Historical Periods
This philosophical period's ideal holds that it is not enough to know natural science, and simple truth but rather the imperative is to understand the whole individual: mind, body, and spirit
What is Humanistic Existentialism
This nurse was appointed the first woman Superintendent of the U.S. Army Nurses
Who is Dorothea Dix
The four humors involved the balance of the four elements. Name them.
What are: fire, air, earth and water
In recent years, nursing has witnessed a shift of healthcare out of the hospital and into what setting?
What is the home setting
She wrote Notes on Nursing
Who is Florence Nightingale
This philosophical period represented a time in history when the truth and precise meaning were paramount
What was the Pragmatic Period
This nurse was notably the only person allowed to move between both General Grant and General Sherman’s hospital encampments across 19 battlefields during the Civil War.
Who was Mother Bickerdyke
During the colonial period in America, this common treatment consisting of a broth made of the flesh of a black snake, treated what condition?
What is leprosy
As of 2021, 34 states will have adopted this revised registration process for RNs
What is the Nurse Licensure Compact
He wrote the National League for Nursing's first position paper on Nursing’s Responsibility to Minorities
Who is Hector Hugo Gonzalez
During this philosophical period, people were focused on denying physical and psychological desires in an attempt to achieve higher level spiritual guidance and ideals; resisting temptation and immediate impulsivity
What was Asceticism
This nurse is known more for the book Leaves of Grass then for the care of a wounded brother.
Who is Walt Whitman
The four humors element of water was represented by the body fluid known as phlegm. This condition was intentionally induced in people to balance water by using a spinning machine.
What is vomiting
The NLC allows Registered Nurses to do what for the first time in American history?
What is work across state boundaries
She wrote The School Nurse in 1917
Who is Lina Rogers Struthers
During this philosophical period, learning how to become a nurse came in the form of on the job training and hard work did not come with monetary renumeration. Formal “nurses” were often nuns who were called to care for the sick and the poor.
What was Asceticism
During the Civil War, this nurse worked for the Union army as a nurse, a cook, and a spy. In 1862 moved she moved to Beaufort, South Carolina, while union occupied, to help the local Sea Island slaves, transition to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman
Blistering and cupping were done to remove the clear liquid of the blood (blood plasma) which they believed was making people sick. To blister, physicians would apply what chemical to the skin?
What is sulphuric acid
Evens such as Hurricanes, Pandemics, Earthquakes have caused this form of of training is becoming increasingly important in nursing curriculums in the United States
What is disaster training
This nurse wrote, The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands in 1857
Who is Mary Seacole
This philosophical period was not defined by love, rather, it represented a complete shift the way people thought of themselves and society.
What was Romanticism
This nurse wrote the original Nightingale Pledge, one of the most symbolic nursing pledges still recited today by American nurses upon graduation.
Who is Lystra Gretter
Yellow bile represented fire, blood represented air, what body build represented earth in the four humors?
What is black bile
Nurses have increasingly taken time out of their busy lives to increase these skills to better manage stressors.
What are resiliency skills
This nurse authored A Midwife’s Tale
Who is Martha Ballard