florence Nightingale received her
training
Dorothea Dix - ✔✔(1802-1887) Pioneer crusader of evelation of standards of the care for the
mentally ill. Superintendent of Female Nurses of the Union Army
Clara Barton - ✔✔(1821-1912) Developed the American Red Cross in 1881
, Volunteered as a nurse in the Civil Was
Organized the nursing services
Established the American Red Cross
Mary Ann Ball - ✔✔(1817-1901) One of the greatest nurse heroines of the Civil
War.Championed the rights and comforts of the soldiers; organized diet kitchens,
laundries,ambulance service; and supervised the nursing staff.
Linda Richards - ✔✔(1841-1930) First trained nurse in America.Responsible for the
development of the first nursing and hospital records. Credited with the development of our
present-day documentation system
Isabel Hampton Rob - ✔✔(1859-1910) Organized the first graded system of theory and
practice in the schools of nursing. One of the founders of the American Journal of Nursing
Lavinia Dock - ✔✔(1858-1956) Responsible, with Robb, for the organization of the American
Society of Superintendents of Training Schools, which evolved into the National League for
Nursing Education.
Feminist, writer, political, activist, suffragist
Participated in protest for passage of 19th amendment
Sought legislation for nurses to control their own profession, not physician
Founded precursor of NLN with Nutting and Robb
Mary Eliza Mahoney - ✔✔1845-1926) Graduated from the New England Hospital for Women
and Children in 1879, becoming the first African American professional nurse.Worked for
acceptance of African Americans in the nursing profession
Lillian D. Wald - ✔✔(1867-1940) Responsible for the development of public health nursing in
the United States through the founding of the Henry Street Settlement in New YorkCity.
