FOUNDATION OF NURSING 9 FINAL PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ illness. Answer: an abnormal process in which aspects of the
social, emotional, or intellectual condition and function of a person
are diminished or impaired.
(early civilization): was considered an indicator of how one stood
with God (divine disfavor). Sickness meant that an evil spirit had
entered the body, and the present of a good spirit kept disease away.
◉ medicine man. Answer: A religious or spiritual leader who
performed witchcraft and rituals to induce the bad spirits to leave
the body of ailing person. Men typically dealt with illness and
healthcare while women dealt with labor and childbirth
Methods used:
frightening masks
noises
incantations
charms
spells
,laxatives /emetics
offerings
sacrifice
hot/cold application
cupping
cautery
massage
◉ Pesthouses. Answer: Hospitals of the early 19th century. Dirty,
overcrowded facilities filled with patients where people usually
developed illness rather than treat them. The scope of practice of
nurses were limited. Conditions were unsanitary. Hygienic practices
were not performed. Thus the infection and mortality rate were
high.
Things to note:
Training for nurses was scarce, thus lead to recruitment of
questionable qualifications. Nurses were women who came fro
unfavorable backgrounds (drank heavily, engaged in prostitution,
and inmates). Nursing was not seen as a desirable job at this time.
women in higher class did not view nursing as a respectable
profession (had to serve other people).
◉ Theodore Fliedner. Answer: German pastor who organized an
infirmary in Kaiserwerth, Germany, the true beginnings of modern
,nurse training dubbed the first ever nursing school. Lutheran
Deaconesses trained at this facility. Also established first protestant
hospital in US.
◉ Florence Nightingale. Answer: Established sanitary nursing care
units. Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of
nursing. She is remembered for her skills during the Crimean war in
Turkey.
She studied and learned from Fliedner's Kaiserswerth program in
Germany.
Barrack Hospital: Patients and soldiers who received care from
nightingale not only improved physically, but a psychological
improvement took place as well due to the empathy and diligence of
her practice. They began to look forward to treatment, and
respected her as a nurse.
"lady with the lamp" nightingale's work is remembered today with
the renowned nursing symbol of the lamp. During her time
electricity was not available. She realized mortality increased during
the night, so she made rounds with her lamp to check the patients in
the dark.
Credited a the first nurse theorist.
, reformed nursing from occupation to profession
◉ Nursing School of Saint Thomas Hospital. Answer: Founded in
London by Florence Nightingale in 1860. Began the reformation of
nursing as an occupation to profession. The program operated
separately from the hospital. focused primarily on the education of
nursing student. training lasted 1 year of formal instruction and
practical experience.
◉ Nightingale Plan. Answer: established first at the Nursing School
of Saint Thomas, established by nightingale. To become the model
for nursing education in the twentieth century. Students had to pass
strict procedures for admission, and a residence was provided for
them. Training lasted 1 year and included both formal instruction
and practical experience.
Complete records were kept on each student's progress.
Records were kept on where they were employed.
◉ Nightingale nurses. Answer: Improved patient care by such
measures as good hygiene and sanitation, patient observation,
accurate record keeping, nutritional improvements, and the
introduction and use of new medical equipment.
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ illness. Answer: an abnormal process in which aspects of the
social, emotional, or intellectual condition and function of a person
are diminished or impaired.
(early civilization): was considered an indicator of how one stood
with God (divine disfavor). Sickness meant that an evil spirit had
entered the body, and the present of a good spirit kept disease away.
◉ medicine man. Answer: A religious or spiritual leader who
performed witchcraft and rituals to induce the bad spirits to leave
the body of ailing person. Men typically dealt with illness and
healthcare while women dealt with labor and childbirth
Methods used:
frightening masks
noises
incantations
charms
spells
,laxatives /emetics
offerings
sacrifice
hot/cold application
cupping
cautery
massage
◉ Pesthouses. Answer: Hospitals of the early 19th century. Dirty,
overcrowded facilities filled with patients where people usually
developed illness rather than treat them. The scope of practice of
nurses were limited. Conditions were unsanitary. Hygienic practices
were not performed. Thus the infection and mortality rate were
high.
Things to note:
Training for nurses was scarce, thus lead to recruitment of
questionable qualifications. Nurses were women who came fro
unfavorable backgrounds (drank heavily, engaged in prostitution,
and inmates). Nursing was not seen as a desirable job at this time.
women in higher class did not view nursing as a respectable
profession (had to serve other people).
◉ Theodore Fliedner. Answer: German pastor who organized an
infirmary in Kaiserwerth, Germany, the true beginnings of modern
,nurse training dubbed the first ever nursing school. Lutheran
Deaconesses trained at this facility. Also established first protestant
hospital in US.
◉ Florence Nightingale. Answer: Established sanitary nursing care
units. Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of
nursing. She is remembered for her skills during the Crimean war in
Turkey.
She studied and learned from Fliedner's Kaiserswerth program in
Germany.
Barrack Hospital: Patients and soldiers who received care from
nightingale not only improved physically, but a psychological
improvement took place as well due to the empathy and diligence of
her practice. They began to look forward to treatment, and
respected her as a nurse.
"lady with the lamp" nightingale's work is remembered today with
the renowned nursing symbol of the lamp. During her time
electricity was not available. She realized mortality increased during
the night, so she made rounds with her lamp to check the patients in
the dark.
Credited a the first nurse theorist.
, reformed nursing from occupation to profession
◉ Nursing School of Saint Thomas Hospital. Answer: Founded in
London by Florence Nightingale in 1860. Began the reformation of
nursing as an occupation to profession. The program operated
separately from the hospital. focused primarily on the education of
nursing student. training lasted 1 year of formal instruction and
practical experience.
◉ Nightingale Plan. Answer: established first at the Nursing School
of Saint Thomas, established by nightingale. To become the model
for nursing education in the twentieth century. Students had to pass
strict procedures for admission, and a residence was provided for
them. Training lasted 1 year and included both formal instruction
and practical experience.
Complete records were kept on each student's progress.
Records were kept on where they were employed.
◉ Nightingale nurses. Answer: Improved patient care by such
measures as good hygiene and sanitation, patient observation,
accurate record keeping, nutritional improvements, and the
introduction and use of new medical equipment.
