Women of the Civil War
Civil War Facts
Florence Nightingale
Nursing in the Civil War
Nursing Education
100
Dorothea Dix
Who became the Union's Superintendent of Female Nurses?
100
States Rights and Slavery
What were overriding two issues that brought the U.S. to Civil War?
100
Florence, Italy
What is the place Florence Nightingale was named after?
100
"No place for a lady"!
What is the common argument given by physicians/men of the North & South of why women should not take care of patients at the beginning of the Civil War?
100
1870-1871
What is the year generally recognized when formal nursing education began in America?
200
"Plain looking and older than 30"
What were Dorothea Dix original requirements for her nurse recruits?
200
Amputation
What was the number one surgical procedure performed during the war?
200
Kaisersworth
Where did Florence Nightingale get her initial "nurses" training?
200
Providing "rice water", reading/writing letters, changing the straw in the bed sacks
What was considered nursing care during the Civil War?
200
Diploma Nursing
What was the first type of nursing degree obtained through hospital training schools?
300
Championed better care of the mentally ill
What had Dorothea Dix done prior to the Civil War?
300
Infectious Disease (i.e. diarrhea, pneumonia, Cholera)
What was a primary killer of soldiers during the war?
300
Crimean War
What is the war where Florence Nightingale championed more sanitary medical care for British soldiers?
300
Catching a contagious disease
What was a risk of providing nursing care during the war?
300
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (University) and Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (Community College)
What are the two possible entry to practice education pathways for RN's?
400
American Red Cross
What is the national organization founded by Clara Barton?
400
Unsanitary conditions
What was a major contributing factor to death and disease in military hospitals?
400
W.E.N
What was Florence Nightingales fathers name-William Edward Nightingale?
400
Small pox and malaria
What were two contagious disease prevalent in the war?
400
Geriatric Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Anesthetist
What is a type of advanced nursing practice?
500
She advocated nutrition and herbal medicines and was much beloved by Union soldiers
Who was "Mother Bickerdyke"?
500
The Battle of Manassas -21 July 1861
What was the first major battle of the civil war fought outside the small town of Manassas, Virginia?
500
Nursing the sick with Influenza
What was one of the first "nursing" experiences Florence had as a young woman?
500
Mixture of whiskey, hot water and brown sugar given to men too ill to swallow solid food
What were "hot toddies"?
500
Doctor of Philosophy of Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice
What are the two terminal degree's in nursing?
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