What Are the Attributes of Being a "Good" Nurse? –
-caring (show you genuinely care)
-communication skills (speak and listen well)
-emotional
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-empathy
-problem-solving skills
-attention to detail
4 Pillars of Molloy - -studies
-community (participate)
-spirituality (help pt connect w higher being)
-service
Molloy's Humanistic Framework for Nursing - -we believe that valuing the
individual in the context of humanity, environment, and health gives meaning to
humanistic nursing practice
Humanistic Framework of Nursing –
-valuing
-humanity
-health
-environment
valuing - -holding in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals
humanity - -unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole, reflecting
bio-psycho-socio-cultural dimensions
environment - -sum total of all internal/external dimensions that influence human
beings
health - - a dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-cultural well being
nursing - -a science and an art which focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of
human responsesEarly Civilization of Nursing - -Egyptian physicians are believed to have
specialized in certain diseases
-midwives assisted with childbirth = first recorded nurses
Ancient Greece and Nursing - -Apollo = god of healing
-400 BC = Hippocrates believed disease had natural, not magical causes
diagnosis - -identifying disease scientifically
prognosis - -predicting possible outcomes
cure - -restoration of health
Roman Empire and Nursing - -influenced by Egyptians and Greeks
-known for advances in public health
Ancient India and Nursing - -male nurses needed 4 qualifications:
1. knowledge of drugs for administration
2. cleverness
3. devotedness to pt
4. purity of mind and body
Christianity and Nursing - -nursing had a more formal/defined role
-led by belief that love and caring for others is most important
-women: visit sick pts
-men: nursing care and bury dead
-nursing became respected vocation
Middle Ages and Nursing - -more hospitals
-nurses delivered custodial care and depended on physicians for direction
-nurse midwifery flourished
Crusades and Nursing - -hospitals developed on battlefield
-Knight Hospitaliers = bright red cross
-nursing became a female-dominated proffession encouraged by Catholic Church
15th-19th Century and Nursing - -extensive population growth in cities, lack of
hygiene and sanitation, increase in poverty = serious health problem
-closure of monasteries and convents = shortage of people to care for sick-women who committed crimes were able to become nurses instead of serving
sentences
Renaissance and Nursing - -dark ages of nursing
-average family dreaded hospitals
-limited number of nurses
-limited women's freedom
-doctors did most of nurses jobs
-nurses did majority of cleaning, laundry, and scrubbing
-hospitals were source of epidemics
Nursing Caps - -keep hair neat
-caps and aprons = respectability, cleanliness, servitude
Nursing Uniforms - -symbolic of servant
-sign of respectability
Nursing Pins - -purpose: worn by those who have graduated from nursing school
programs
Florence Nightingale - -born in 1820 to wealthy family
-determined to become a nurse because she believed she was "called by God to
help others and improve well-being of mankind"
-established first nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration
-first practicing nurse epidemiologist and researcher
James Derham - -first male nurse in North America
-bought his freedom from slavery by working as a nurse
Dorothea Dix - -appointed to organize military hospitals, provide trained nurses
and disperse supplies
-no salary or official status for this position
-fought for the rights of mentally ill
Clara Barton - -concerned about the condition of wounded soldiers on battlefield
-brought supplies and nursed wounded on the front
-formed the American Red Cross in 1881
Margaret Sanger - -controversial modern nurse
-dedicated to provide legal birth control-founded Planned Parenthood [Show Less]