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| accreditation | involes the administation of a program voluntarily seeking a review by a given organization to determine whether the program meets the preestabished criteria of that organization |
| articulation | a procedure that allows nursing programs to work together to plan their curriculums to decrease duplication of learning experiences, resulting in a building process |
| nurse | a person who takes care of the sick |
| health care system | the complete network of agencies, facilities, and all providers of health care in a specified geographical area |
| patient | the individual recieiving care |
| cross-training | a method of using manpower to its fullest |
| hmo | health maintenece organization |
| illness | abnormal process in which aspects of the social, emotional, or intellectual condition and function of a person are diminished or impaired |
| health | a condition of physical, mental, and social well-being and the absence of disease or other abnormal conditions |
| medicine | the art and science of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and maintenance of good health |
| holisitic | of or pertaining to the whole, considering all factors |
| approved program | one that meets minimum standadrs set by the respective state angency responsible for overseeing educational programs |
| the wellness/illness continuum | the range of a persons health |
| wellness | a dynamic state of health in which an individual progresses toward a higher level of functioning, achieving an optimal balance between internal and external environment |
| holistic health care | a system of comprehensive or total patient care that considers the physical, emotional, social, economic, and spirital needs of a person |
| licensure | granting of permission by a compent authority(usaually a government agency) to an organization or individual to engage in a practice or activity that would otherwise be illegal |
| phoebe | first deconesses a visiting nurse attending the sick and poor in their homes |
| fabiola | spent her wealth and time nursing the sick and poor she is credited for providing the 1st free hospital in rome in ad 390 |
| theodor fliender | a german pastor in kaiserswerth germany who established the 1st real school of nursing in the united states |
| nightingale pledge | a code of ethics for nurses |
| dorthea dix | elevated standard care for the mentally ill and was the superintendent of female nurses' of the union army |
| clara barton | founded american red cross in 1881 |
| linda richards | 1st trained nurse in the united states and she develops 1st nursing and hospital records |
| mary ann ball | one of the greatest heroines of the civil war |
| isabel hampton robb | reduced the student work days to 10 hours, founded john hopkins school of nursing, and elected the first president of nurses alumne od the untied states and canada |
| lavinia dock | founded the american society of superintendent of training schools in the united states and canada |
| mary eliza mahoney | 1st african american professional nurse |
| lillian wald | provided nursing care to the poor in the community, started elementray school nursing |
| mary adeline nutting | one of the 1st graduates for john hopkins school under isabel robb, became principle of john hopkins after isabel robb married |
| mary breckenridge | established nursing services to deliver ob care to mothers in the hills of kentucky |
| nurse practice act | laws that outline the nurses legal resopnsiblity |
| endorsment | a state of recognition so that you don't have to take the nclex when you move to another state |
| florence nightingale | lady of the lamp started nursing school helped start sanitary hospital environment |
| maslow hierarchy of needs | physiological/saftey&security/love&belonging/esteem/self actualization |
| physiological | nutrition, elimination, oxygenation, and sexuality |
| saftey&securtiy | stability, protection, securtiy, freedom from fear, and anxiety |
| love&belongingness | affection, acceptence by peers and community |
| esteem | self respect, self confidence, feelings of self worth |
| self actualization | full use of talents |
| maslow | to obtain the highest level of wellness these basic needs must be meet |
