Nursing Study Guide
Suggested Approach * Read module narratives * Complete required reading * Review participation questions * Review power points Module 1 History and Trends
Purpose: Prevent epidemics/disease spread, protect against envir. Hazards, prevent injury, promote healthy behavior/mental health, respond to community disaster, assure access to quality service.
In Maryland theCommunity Health Resource Commission provides grant funding to health departments and safety net providers who seek to provide improved access to primary care services.
Community Health Resource Commission provides grant funding to health departments and safety net providers who seek to provide improved access to primary care services
1.Accomplishments of some historical PHNs and Public Health leaders, See list in module one.
Lillian Wald- founder of public health nursing , founded the Henry Street Settlement with her classmate and business partner Mary Brewster in 1893. The service began as a health promotion effort, teaching methods to prevent infectious disease, sanitation and nutrition to a group of poor immigrants
Florence Nightingale- changed the image of nursing after the Crimean War when she reduced mortality from 77% to 2%. Nightingale also played a significant role in establishing district nursing Mary Brewster- acute and long term care for the sick and health promotion and disease prevention
Lina Rogers
Clara Barton- Founded red cross
Ada Mayo Stewart- Occupational Health Leader
Pearl Mciver- 1st nurse employed by USPHS
Loretta Ford
Rear Admiral Carol Romano
Ruth Freeman- PH nurse, educator, and leader
2. What are the Core Functions of Public Health? * Assessment: systematic data collection on the population, monitoring the population’s health status, and making information available about the health of the community. * Policy Development: efforts to develop policies that support the health of the population, including a scientific
Purpose: Prevent epidemics/disease spread, protect against envir. Hazards, prevent injury, promote healthy behavior/mental health, respond to community disaster, assure access to quality service.
In Maryland theCommunity Health Resource Commission provides grant funding to health departments and safety net providers who seek to provide improved access to primary care services.
Community Health Resource Commission provides grant funding to health departments and safety net providers who seek to provide improved access to primary care services
1.Accomplishments of some historical PHNs and Public Health leaders, See list in module one.
Lillian Wald- founder of public health nursing , founded the Henry Street Settlement with her classmate and business partner Mary Brewster in 1893. The service began as a health promotion effort, teaching methods to prevent infectious disease, sanitation and nutrition to a group of poor immigrants
Florence Nightingale- changed the image of nursing after the Crimean War when she reduced mortality from 77% to 2%. Nightingale also played a significant role in establishing district nursing Mary Brewster- acute and long term care for the sick and health promotion and disease prevention
Lina Rogers
Clara Barton- Founded red cross
Ada Mayo Stewart- Occupational Health Leader
Pearl Mciver- 1st nurse employed by USPHS
Loretta Ford
Rear Admiral Carol Romano
Ruth Freeman- PH nurse, educator, and leader
2. What are the Core Functions of Public Health? * Assessment: systematic data collection on the population, monitoring the population’s health status, and making information available about the health of the community. * Policy Development: efforts to develop policies that support the health of the population, including a scientific