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Unitek Exam #1 Questions and Correct
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illness
Ans: an abnormal process in which aspects of the social, emotional, or
intellectual condition and function of a person are diminished or impaired
causes of illness in ancient times
Ans: divine disfavor w/ god or bad spirits in the body
healing in ancient times
Ans: witchcraft, spells, rituals
pest-houses
Ans: 19th century hospitals, allowed for widespread of infections because
there were no sanitary precautions
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early 19th century nurses
Ans: alcoholics, prostitutes, and inmates. higher status women were
above that and did not work in that setting.
Theodor Fliedner
Ans: A German pastor in Kaiserswerth, Germany who helped establish the
first school of nursing, the Lutheran Order of Deaconesses
kaiserwerth program
Ans: the program Fliedner created. the first nursing school
Florence Nightingale
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Ans: Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern nursing.
began professional education of nursing. attended kaiserwerth program.
became superintendent of a charity hospital for ill governesses. led 38
nurses into the Crimean war, "lady with the lamp". 1st nursing theorist.
established nursing school at st. thomas hospital in london. nightingale
plan.
Nightingale Plan
Ans: Training practice established by the first nursing theorist; established
formal and practical instruction, as well as keeping complete student
records. improved patient care by such measures as good hygiene,
sanitation, patient observation, record keeping, nutrition improvements,
and the use of medical equipment.
first protestant hospital on american shores
Ans: made by fliedner, called the passavant hospital in pittsburg
pensylvania. deaconesses began first formal education of nurses in the
U.S.
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1869 AMA suggested that every large hospital
Ans: establish and support its own school of nursing
Dorothea Dix
Ans: A reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat the insane as
mentally ill, beginning in the 1820's, she was responsible for improving
conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S. and
Canada. She succeeded in persuading many states to assume
responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. She served as the
Superintendant of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Clara Barton
Ans: Launched the American Red Cross in 1881. An "angel" in the Civil
War, she treated the wounded in the field.
mary ann ball
Unitek Exam #1 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
illness
Ans: an abnormal process in which aspects of the social, emotional, or
intellectual condition and function of a person are diminished or impaired
causes of illness in ancient times
Ans: divine disfavor w/ god or bad spirits in the body
healing in ancient times
Ans: witchcraft, spells, rituals
pest-houses
Ans: 19th century hospitals, allowed for widespread of infections because
there were no sanitary precautions
,2 | Page
early 19th century nurses
Ans: alcoholics, prostitutes, and inmates. higher status women were
above that and did not work in that setting.
Theodor Fliedner
Ans: A German pastor in Kaiserswerth, Germany who helped establish the
first school of nursing, the Lutheran Order of Deaconesses
kaiserwerth program
Ans: the program Fliedner created. the first nursing school
Florence Nightingale
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Ans: Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern nursing.
began professional education of nursing. attended kaiserwerth program.
became superintendent of a charity hospital for ill governesses. led 38
nurses into the Crimean war, "lady with the lamp". 1st nursing theorist.
established nursing school at st. thomas hospital in london. nightingale
plan.
Nightingale Plan
Ans: Training practice established by the first nursing theorist; established
formal and practical instruction, as well as keeping complete student
records. improved patient care by such measures as good hygiene,
sanitation, patient observation, record keeping, nutrition improvements,
and the use of medical equipment.
first protestant hospital on american shores
Ans: made by fliedner, called the passavant hospital in pittsburg
pensylvania. deaconesses began first formal education of nurses in the
U.S.
, 4 | Page
1869 AMA suggested that every large hospital
Ans: establish and support its own school of nursing
Dorothea Dix
Ans: A reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat the insane as
mentally ill, beginning in the 1820's, she was responsible for improving
conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S. and
Canada. She succeeded in persuading many states to assume
responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. She served as the
Superintendant of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Clara Barton
Ans: Launched the American Red Cross in 1881. An "angel" in the Civil
War, she treated the wounded in the field.
mary ann ball
