NURSING 2300 FINAL EXAM- UTA | 100% CORRECT
1. Discuss how the nursing profession has evolved. - From the work of Florence in the Crimea in the mid-1800s to the present, the profession of nursing has been influenced by the social, political and economic climate of the times as well as b...
1. Discuss how the nursing profession has evolved. - From the work of Florence in the
Crimea in the mid-1800s to the present, the profession of nursing has been influenced
by the social, political and economic climate of the times as well as by the technological
advances and the theoretical shifts in medicine and science.
*1893 Chicago worlds fair was a significant turning point in nursing history because
nursing learners net and founded the group that became the national league for nursing
2. Describe how the public sees nurses. - -Since 1999, nurses are number 1 in ethnic
and honestly every year except for 2001 (firefighters)
-95 percent of Americans trust, respect, admire nurses
*( most other professions identify themselves with more professional titles, which nurses
introduce themselves less formally and often by their first name)
3. Identify ways in which students and nurses can promote the profession of nursing. - -
One-patient-at- a-time
-Speak out against negative portrayals
-ANA can enhance image by offering services as consultants to media and setting
professional standards
-Confront those responsible for negative portrayals of nursing in the media
*educate people about what nurses really do
4. Describe the influence and contributions of key figures in the history of nursing,
including Florence Nightingale. - -Florence Nightingale: *
Founded the first training school for nurses at St Thomas hospital in London in 1806.
Focused on sanitation influences by policy as well.
Famous nurse, affluent. Focused on prisons and military. Reduced mortality rate by 2%
by feeding the people and keeping them clean/sanitation/ventilation. Supervised 38
nurses. Founded first nursing school in St. Thomas Hospital in London.
-Mary Seacole: (Jamaican) Called Mother Seacole. Expert in Cholera. Manage/Funded
for soldiers in Crimea. Was voted the Greatest Black Britain 2003. Did not consider
herself a nurse. *
-Clara Barton: Angel of Battlefield. Founded the American Red Cross is 1881.*
, -Dorothea Dix: Civil War superintendent of union army *
-Mary E. Mahoney: first educated african american professional Nurse. Graduated in
1879 *
-Lillian Wald: Founded Henry Street Settlement in New York which offered health care
and social services to the member of the community
-Mary Ann Breckenridge: demonstrated that nurses could provide midwifery services in
rural setting *
5. Describe how nursing has reacted to nursing shortages and how those affect patient
outcomes - -External shortages: can include changes in demand for nursing services,
and increasing age of American population, greater acuity (degree of illness) of the
hospitalized individual, public perceptions of nursing as a profession and ever-widening
career options for women.
-Internal shortages: salary issues, long hours, increased responsibility for unlicensed
workers and significant responsibility with little authority.
-Two solutions attempted: 1) increase the supply of nurses 2) create less-trained worker
supplement the number of nurses.
*increasing the numbers of faculty in nursing programs will decrease the nursing
shortage by allowing for more nursing students.
6. Identify social and demographic factors that influence the development of nursing in
the United States. - Aging population and increasing diversity. Since people are living
longer the population of older people is increasing (baby boomers) this population or
group is more likely to have chronic conditions /illnesses; Gender, technology,
population trends, image, and the nursing shortage
7. Identify the characteristics of a profession - -intellectual, accompanied by a high
degree of individual responsibility.
-body of knowledge that can be learned and is refined and developed through research
-practical & theoretical
-taught through specialized education
-internal organization of members and developed group consciousness
-has practitioners motivated by altruism (helping others)
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