Definitions
Trusting in magic or chance
Superstition
What does H.M.O mean?
Health Maintenance Organization
Ancient chinese used what type of therapy to treat pain
acupuncture
Who is the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
Who began the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
A system of moral principals
ethics
True or False
It was the end of small pox
True
Egyptians
Who discovered xrays?
Wilhelm Roentgen
Who raised the standards of nursing becoming a respectable profession?
Florence Nightingale
A weakened bacteria or virus given to a person to buid immunity against a disease
Vaccine
Holistic Care includes
Emotional, social, mental, and spiritual wellness
What era is called the rebirth of learning?
The Reinassance
Who developed asepsis?
Ernst von Bergmann
Today's idea of home health was started by who?
Lillian Wald
The branch of biology dealing with functions and activities of living organsims and their parts
physiology
What type of new facilities were developed to better meet the holistic needs of senior citizens
Assisted living facilities
Who discovered the eustachian tube (This is the tube leading from the ear to the throat)
Bartolommeo Eustachiao
Who dscovered the molecular structure DNA
Francis Crick and James Watson
Name 2 members of the nursing team
Registered nurse (RN), License Vocational or Practical Nurse (LVN/LPN), medication nurse, nursing assistance.
To heat food for a period of time to destory certain microorganisms
pasteurization
NAme the first 5 improvements of health care
Antibotics of bacterial diseases, improved life expectancy, Organ transplants, healthier hearts, dentistry without pain
Who discovered that colds could be passed from person to person
Benjamin Franklin
Who discovered a vaccine for polio?
Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin
What was the name of the first school of nursing?
Nightingale School of Nursing