Nursing History
The Father of Medicine
Who is Hippocrates?
These regulations establish the standards for the Vocational Nursing profession.
What is the Nurse Practice Act?
These organizations provide managed care emphasizing disease prevention and health promotion.
What is an HMO?
This gives information on protective equipment required, safe handling information, and first-aid interventions for accidental exposure.
What is a Material Safety Data Sheet?
This type of shock is the nervous system's response immediately after a severe injury or other traumatic event.
What is Primary Shock?
Clean air, clean water, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light are all part of what?
What is Nightingales's Five Essential Points for Maintenance of Health/Recuperation?
Who is Dorothea Orem?
Clients with serious conditions or who have a high level of acuity are admitted for a short period of time into these types of facilities.
What is an Acute Care Facility?
This is when the facility itself is in danger or damaged and/or function is impaired.
What is an internal disaster?
Anaphylactic, cardiogenic, electric, hypoglycemic, and hypovolemic are all examples of this.
What is types of shock?
This woman founded the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton?
These nurses care for the acutely ill and assist in surgery.
What are RN's?
These facilities admit only one type of client for specific conditions.
This describes action that a facility will take during a disaster.
What is a Disaster Plan?
Confusion, disorientation, or agitation, decreased LOC, extreme letharygy, and seizures are all signs of this.
What is Increased ICP?
This nurse is considered the founder of American Public Health.
These nurses provide nursing care and work under the supervision of an RN or MD.
Who are VN's?
This is a series of treatment modalities that include chirporactic therapy, occupational therapy, acupuncture, herbalists and vibrational remedies, to name are few.
What is Complementary Healthcare?
This is the process of sorting and classifying injured persons to determine priority of needs.
What is Triage?
This is bleeding that is abundant or uncontrollable.
What is Hemorrhage?
During this war, the Army School of Nursing was established and the first emergency training of nurses happened.
What is World War I?
This is a type of recognition of previous education and experience from state to state?
What is Reciprocity?
This team provides assistance and support in many environments, both inside and outside healthcare facilities.
What is the disaster medical assistance team?
This is caused when the heart's blood supply is cut off, causing heart muscle tissue to die.
What is a Myocardial infarction or heart attack?