VNRS-150 Fundamentals of Nursing: Chapter 1
____________ is one of the youngest professions but one of the oldest arts - correct answer ✔✔Nursing
(T or F) in the middle ages in Europe, religious groups assumed many of the nursing roles - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
_____________________ of care changed when religious groups were exiled to western Europe during split between King Henry VIII and the Catholic church - correct answer ✔✔Character/Quality
Management of hospitals fell to the state making hospitals become "________ ________" - correct answer ✔✔pest houses
When management of the hospitals fell to the state, who were recruited to be the labor force? - correct answer ✔✔criminals, widows, orphans who repaid the crown for food and shelter
the nursing attendants were considered "ignorant workers" since they had no supervision and rarely performed even minimal duties causing _________, __________, and ___________ - correct answer ✔✔infections, pressure sores, and malnutrition
what were Rules of Employment for Nursing Attendents in 1789 - correct answer ✔✔1. No dirt rags or bones may be thrown from the windows
2. Nurses are to punctually shift the bed and body linen of clients once a fortnight (2 weeks)
3. Nurses changed there clients shirts once in 4 days
4. Nurses changed their clients drawers and stockings once a week or oftener if found necessary
5. All nurses who disobey orders, get drunk, neglect their clients, quarrel with men shall be immediately discharged __________ ___________, an Englishwoman born of wealthy parents, announced that God had called her to become a nurse - correct answer ✔✔Florence Nightingale
Did Florence Nightingale's parents approve of her becoming a nurse? - correct answer ✔✔NO
(T or F) During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale proposed the idea to Britain's Secretary of War that the sick and injured British soldiers would fare better if a team of women trained in nursing skills could care for them - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
What type of women did Florence Nightingale recruit during the Crimean War? - correct answer ✔✔only
people with devotion and idealism that could accept the discipline and the hard work necessary for the looming task
Why was Nightingale referred to as "the lady with the lamp" - correct answer ✔✔Nightingale made rounds at night with illumination from an oil lamp, comforting and caring for the war casualties and infirm
Nightingale and her recruits helped lower the death rate from ______ to ______ - correct answer ✔✔60%-1%
what were the 6 contributions of Nightingale that changed the image of nursing to a positive one - correct answer ✔✔1. Training women for future work
2. Selecting only those with upstanding characters as potential nurses
3. Improving sanitary conditions for the sick and injured
4. Significantly reducing the death rate of British soldiers
5. Providing classroom education and clinical teaching
6. Advocating that nursing education should be life long
were there any hospitals in colonial times (period)? - correct answer ✔✔NO
During the colonial period, the initial and extended care for the sick, injured, aged, and women during childbirth often fell to ___________ family members or kind neighbors in the community - correct answer ✔✔FEMALE
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