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 |