Unitek Chapter 1 Quiz with complete
solutions
Nursing - Answer -comes from latin. "to nourish"
What caused illness? - Answer -Displeasure with god or evil spirit entered the body
Cure to illness in early history? - Answer -witch craft by medicine men or charms, spells
and having good spirit
What were hospitals like in early 19th century? - Answer -Over crowded, unhygienic,
usually caused nosocomial.
what were the women like in the hospitals in early 19th century - Answer -Prostitudes,
alcoholics, or inmates. Usually women with "good upbringing" did not work outisde of
home
Definition of "Pesthouses" - Answer -This was the name for hospitals due to 1)poor
hygiene
2)unchecked infections
3) dirty physical conditions
Theodore Fliedner - Answer -Pastor in Kaiserwerth, Germany. 1st Nursing school
established by him.
Florence Nightingale - Answer -1st Nursing theorist. attended nursing school in 1851 at
Kaiserwerth. superintendent of ill governess
Crimian War - Answer -War in Turkey which led to many death and injuries. Nightingale
went with 38 nurses to help
"Lady with the lamp" - Answer -Nickname for Florence Nightingale. She carried a lamp
while walking down the aisle of sick patients with a lamp at night.
Saint Thomas - Answer -Nursing school established by Nightingale. Had sanitation and
hygiene.
Nightingale Plan - Answer -Formal Instruction and practical experience of nursing.
How did Nightingale Nurses improve patient care by? - Answer -Good hygiene, patient
observation, accurate information keeping, nutritional improvement,
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