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Test Bank: Public / Community Health and Nursing Practice, 2nd Edition 2nd Edition by Savage
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Test Bank: Public / Community Health and NursingPractice, 2nd Edition 2nd Edition by Savage
it is more difficult to measure the effects of _____ than it is to measure the effects of
_____ - ANSWER prevention
treatment
babylonian contribution to public health - ANSWER hygiene and medical skills
egyptian contribution to public health - ANSWER public drainage system
earth privies (toilet)
pharmacy
Poor Law of 1601 - ANSWER put almshouses in place
almshouses - ANSWER regulate poor and provide refuge
industrial revolution contribution to public health - ANSWER social change
technology
complex health practice
church contribution to public health - ANSWER institutional nursing care
home care
increase in _____ in the 1800s lead to increase in disease - ANSWER immigration
NYC contribution to public health in 1800s - ANSWER public health services
common communicable diseases in 1800 - ANSWER smallpox
yellow fever
cholera
typhoid
typhus
TB
malaria
infant mortality rate in 1800s - ANSWER 20%
Marine Hospital Service public health contribution - ANSWER became public health
service
when did focus shift onto public health problems such as _____ _____ ______ -
ANSWER mid 1800s
urban living conditions
, training school for nurses in Germany - ANSWER Florence Nightingale Training
School for Nurses
additional legislation to establish quarantine regulation for _____ and _____ was
passes in 1878 - ANSWER seamen and immigrants
when did nursing roles originate? - ANSWER late 1800s
what did cities still lack with the increase of technology? - ANSWER basic public
health systems
where was florence nightingale trained? - ANSWER Germany
soldier conditions during crimean war - ANSWER cramped with rats, poor
sanitation, lice, malnutrition, and lack of medication
where did florence nightingale ask to work during the crimean war - ANSWER
scutari
what was the mortality rate decreased to during florence nightingale's time in scutari
- ANSWER 11.5/1000
Florence Nightingales contribution to public health - ANSWER assessed community
health care needs and helped to promote health and prevent illness
emphasis of florence nightingale's health promotion - ANSWER nutrition
rest
sanitation
hygiene
where was florence nightingale's fame established? - ANSWER England
william rathbone - ANSWER philanthropist that established district nursing
association
function of district nursing association - ANSWER provide care for poor
model used in U.S. nursing schools starting in 1870s - ANSWER Nightingale model
how did nursing shift in the 1870s - ANSWER went from focus on private duty to
visiting nurses
private duty nurse - ANSWER often lived with wealthy family they cared for
visting nurse - ANSWER educated urban family on hygiene and other
environmental prevention measures
VNA - ANSWER visiting nurses association (est. in Buffalo, Philly, and Boston)
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