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Care revolves in the use of magical thinking, superstitious beliefs and religious beliefs

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Ancient Civilization

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In the beginning, nursing was done in an _____________ way of caring for the sick and was considered a basic role for women

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Intuitive way

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No organized nursing care

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Ancient civilization

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In Egypt they believed that Goddess _________ and son ________ manipulates the dreams of the sick

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Goddess Isis and son Horus

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Earliest documented forms of service and law governing the practice of medicine

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Code of Hammurabi ( Babylonia 1900 BC)

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Care of the sick revolves around mythology

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Greece and Rome

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Greek God and Chief Healer

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Asklepios

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The soother

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Epigone

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Goddess of Health

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Hygea

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What country views nurses as herbalists, midwives, caregivers, wet nurses

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Africa

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What does Africa view nurses as?

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  • Herbalists
  • Midwives
  • Caregivers
  • Wet nurses
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What greatly influenced the practice of caring?

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Religion

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basis of Christian nursing practice

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Parable of Good Samaritan

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Marked the development of early specialized institutions

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Christian Orders

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1st organization for men in nursing members of brotherhood Early Church voluntarily took care of sick & burial of dead during great plague in Alexandria

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Parabolani Brotherhood

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Responsible for development of early managerial and administrative standards in providing care

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  • Teutonic Order of Knights
  • Knights of Lazarus
  • Knights of St. John of Jerusalem
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One of the first nursing orders

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  • Alexian Brotherhood
  • Knights of St. John of Jerusalem
  • Augustinian Sisters
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Patron saint of nurses

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Camillus De Lellis

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Order of Christian Charity providing care for poor, sick dying and prisoners

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Camillus De Lellis

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Specific to academia and refers to a branch of education, a department of learning or a domain of knowledge

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Discipline

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Branch of education; theoretical works leading to higher level of education and practice

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Discipline

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Knowledge focus or what nurses know and now how they use them for thinking and decision making while taking care of a patient.

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Functional Focus (what nurses do)

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__________ of persons, health and environment forms the basis for nursing as a discipline

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Knowledge

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Who stated that “ The study of paradigms is what mainly prepares the student for membership in a particular scientific community with which he/she will practice. By studying and practicing with them, the clients or community involved learn their trade.”

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Kuhn

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Refers to a specialized field of practice founded on the theoretical structure of the science or knowledge of the discipline and accompanying practice abilities
Profession
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Knowledge of that discipline and accompanying practice abilities
Profession
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Recognition and respect for their scholarly disciplined contribution to the health of the society
Profession
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The principal form relating factual and descriptive knowing
Empirical Knowing
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Any scientific, researched-based, theoretical and factual information
Empirical Knowing
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knowledge obtained from textbooks, lectures, journals and online resources
Empirical Knowing
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1st primary model
Empirical Knowing
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Empirical Knowing focused on ___________ practice
Evidence-based practice
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Accurate and thoughtful decision making about health care delivery system
Evidence-based practice
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Comprised of knowledge synthesis, review and documentation
Evidence- based practice
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Promotes quality care that has been demonstrated to be effective
Evidence-based practice
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Related to understanding what is of significance to particular patients such as feelings, attitudes, points of view
Aesthetic Knowing
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A manifestation of creative and expressive styles of the nurse
Aesthetic Knowing
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Used in the process of giving appropriate nursing care through understanding the uniqueness of every patient
Aesthetic Knowing
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Established by St. Vincent de Paul in France
Sisters of Charity
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Group of women dedicated to serving the “poorest of the poor”
Sisters of Charity
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Founded at Kaiserswerth, Germany
Order of Deaconesses
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Recognized the role of women in giving services
Order of Deaconesses
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History of nursing theory began with ____________
Florence Nightingale
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Who envisioned nurses as body of educated women
Nightingale
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What marked the birth of modern nursing
Establishment of a school of nursing at St. Thomas Hospital (London)
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When did Nightingale recognized the unique focus of nursing
Mid-1800s
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When did nursing profession began to engage in serious discussions about dev’t of nursing knowledge
1900’s
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Focuses on empathy (ability for sharing or vividly understanding another’s feeling)
Aesthetic knowing
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Includes the nurse’s ability in changing ways or manner of rendering nursing care
Aesthetic Knowing
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Requires knowledge of different philosophical positions regarding what is right and wrong
Ethical Knowing
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Involves the judgement of right and wrong in relations to intentions, reasons and attributes
Ethical Knowing
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Includes all deliberate nursing actions involving and under jurisdictions of ethics and professionalism
Ethical Knowing
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Encompasses knowledge of the self in relation to others and to self
Personal knowing
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Focused on realizing, meeting and defining the real, true self, and self-awareness
Personal knowing
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Most difficult knowing to master and teach
Personal knowing
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What years are the curriculum era?
1900-1940s
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What years are the Research Era?
1950- 1970s
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What years are the Graduate Education Era?
1950 -1970s
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What years are the Theory Era?
1980-1990s
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What years are the Theory Utilization Era?
21st Century
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What era emphasizes: Carving out an advanced role and basis for nursing practice
Graduate Education Era: 1950-1970s
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What era emphasizes: Nursing theory guides research, practice, education, and administration
Theory Utilization Era (21st Century)
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What era has outcomes that is: Standardized curricula for diploma programs
Curriculum Era: 1900-1940s
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What era has an emerging goal: Isolated studies do not yield unified knowledge
Research Era (1950-1970s)
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What era has an emerging goal: Nursing frameworks produce knowledge (evidence) for quality care
Theory Utilization Era (21st Century)
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What era has the major question: What knowledge is needed for the practice of nursing?
Graduate Education Era (1950-1970s)

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