World Events, Trends, Leaders Flashcards
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Where does the word “nursing” come from?
Derivative of latin word nutrire, meaning “to nourish.”
What is the name of the script discovered in Egypt in the 1870s that dates back to 1550 BC?
The Ebers papyrus
What does the Ebers Papyrus contain? (Oldest preserved medical document)
Over 700 remedies written in hieratic script.
One of the first recorded physicians was:
Imhotep (2900-2800 BC)
Was a priest-physician and after death was worshipped as Egyptian god of medicine.
Babylonian health care guidelines in 1900 BC was called:
Hammurabi’s code-
-contained fee for service, standards quality of care, patient rights, legal regulations for physicians
Which early nation’s beliefs included that disease was punishment or work of evil spirits?
Babylonia- evil spirits
Hebrew- punishment
Xenodochia
“Houses for strangers”
Established by Hebrews
Were precursors of hospitals and inns.
What is an iatria?
Similar to outpatient clinics. In Greece in 8th century BC.
Father of modern medicine:
Hippocrates, son of greek priest-physician in BC.
Hippocratic oath
What is nosocomium
Place for the sick
Rome, 390 AD
What is geroncomion?
Home for the aged
Rome, 390 BC
Who helped found the International Red Cross?
Jean Henri Dunant of Switzerland
What does the Geneva Convention Treaty contain
Military hospitals were to be considered safe havens where patients could be cared for.
What are the 7 universal ideals associated with the Red Cross?
Humanity, impartiality, neutrality, Independence voluntary service unity universality
Nurse associated with founding of Red Cross
Clara Barton
Prominent person involved in reform of mental health care:
Dorothea Dix (1800’s)
Superintendent of US army Nurse Corps:
Dorothea Dix
America’s first trained nurse:
Melinda Richards (1841-1930) Enrolled and completed first nsg school in Boston
Margaret Sanger
Distributed birth control, which was illegal in US because of the Comstock Act of 1873.
She is considered founder of Planned Parenthood.
Mary Mahoney
First black nurse to graduate Nursing school on US.
National Black Nurses assoc
Isabel Hampton Robb (3)
1-Wrote text books for nursing .
2-Founding member of American Journal of Nursing
3-estab first grading policies for a nursing school
Early Egyptian Culture beliefs and characteristics (4)
1- belief in afterlife prompted care of body after death
2-Ebers papyrus
3- Priest-physician was important
5- disease considered work of evilspirits
Early Babylonian culture characteristics
3
1-disease was generally considered work of evil spirits
2- Hammurabi’s code
3- wet nurses faced severe penalties if their patients died
Early Hebrew culture characteristics (4)
1-communicable disease management was important
2- disease was considered to be break in one’s relationship with God
3- xenodochia
4- priest-physician
