NURS 207 Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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NURS 207 Final Exam Questions With
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Egypt - answerHealth beliefs and practices
Valued personal health; preventive measures taken to appease the gods
Developed specific laws on cleanliness, food use and preservation, drinking, exercise, and sexual
relations, and a pharmacopeia wi...
NURS 207 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Egypt - answer✔Health beliefs and practices
Valued personal health; preventive measures taken to appease the gods
Developed specific laws on cleanliness, food use and preservation, drinking, exercise, and sexual
relations, and a pharmacopeia with more than 700 natural remedies
Palestine - answer✔Developed the Mosaic code, one of the first organized methods of disease
control and prevention
Greece - answer✔Health beliefs
Believed that the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology controlled health and illness
Temples built to honor Aesclepius, the god of medicine, were designated to care for the sick
India - answer✔Vedas (2000-1200 BC), sacred Hindu books, were the source of information
about health practices
Vedas emphasized hygiene and prevention of sickness
China - answer✔Teachings of Confucius (531-479 bc) had a powerful impact on health practices
Believed in the yin and yang philosophy; an imbalance between the two would result in ill health
Rome - answer✔Adapted health and medical practices from the countries conquered and the
physicians enslaved (27 bc-476 ad)
Established the first military hospital in Europe in Rome
Both male and female attendants cared for the sick
Military nursing orders were developed exclusively by men
Practiced advanced hygiene and sanitation
Middle Ages - answer✔Women used herbs and new methods of healing
Women cared for the sick in their homes
Men used purging, leeching, and mercury
Physicians spent more time translating medical essays than providing medical care
The Roman Catholic Church became a central figure in health care
Wives of emperors and other women became nurses
Most changes in health care were based on charity and the sanctity of human life
The cross used during this period became a badge and forerunner for the design of nursing pins
The Renaissance and The Reformation Period - answer✔Major advancements in medicine:
pharmacology, chemistry, and medical knowledge"Dark ages" of nursing
Religious orders became almost extinct as a result of dissension between Roman Catholic
Christians and Protestant sects
Nursing no longer appealed to women of high social status; hospital care was regulated to
common women, prisoners, thieves, and drunks
Nursing became an undesirable job with poor pay, long hours, and strenuous work that was
considered menial
Filthy
Colonial America - answer✔Health care was sadly deficient; life expectancy was low; plagues
such as yellow fever and smallpox were a constant threat
Physicians were poorly trained and used crude methods of treatment, such as bleeding and
purgatives
Through the efforts of Benjamin Franklin, Pennsylvania Hospital was the first hospital built in
the United States in 1751
Florence Nightingale - answer✔Founder of professional nursing
Demonstrated the value of aseptic techniques and infection control procedures
Honored for her contributions to nursing research
Demonstrated the value of political activism to affect health care reform
Established the first nursing school in England
Honored as the founder of professional nursing services, initiated social services, spent up to 20
hours each day providing nursing care
Introduced principles of asepsis and infection control, a system for transcribing physician's
orders, and a system to maintain patient records
Kept careful statistics—documented a decrease in the death rate of soldiers from 42% to 2% as a
result of health care reforms that emphasized sanitary conditions
Mary Seacole - answer✔Jamaican nurse who played a major role in the Crimean War
Was denied the opportunity to join Nightingale's nursing brigade because she was black
Opened a lodging house with her own money to care for sick and wounded soldiers
Contributed to control of the cholera epidemic through extensive knowledge in tropical medicine
Honored by the Jamaican government and the British Commonwealth with a medal for saving
the lives of countless sick and wounded soldiers
Dorothea Dix - answer✔appointed to organize military hospitals, provide trained nurses, and
disperse supplies; she received no official status and no salary for this position
The Civil War Period - answer✔No army nurses and no organized medical corps when the war
began
6 million people hospitalized during the war—500,000 surgical cases; 2000 nurses served in the
war
181 African American nurses, both men and women, served from 1863 to 1864. Caucasian
nurses made $12.00 per month; African American nurses made $10.00
Epidemics plagued the country: syphilis, gonorrhea, malaria, smallpox, and typhoid
Clara Barton - answer✔operated a war relief program; credited with founding the American Red
Cross
1900 to World War I - answer✔Advances in the nursing profession
By 1910, most states passed legislation requiring nurse registration before entering practice
Required entry level for nursing students was upgraded to high school graduate
Nurse training programs were improved to include a more comprehensive course of study
Because of segregation and discrimination, African Americans had to establish their own health
care institutions
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