CHAPTER 1

• WOMEN ROLE GENERALLY OCCUPIED A SUBSERVIENT AND DEPENDENT ROLE
• Men have worked as nurses as far back as before the crusades
• Male nurses were denied admission to the Military Nurse Corp during world war II based on gender
• It was believed that nursing was women's work and combat was men's work.
• In 1971, registered nurse steve miller formed an organization called Men in Nursing
• 1974, Luther Christman organized a group of male nurses.
• In 1981, the organization was renamed the American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN)
• Religion also played a significant role in the development of nursing.
• Although many of the world's religions encourage benevolence it was the Christians value of "love thy neighbor as thyself"
• Several wealthy matrons of the Roman Empire such as FABIOLA converted to Christianity and used their wealth to provide houses and healing for the poor, sick, and the homeless.
• The KNIGHT OF SAINT LAZARUS dedicated themselves to the care of people with leprosy, syphilis, and chronic skin conditions.
• ALEXIAN BROTHERS organized care for victims of the Black Plague in the 14th century in Germany.
• During Crimean War, the inadequacy of care given to soldiers led to a public outcry in Great Britain. The role of Florence Nightingale played in addressing this problem is well known.
• Harriet Tubman was known as "Moses of Her People" for her work with the Underground Railrold during Civil War.
• SOJOURNER TRUTH a abolitionist, Underground Railroad Agent and work as a nurse and counselor for the Freedmen's Relief Association after the Civil War
• DOROTHEA DIX was the Union's superintendent of female nurses during the Civil War.
• WORLD WAR I particularly in the field of surgery.
• WORLD WAR II casualties created an acute shortage of caregivers.
• VIETNAM WAR the youngest group of medical personnel ever serve in wartime.
• AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WAR 55% were male.
• SOCIETAL ATTITUDES about nurses and nursing significantly influenced professional nursing.
• SAIREY GAMP was portrayed as drunk disreputable nurse who neglected , stole from, and physically abused the sick.
• FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE earned her title "Lady with the Lamp and notes on nursing: "What It is, and What It is Not"
• CLARA BARTON was noted for her role in establishing the American Red Cross
• LINDA RICHARDS was first American trained nurse and also who initiated the practice of nurses wearing uniforms.
• MARY MAHONEY was the first African American Professional nurse.
• LILLIAN WALD is consider the founder of public health nursing.
• LAVINIA DOCK she participated in protest movements for women's right that resulted in the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S.
• MARGARET HIGGINS SANGER a public health nurse in New York and imprisoned for opening the first birth control information clinic in America.
• MARY BRECKINRIDGE a nurse who practiced midwifery in England.
• LUTHER CHRISTMAN one of the founders of the AAMN
• ERNEST GRANT made professional nursing history when he became the first male president of the American Nurses Association in January 2019.
• a THEORY may defined as a system of ideas that is presumed to explain a given phenomenon.
• Meta mean WITH and paradigm mean PATTERN
• CONTINUING EDUCATION refers to formalized experiences designed to enhance the knowledge or skills of practicing professionals.
• A PATIENT is an individual who is waiting for undergoing treatment and care. It comes from the word to suffer or to bear.
• A CONSUMER is an individual, a group of people, or community that uses a service or commodity.
• A CLIENT is an individual who engages the advice or services of another who is qualified to provide this service.
• CAREGIVER role has traditionally included those activities that assist the client physically and psychologically while preserving clients dignity.
• COMMUNICATOR identify clients problem and then communicate verbally or in written