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Year the first school of nursing was founded
1863
Place the first school of nursing was founded
Germany, by the Lutheran Order of Deaconesses
The first nursing school's most famous pupil
Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910 ; known as the founder of modern nursing
Who is Clara Barton? What did she do?
Founder of the American Red Cross
Who is Lillian Wald?
Founder of public health nursing
Who is Dorothea Dix?
-An American school teacher;
-Advocate for the mentally ill. (1840's) champion building of mental asylums as places of
refuge. Difficulty with funding the up-keep of facilities-became ran down.
-Organized a corps of female nurses to serve in the Civil War.
Florence Nightingale's contributions to nursing (just 4)
Stressed environment, the need for careful observation, holistic care, and critical
thinking in nursing.
In early civilization, illness was believed to be caused by
Supernatural forces
Knowledge of disease process occurred with the
Advent of bacteriology
Affordable Care Act
An expansion of medicaid, most of employers must provide health insurance, have
insurance or face surtax, prevents rejection based on pre-existing condition. Also
referred to as "Obamacare", signed into law in 2010.
Healthy People 2020
A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet
during the second decade of the new millennium; two major goals was to increase
quality and years of life and to help eliminate health disparities
Managed Care System Objective
Decrease the number of hospitalizations
Health can be defined as:
Balance between internal and external forces
Objective for health promotion
Achieve an optimum level of wellness
Empowerment
Client - centered decision making
Mental Health is best described as
Realistic and adaptive