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Year the first school of nursing was founded - ANSWER-1863
Place the first school of nursing was founded - ANSWER-Kaiserswerth, Germany
The first nursing school's most famous pupil - ANSWER-Florence Nightingale,
1820-1910 ; known as the founder of modern nursing
Who is Clara Barton? What did she do? - ANSWER-Founder of the American Red
Cross
Who is Lillian Wald? - ANSWER-Founder of public health nursing
Who is Dorothea Dix? - ANSWER--An American school teacher;
-Advocate for the mentally ill. (1840's) champion building of mental asylums as
places of refuge. Difficulty with funding the up-keep of facilities-became ran
down.
-Organized a corps of female nurses to serve in the Civil War.
Florence Nightingale's contributions to nursing (just 4) - ANSWER-Stressed
environment, the need for careful observation, holistic care, and critical thinking
in nursing.
In early civilization, illness was believed to be caused by - ANSWER-Supernatural
forces
Knowledge of disease process occurred with the - ANSWER-Advent of
bacteriology
, Affordable Care Act - ANSWER-An expansion of medicaid, most of employers
must provide health insurance, have insurance or face surtax, prevents rejection
based on pre-existing condition. Also referred to as "Obamacare", signed into law
in 2010.
Healthy People 2020 - ANSWER-A set of disease prevention and health promotion
objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the new
millennium; two major goals was to increase quality and years of life and to help
eliminate health disparities
Managed Care System Objective - ANSWER-Decrease the number of
hospitalizations
Health can be defined as: - ANSWER-Balance between internal and external
forces
Objective for health promotion - ANSWER-Achieve an optimum level of wellness
Empowerment - ANSWER-Client - centered decision making
Mental Health is best described as - ANSWER-Realistic and adaptive
Physiological response to moderate anxiety include - ANSWER-increased HR and
RR, mild gastric discomfort, and palpitations
Mary Seacole - ANSWER-Jamaican nurse and business woman who was an
expert on cholera and helped during Crimean War; knowledgable in tropical
medicine and herbs; used her own money to build a lodging house in Crimea
Health restoration begins after - ANSWER-the disease process is stabilized with a
goal to restore function or compensate for losses
Factors influencing a person's health behavior - ANSWER-family, role models,
social pressures, stress, anxiety, and self-concept
Disease prevention levels - ANSWER-Primary - Health promotion; Secondary -
Disease Prevention;
Tertiary - Rehab