Basic Nursing: Thinking, Doing, and Caring 3rd
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Florence Nightingale
✓ ~~~ Founder of modern nursing or "Lady with the Lamp"
✓ Began professional education of nursing.
✓ Advocate for quality healthcare.
✓ Transformed nursing into respected profession.
✓ Recognized for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
✓ Designed hospitals to decrease mortality rates incorporating air, light, nutrition, and
adequate ventilation and space into the design.
Dorothea Dix
✓ ~~~ Served as superintendent of the U.S. Army Nurses.
✓ Advocate of mentally ill. Created first generation of American mental asylums.
Clara Barton
✓ ~~~ Founded the American Red Cross.
Lillian Wald
✓ ~~~ Pioneer of public health nursing.
Founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York to fight the spread of diseases
among poor immigrants.
Mary Brewster
, ✓ ~~~ Pioneer of public health nursing.
Founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York to fight the spread of diseases
among poor immigrants.
Edward Lyon
✓ ~~~ first male nurse to receive commission as a reserve officer
Mary Mahoney
✓ ~~~ First African American graduate nurse in the U.S.
Cofounded the National Association of Colored Graduates in 1908, which eventually
merged with the American Nurses Association (ANA)
Lavinia Dock
✓ ~~~ Nurse, feminist, social activist.
Compiled the first manual of drugs for nurses 1890.
Contributing editor to the American Journal of Nursing
Helped establish the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for
Nurses of the U.S. and Canada, now the National League for Nursing
ANA nursing definition 1980
✓ ~~~ The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual and potential health
problems
, Clinical Judgement
✓ ~~~ A process; consists of recognizing and analyzing the cues, prioritizing
hypotheses, generating solutions, taking actions, and evaluating outcomes (safety).
Critical Thinking
✓ ~~~ a reflective thinking process that involves collecting information, analyzing the
adequacy and accuracy of the information, and carefully considering options for
action.
Problem-solving
✓ ~~~ When a nurse considers an issue and attempts to find a satisfactory solution to
achieve the best outcomes.
Full-spectrum nursing
✓ ~~~ This term refers to nursing that involves clinical judgment, critical thinking, and
problem-solving.
2010 ANA acknowledged 5 characteristics of a Nurse:
✓ ~~~ • Nursing practice is individualized
• Nurses coordinate care by establishing partnerships (with persons, families,
support systems, and other providers)
• Caring is central to the practice of the registered nurse
• Registered nurses use the nursing process to plan and provide individualized care
to their healthcare consumers.
• A strong link exists between the professional work environment and the registered
nurse's ability to provide quality healthcare and achieve optimal outcomes
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