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Nursing Test 1
History, education, and public view
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
09/18/2006

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Empedochles
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philosopher, magician, 4 elements universe (air, water, fire, earth). Body microorganism of earth. Comprised of 4 humors. (blood, bile, black bile, phlegm)
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Aristotle
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said emp was wrong. hearts were origin of body. heart was airchamber. distinguished arteries from veins but said arteries were just air (because they were blue).
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Hippocrates
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father of medicine. 1st said should be rational treatment for illness. Natural reason why you get sick. Catalogued illnesses and treatments. Credited for writing 1st medical textbook. Made medical knowlege available for people.
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Galen
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said blood flowed in and out of arteries all the time. 1st to disect a body. identified muscular filaments, blood vessels and nerves. Drawings of skeletons. 1st anatomy book. established med. school in rome. last great dr. of antiquity.
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300-600 A.D.
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No learning, absolute chaos. back to superstitions. Like history never happened.
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middle ages-

who saved everything
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jewish dr./scientists and arab dr./scientists
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1060
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ship brought med books to italy so med school could be created.
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what was the first school for women to study nursing?
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salerno school
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crusades
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4 waves. fathers send sons out to fight.
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1st wave
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muslims had holy land. war started. most people didnt come back. muslims held strong.
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2nd wave/3rd wave
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more sonds sent to fight. no progress
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4th wave
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poorest people. burned and stole europe on way. burned literature. carried disease. rise of plagues. black death came.
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what was the plague in the 14th century noted for?
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disection of human body. used only as teaching aid. teacher read from Galen text. if something did not match, they assumed something was wrong with body.
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1300
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first wave of plague came through.
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how many people died?
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about 13 million.
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how was it spread?
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merchants, camel caravans, they did not know how but we now do.

carrier rats started to carry disease by their infectious fleas.
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how long did people have after exposed?
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most died within 3 days.
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how did europe respond?
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there was a massive upheaval. magna carta came about. people blamed atmosphere for sickness.
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how many people died throughout the plague?
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60 million people
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Who were the Knights Hospitalers of St. John of Jerusalem
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fighting male nurses in 11th century. Asked to build hopsital. St. Johns came. Fight people during day, save people at night. well known and looked at as stars. wealthy. built more hospitals.
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who was the first nursing pin given to?
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knights hospitalers of st. john
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what was st. benedicts rule?
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furthered that church & healthcare should come together. said every monestary should have hospital. members- monks should care for sick in monestary. major force in building hospitals. tied church to healthcare.
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renaissance & age of enlightenment

life expectancies
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16th-21 yrs. 17th- 25 yrs. 18th-33 yrs.
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william harvey
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process by which heart pumps and circulated blood thru body. used to think liver major organ. advanced research embryology.
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descartes
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influencial in france. soul different from body. separate from body but in boyd.
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francis bacon
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created/identified scientific method
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birth of modern nursing-

Dorthea dix
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appointed by army 1861 to train nurses. choose 100 women. began 3 month training program.
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clara barton
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founder of american red cross
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lavinia dock and lillian wald
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founders of henry street project. talked to ppl in community about public healthcare. nursing's best moment.
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lillian wald
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sent out into slums to teach ppl how to keep babies and families from getting sick. quit med school, started project.
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margaret sanger
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founder of american birth control league (now planned parenthood)
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St. thomas hospital in london
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1st school of nightingale. ppl backlashed because didnt want nurses to be more educated than dr.
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