Nu1210 Famous Nurse Research Paper

Famous Nurse Paper – Roles 1 – NU1210
Amber Hooker-Fewless
ITT Technical Institute

Isabella Baumfree Isabella Baumfree was born into slavery in 1797. She spoke only Dutch and never learned to read or write English but did eventually become a very powerful public civil rights speaker. She worked on freeing African American slaves during the Civil War. She not only helped free them, but enlist them where needed on the Union’s behalf. Sadly, thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded in battle. Nurses were few and focused in the hospitals and battle fields and the conditions were poor and dirty. After some long, agonizing years of being a slave and forced to marry another slave and have kids, she simply walked away and into
She made a huge impact. In fact the Freedman’s Relief Association is still active today. I believe she was a hero to the free slaves. I think all nurses could be a hero just by doing exactly what she did, have the courage to overcome one obstacle at a time. I see a few issues facing us today as nurses, such as an increasing elderly population and an increase in cancer patients. To address these issues do we as a society increase nurses, decrease medical cost, or is it as simple as getting nurses to care about the patient and their needs. I feel that just to take the time to care about the patient and ask if they need to talk if you see a tear in their eyes or a light touch on their shoulder goes a long way to a patient. Letting more people into the nursing program would increase the need for nurses in the future. However, they need to be quality students who want to learn and want to be there for the patient and not just a pay check. Getting students excited about nursing early is a great start. I know in my heart that nursing is a calling and has been for a long time. I believe through my miracle of cancer, it made me be a better person and it is my goal to use my gift and help others in
Rather than dumping meds at someone and running out of the room, the nurse actually takes the time to listen to the patient. This kind of change would affect every aspect of our life, not just at work. We would be more patient with our spouse at home, the troublesome kids, supermarket lines, traffic and maybe road rage would go away. Sitting down to talk to a cancer patient who is scared goes a long way in the healing process. Sojourner Truth was an illiterate ex-slave who was a powerful figure in several national social movements, speaking forcefully for the abolition of slavery, women’s rights and suffrage, and the rights of freedmen. If she is capable of doing that back in her time, imagine what we could be capable of today. The work that she helped put in place over a century ago is still going strong today because people believe in the work that she was