Nurs 350 Midterm Exam Questions And
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Influences of the Renaissance - answer✔-Use of more modern methods of diagnosis and
treatment of disease were often viewed as disrespectful, improper, or even the work of the
devil
-Most health care of the early renaissance was still provided in hospitals run by religious
organizations
-A more modern understanding of the microbial origin of many diseases developed
-Although medical education was developing, it was still under an apprenticeship system and
involed the use of many home remedies
William Harvey - answer✔(1578-1657)
-Called the father of the modern medicine
-made major contributions to the medical practice
Joseph Lister - answer✔-Began to understand how disease was spread, and developed aseptic
practices that are still used today
Louis Pasteur - answer✔-discovered that bacterial organisms could be killed by heat, and the
process of pasteurization was born
Influences of the Industrial Revolution - answer✔-Rapid development of new manufacturing
technologies
-Migration of large number of people from farms to crowded living in cities
-First efforts at community health to keep workers healthy
-The sisters of charity, originally organized to provide nursing care in the city hospitals,
expanded their services to include home care and orphanages for abandoned children
-other catholic and non-catholic orders developed tot are care of the sick
-Florence nightingale lived and worked during this time
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Nursing in the United States - answer✔-Health care practices tended to parallel those in
Europe, but were somewhat less advanced
-1658: Dutch East India Company founded Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York
--It provided care for newly arrived African Slaves and for sailors who had become sick at sea
--With mortality rates ranging between 50% and 75%, Bellevue, the best of the early hospitals,
become known as the "House of horrors"
WW1 Negative Effect on nursing (nursing in the united states) - answer✔-Nurse aide programs
started, replacing educated nurses
-The overall quality of nursing education declined
WW1 Positive Effects - answer✔-Public health nursing grew
-A few more university programs were developed
Nursing in the Unites States (cont.) - answer✔-Hospitals became centralized institutions for
delivering health care
-physicians became increasingly dependent on the services provided by hospitals, particularly
when high- tech, expensive equipment was involved
-The traditional belief that all nurses were interchangeable in the workplace began to be
challenged
To meet the nursing shortage after the war, "quick fix" methods were used: (nursing in the US) -
answer✔-LPN programs were started
-"technical nurse" programs were started (became ADN programs)
-Interested in BSN degrees and professional nursing also grew
-Many of the problems in today's nursing can be traces to this time period
Resume Tips - answer✔-Specific rather than general
-Active rather than passive
-Written to express not impress
-Articulate rather than "flowery"
-Fact based (quantity and qualify"
-Written for people who scan quickly
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