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TRANS to RN: Week 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Order of Deaconesses | religious group of nursing providers instituted by Theodore Fliedner, Kaiserswerth, Germany |
| Florence Nightingale | founder of modern nursing |
| Clara Barton | founder of American Red Cross |
| Dorothea Dix | Union Superintendent of Female nurses during the Civil War |
| Harriet Tubman | “the Moses of Her People,” nurse the sick and suffering |
| Sojourner Truth | abolitionist, Underground Railroad agent, preacher, women’s right advocate, nurse |
| Mary Breckinridge | pioneer nurse, founder of Frontier Nursing Service |
| Lavinia Dock | writer, feminist, suffragette, political activist |
| Virginia Henderson | one of first modern nurses to define nursing |
| Mary Mahoney | first African-American professional nurse |
| Melinda Ann [Linda] Richards | America’s first trained nurse |
| Margaret Sanger | founder of Planned Parenthood |
| Lillian Wald | founder of public health nursing |
| Demographic patterns | demographic changes require recognition of cultural and ethnic diversity |
| Prospective payment | limits hospital reimbursements – pays a predetermined amount related to a medical diagnosis |
| Diagnostic-related groups | prospective payment system established according to medical diagnosis |
| Supplemental Security Income | financial assistance for persons with disabilities |
| Medicare | Title 18 of the Social Security Act providing health insurance for older adults |
| Medicaid | Title 19 of the Social Security Act provide medical assistance to people in financial need |
| Insurance Plans | third party payers to finance health care – may be private or group insurance |