Nurse Leaders
This nurse was the first African American nurse in the United States. Organizer and first president of the National Association for Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN)
MARY ELIZA MAHONEY
infections individuals acquire while receiving care for other conditions in a health-care setting
HAIs/ Nosocomial infections
the difference between the LPN and LVN nursing title
This Nurse
focused on public health
founded the Henry Street Settlement
Lillian D. Wald
Model focuses on curing the disease
Medical Model
This factor has had the greatest impact on the current nursing shortage
More employment options for women
This nurse did the following:
changed shifts from 24 hours to 12 hours (THANK YOU! )
Developed 3-year educational program for nursing. Fought for licensing examinations and registration.
ISABELLE HAMPTON ROBB
A nurse exhibiting these signs, questionable behaviors related to medication counts and waste, giving more pain medications than other nurses, having more drug-tolerant patients, coming into the work setting on days off, and frequently staying after shifts to help with drug counts
Impaired Nurse
professional organization was the first to focus on licensed practical nurses
National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Services (NAPNES)
This nurse helped develop psychiatric hospitals and worked with prisoners in jails
Dorothea Dix
the focus of this is to prepare future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to provide safe quality care to their patients.
QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses)
wrote the first medical textbook, outlining current health-care practices, and removed the mythical belief that Apollo was responsible for health.
Hippocrates
This nurse was known as the “Angel of the Battlefield" during the Civil War. She was the first president of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
model focuses on patient response to the disease
Nursing model
This obstetrician discovered the benefit of antiseptic technique and later died of a post operative infection
Ingaz Semmelweis