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| An individual's state of health is one of continual change. He moves back and forth from health to illness and back to health again. His condition is rarely constant. |
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It empowers nurses to use their clinical knowledge and expertise to develop, direct and sustain our own professional practice.
It allows nurses to network with colleagues and to collaborate among units and departments. |
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was the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States, graduating in 1879.
In 1908, she co-founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) with Adah B. Thoms. |
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| was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. An Anglican, Nightingale believed that God had called her to be a nurse. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night. |
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| defined nursing as "assisting individuals to gain independence in relation to the performance of activities contributing to health or its recovery" graduated from the Army School of Nursing, Washington, D.C., in 1921..20th century Flo Nightingale. |
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The Caring Model was developed in 1979. Emphasizes the humanistic aspects of nursing in combination with
scientific knowledge |
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the founder of American community nursing. "Public Health Nurse" "School Nurse" One of the founders of NAACP
Visiting Nurse Service of NY... Henry Street Settlement House |
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| Hospitalers who were specialized soldiers who at the end of battle returned to the outposts to care for the sick and injured. These were made up of: |
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The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem
The Teutonic Knights
Knights of St. Lazarus |
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| (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneer American teacher, patent clerk, nurse, and humanitarian. She is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross. From 1854 to 1855 she worked as first woman clerk in the US Patent Office... In 1864 she was appointed by Union General Benjamin Butler as the "lady in charge" of the hospitals at the front of the Army of the James...In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln placed Clara in charge of the search for the missing men of the Union Army. |
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| proposed 2 levels of nursing; developed an associate's degree nursing program at adelphia university. |
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