| A | B |
|---|
| advanced practice nurses | nurses with advanced degrees |
| Alexian Brothers | founded in 1348, still exists today |
| American Association of Colleges of Nursing | provides accreditaion for baccalaureate nursing programs |
| American Nurses' Association | seeks to foster high standards of nursing practice and promote the welfare of nurses |
| Clara Barton | organized the American Red Cross |
| Mary Breckenridge | organized the Frontier Nurses Organization |
| Brown Report | recommended that nursing education be placed in universities and colleges |
| continuous quality improvement | the quality of clinet care is continuously monitored for effectiveness |
| Dorothea Dix | appointed superintendent of teh Female Nurses of the Union Army |
| Lavinia Dock | fought for women's rights and sufferage |
| Knights of Hospitalers of St John of Jerusalem | provided hospitality & care to pilgrims and crusaders in Holy Land |
| Knights of Saint Lazarus | dedicated to caring for people with socially unacceptable diseases |
| managed care | an insurance-based approach to reducing health care costs |
| Mildred Montag | promoted creation of the associate degree for nursing |
| National Council of State Boards of Nursing | responsible for test question development and setting passing score for licensure exams |
| National League for Nursing | formed to provide standards for nursing education |
| National Student Nurses' Association | participation gives the student an opportunity to begin professional socialization |
| NCLEX-PN | exam for licensure as a practical/vocation nurse |
| NCLEX-RN | exam for licensure taken by ADN & BSN program graduates |
| Florence Nightingale | decreased the Crimean War death rate from 42% to 2% |
| Mary Adelaide Nutting | authored a book on the history of nursing |
| Linda Richards | America's first trained nurse |
| Issabel Hampton Robb | reduced working student nurses' hours and promoted licensure exams |
| Lillian Wald | established visiting nursing service in NYC |
| Hotel Dieu | One of the most famous hospitals established by the Beguine sisters |
