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Nursing History Ppl
Nursing History People
| Name | Significance |
|---|---|
| Edward Jenner | smallpox vaccine |
| Louis Pasteur | § Making things at a certain temperature to prevent disease Used for milk, pasteurization |
| Joseph Lister | § Aseptic technique □ Hand washing, cleansers when taking care of sick people What nurses use when washing |
| Robert Koch | Father of microbiology |
| Edwin Klebs | § Took Koch's germ theory and grew it § Decided germs cause disease Germ theory |
| St. Vincent de Paul | § Founded one of the first religious orders § Important for people to stay home when they are sick |
| John Snow | § Populations and communities, how disease affects these groups of people § Studies of epidemics Started with cholera |
| Isabel Hampton Robb | Founded American Nurses Association |
| Margaret Sanger | § Worked with poor families in NYC § Taught women about contraceptives Founder on planned parenthood |
| Lillian Wald | § In NYC, Henry Street Development § Worked on teaching people sanitation |
| Mary Brewster | § Worked with Lillian Wald Mothers of public health nursing |
| Dorothea Dix | § Worked with mentally ill § Reformed how we treat them § Mother of mental health nursing |
| Clara Barton | § Founded American Red Cross § Visit home in Washington DC |
| Mary Breckenridge | § Founded midwifery school in Kentucky 'Frontier Midwifery School' |
| Elizabeth Tyler | § Hired by Wald to work with HSD to work with African Americans |