NURS 206 Midterm BSN 206 Nightingale College Question and answers 100% correct what does it mean to be self-regulated profession - correct answer protects the public interest by setting standards of competency and conduct, and disciplines members that fail to meet them
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NURS 206 Midterm & Final
what does it mean to be self-regulated profession - correct answer ✔protects
the public interest by setting standards of competency and conduct, and
disciplines members that fail to meet them
how do nurses self-regulate themselves as professionals - correct answer
✔agreeing to practice according to the standards and processes set by the
regulatory body
peer mentorship opportunities - correct answer ✔- build expertise
- build portfolio
- build leadership an relational skills necessary to be a nurse
why is knowing nursing history important - correct answer ✔- helps us
understand where we came from, where we are now, and where we must go
as a profession
- helps form our identity as nurses
- helps explain to others what a nurse is/does
what is reflection on action - correct answer ✔when we think back to what
we did and consider how we contributed to an outcome
what is reflection in action - correct answer ✔occurs in the moment as we
are involved in carrying out an action
indigenous perspectives - correct answer ✔- experiences and contributions
have gone largely unrecognized until recently
- previously unwritten history is ow being revealed
,describe the first "nurses" - correct answer ✔- 1st European settlers that
tended to the sick were male attendants
- Jesuits Priests also served in nursing roles - mission to convert Indigenous
Peoples to Christianity
who was Marie Rollet Hebert - correct answer ✔- originally from France
- 1st European woman in Haudenosaunee teritory to provide nursing care
(1617-1649)
- lay nurse, visiting nurse
- provided care to Indigenous Peoples, settlers
- taught Indigenous children
- she questioned the notion that Indigenous Peoples were in need of "saving"
and actually sought their healing knowledge in the care of the ill
- EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE was an early prominent theme
what was the 1st nursing mission - correct answer ✔- 1639
- established in what is now Quebec city by 3 Augustinian Nuns
- they provided care for the Indigenous Peoples and settlers
- later evolved into Hotel-Dieu hospital, under leadership of Jeanne Mance
where was the first nursing school (1874) - correct answer ✔St. Catherine's,
Ontario
who was Jean Mance - correct answer ✔- arrived in 1641
- founded Hotel-Dieu Hospital
- considered to be the founder of nursing in Canada
- CNA's highest award is in her name
,who was Marguerite d'Youville - correct answer ✔- formed the "Sisters of
Charity" (grey nuns) in 1747
- assisted the poor
- first visiting nurses
who was Florence Nightingale - correct answer ✔- mid 1900s
- "founder of modern nursing"
- developed nursing in London then to the British Army and from there
organized nurses to go to Crimea
- dramatic decrease in morbidity/mortality due to improved hygiene practices
and comfort during war
- elevated status of nursing
- result: women able to work outside the home
who was Mary Seacole - correct answer ✔- Jamaican
doctress/nurse/business woman
- used West African/Jamaican herbal remedies/healing skills learned from
mother
- knew importance of hygienic practice before Florence
- traveled to provide care during outbreaks and to soldiers (ex: Crimean war) -
met Florence
- met with racial discrimination/obstacles
who was Mary Agnes Snively (1847-1933) - correct answer ✔- 1st president
(and founder) of CNA (1911)
- superintendent of nurses at Toronto General Hospital's School of Nursing
(1844-1910)
- established 1st nursing student residence and strong curriculum
, - co-founded International Council of Nurses and was its Honorary Treasurer
(1900-1904)
who was Jean I. Gunn (1913-1941) - correct answer ✔- recognized for
contributions to public health in Canada, France, England
- encouraged students to take post-grad courses in pub health nursing
- promoted registration, licensure & standards & professionalization of nursing
- many awards and recognitions of service
what was the Victorian Order of Nurses - correct answer ✔- 1897
- established by Lady Aberdeen
- charitable, not for profit
- fully trained in midwifery and district nursing
what happened in the 20th century - correct answer ✔- Canada: report by
CNA and CMA recommended nursing education be transferred from hospitals
to educational institutions
- 1932: 1st national study on nursing education by Dr. George Weir
what was the Weir Report - correct answer ✔- 1st national study on nursing
education
- found that hospital-nursing schools turned out a disciplined workforce but
didn't provide quality of education necessary for competent nurses
- concluded nursing education should be placed within university and min
education requirements should be 4 years of high school followed by 3 years
of nurse training
- enabled nurses and others to talk about NURSING AS A PROFESSION
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