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Hippocrates
Ans: "Father of Modern Medicine.
Beliefs focused on harmony with the natural law instead of on
appeasing the gods.
Emphasized treating the whole client, mind, body, spirit, and the
environment.
Made diagnosis on the basis of symptoms rather than on an isolated
idea of a disease.
He was concerned with ethical standards for physicians, expressed in
the now-famous Hippocratic Oath.
Florence Nightingale
Ans: Founder of modern nursing, in 1851. Nightingale supervised 125
nurses in several large hospitals, and advocated a program of at least
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1 year that included basic biological science, techniques to improve
nursing care, and supervised
practice.
Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
Ans: Dedicated her life to raising the standards of nursing education
in the United States, and was the first as director of the Illinois
Training School for Nurses, headed the new Johns Hopkins Training
School for Nurses.
Formed the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools
for Nurses and served as chairwoman.
In 1896, she became the first president of a group called the Nurses
Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, which would
later become the American Nurses Association (ANA).
Robb helped develop the still the official journal called the American
Journal of Nursing, the first professional journal for nursing.
Lillian Wald
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Ans: Opened a storefront health clinic called the Henry Street
Settlement in New York.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company saw value in her beliefs and
asked her to organize its nursing branch, and she founded the
American Red Cross's Town and Country Nursing Service.
She founded and became the first president of the National
Organization for Public Health Nursing, was the first to place nurses
in public schools, and current proposals for health-care reform often
include her ideas about public health nursing, independent clinics,
and health maintenance.
Loretta C. Ford
Ans: Credited with founding nurse practitioner practice.
Awarded the Blackwell Award (named for the first female doctor in
America) from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, which is given to a
woman whose life exemplifies outstanding service to humanity.
Ford was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2011,
and still consults and lectures at the University of Rochester School of
Nursing.
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Dimensions of Nursing-FINAL EXAM
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Hippocrates
Ans: "Father of Modern Medicine.
Beliefs focused on harmony with the natural law instead of on
appeasing the gods.
Emphasized treating the whole client, mind, body, spirit, and the
environment.
Made diagnosis on the basis of symptoms rather than on an isolated
idea of a disease.
He was concerned with ethical standards for physicians, expressed in
the now-famous Hippocratic Oath.
Florence Nightingale
Ans: Founder of modern nursing, in 1851. Nightingale supervised 125
nurses in several large hospitals, and advocated a program of at least
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1 year that included basic biological science, techniques to improve
nursing care, and supervised
practice.
Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
Ans: Dedicated her life to raising the standards of nursing education
in the United States, and was the first as director of the Illinois
Training School for Nurses, headed the new Johns Hopkins Training
School for Nurses.
Formed the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools
for Nurses and served as chairwoman.
In 1896, she became the first president of a group called the Nurses
Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, which would
later become the American Nurses Association (ANA).
Robb helped develop the still the official journal called the American
Journal of Nursing, the first professional journal for nursing.
Lillian Wald
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Ans: Opened a storefront health clinic called the Henry Street
Settlement in New York.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company saw value in her beliefs and
asked her to organize its nursing branch, and she founded the
American Red Cross's Town and Country Nursing Service.
She founded and became the first president of the National
Organization for Public Health Nursing, was the first to place nurses
in public schools, and current proposals for health-care reform often
include her ideas about public health nursing, independent clinics,
and health maintenance.
Loretta C. Ford
Ans: Credited with founding nurse practitioner practice.
Awarded the Blackwell Award (named for the first female doctor in
America) from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, which is given to a
woman whose life exemplifies outstanding service to humanity.
Ford was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2011,
and still consults and lectures at the University of Rochester School of
Nursing.
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