Welcome To Nursing Process

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Welcome To NursingProcess

• Debrayh Gaylle, RN, MS
• Office HB 404
• Office Hours Tuesday 1400-1700
• Wednesday 1300-1400 By Appointment
• 408-924-3174
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Green Sheet

• Course Objectives
• Teaching Strategies
• Course Accommodations
• Grading
• Academic Integrity

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Tips for Success
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CONNECTIONS
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Communication
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Time Management
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Objectives

• Understand the historical development of the
  nursing profession.
• Understand the social and economic issues which
  impact todays healthcare system.
• Describe the educational paths available to
  individuals pursuing a nursing degree.
• Define the six essential features of professional
  nursing

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History of nursing
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Issues in Nursing Then

• Access to Care
• Cost of Care
• Shortage of Educated Professionals

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Issues In Nursing Now

• Costs
• Evidenced Based Practice
• Nursing Shortage
• Ratios
• The Growing Number of Under or Uninsured Access
  to Care
• Access to Care

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Societal Changes over the Years

• Demographic ChangesPopulation Shifts
• The Womens Movement The Human Rights Movement
  -- The Quest for Equality
• The Medically Underserved
• The Threat of Bioterrorism
• Cultural Diversity
• Health Promotion

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Nurses Who Have Changed Our Profession
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Florence Nightingale1820 - 1910

• Nightingale Wrote Notes On Nursing What It Is
  What It Is Not (1860)
• Do Her Ideas Apply To Todays Modern Nurse?
• In The School Of Nursing That She Founded She
  Taught Nurses That Patients Needed Fresh Air,
  Proper Warmth Cleanliness For Their Clothes,
  Beds, And Rooms, Good Nutrition, Light And
  Cheerfulness
• She was the First Nurse to Maintain Statistical
  Data to Support her Ideas

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Clara Barton 1821 - 1912

• After the Formation of the International Red
  Cross
• Clara Barton recognized the need for an American
  Red Cross
• Single handedly she educated the public and
  lobbied Congressmen
• Her efforts were rewarded in 1881 the National
  Society of the Red Cross was organized.
• John D. Rockefeller donated money to build a
  national headquarters in Washington, DC

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Mary Eliza Mahoney 1845-1926

• America's first African-American professional
  nurse
• She was one of only three persons in her class to
  complete the rigorous 16 month program
• Worked to Improve Understanding Cultural
  Diversity and Respect for the Individual

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Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail 1903-1981

• While working with Indian Health Service from
  1929 to 1931, she brought modern health care to
  her people
• She worked to end abuses in the Indian health
  care system, such as the sterilization of Native
  American women without their consent.
• She effectively communicated Native American
  culture and perspectives to non-Indian
  Health-Care Providers
• Founded the Native American Nurses Association
  and Lobbied Congress for funding for Native
  Americans to Attend Nursing School

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Professional Nursing

• Class Discussion

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Lillian Wald Harriet Brewster

• Founded the Henry Street Settlement
• Which Addressed the Needs of New York Cities
  Poorest Residents
• They demonstrated Autonomy in Practice as they
  made worked without the Supervision of a MD
• Focused on Wellness through Prevention and
  Education

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Six percent of all nurses in the United States
are men
The first nursing school in the world was started
in India about 250 BC. And Only men were
considered "pure" enough to become nurses.
Two hundred years later St. Benedict founded the
all male Benedictine nursing order. St. Alexis
was a fifth century nurse and in the 1300's The
Alexi an Brothers organized to provide nursing
care for the victims of the Black Death. Today
both groups continue to be active participants in
nursing and healthcare
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Luther P. Christman, PhD, RN, FAAN

• The first male inductee in the To the ANA Hall of
  Fame
• The first man to be named dean of a nursing
  school in the United States. During his tenure as
  dean of Vanderbilt University's School of
  Nursing, he was the first recruit and hire
  African-American women as faculty.
• Founder of the American Assembly for Men in
  Nursing
• Founder of the National Student Nurses'
  Association.
• During world war II he lobbied to congress to
  allow male nurses to serve in the military.