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NUR 205 Theory EXAM 1 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

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NUR 205 Theory EXAM 1 WITH
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CORRECT ANSWERS ||\\||\\




Major advancements in medicine in the Renaissance and
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Reformation period ( apx. 1350-1600) - correct answers ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




✔✔Pharmacology, chemistry, and medical knowledge ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




"Dark ages" of nursing - correct answers ✔✔-Nursing was
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an undesirable job with poor pay, long hours, and
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strenuous work that was considered menial. It no longer ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




appealed to women of high social class. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




-Hospital care was regulated to common women, ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




prisoners, thieves and drunks. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




-Religious orders became almost extinct; dissension ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




between roman catholic Christians and protestants. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Social Conditions during the Renaissance and Reformation
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period - correct answers ✔✔-Famine, plague, filth, and
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crime ravaged Europe. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\

,-Concern for social welfare caused Nursing orders to be ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




established


Sisters of Charity - correct answers ✔✔Recruited young ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




women for nurse training, developed education plans, ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




and cared for abandoned children
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St. Vincent de Paul - correct answers ✔✔Hospital for the
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foundling to care for orphaned and abandoned children. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Colonial American Period - correct answers ✔✔-Health ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




care was deficient; low life expectancy; plagues (yellow
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fever and smallpox) a constant threat.
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-Purgatives and Bleeding tactics used for treatment ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Who? When? Name? of first hospital built in the United
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States - correct answers ✔✔-Benjamin Franklin. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




-1751
-Pennsylvania Hospital ||\\||\\

,Florence Nightingale early career - correct answers ✔✔1. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Family opposed nursing at first, then let her attend ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Institute of Deaconesses at Kaiserwerth, Germany in ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




1851.
2. Then she was a Post of Superintendent for 14 months
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(Aug. 1853-Oct.1854) ||\\||\\




-Here she learned the importance of egalitarian and
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competent caring ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




||\\||\\ -excelled as nursing administrator ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




- Importance of Environment for the Patient in
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healthcare.
||\\||\\ -Women working for Women!! ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War - correct ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




answers ✔✔-Led 38 nurses to work at barracks in Scutari ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




-Army physicians rejected her help at first but then ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




succumbed ||\\||\\




-She purchased medical supplies, food, linen. Kitchen.
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Laundry. Social services. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\

, -Spent 20+ hours a day doing nurse care.
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Florence Nightingale major accomplishments - correct ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




answers ✔✔1. Founder of professional nursing. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




2. Aseptic techniques and infection control
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3. Nursing research
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4. Established first Nursing School in England.
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5. First nurse to document patient records.
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6. Kept careful stats- documented death rate of soldiers
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dropping from 42% to 2% as a result of he sanitary ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




reforms.


Mary Seacole - correct answers ✔✔1. Jamaican business
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women who played a major role in the Crimean War. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




2. Opened a lodging house with her own money to care
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for sick and wounded soldiers.
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3. Control of Cholera through her extensive knowledge in
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tropical medicine. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\

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