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week 1 Transitions
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
04/09/2013

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order of deaconesses
Definition
religious group of nursing providers instituted by Theodore Fliedner, Kaiserswerth, Germany
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florence nightingale
Definition
founder of modern nursing
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Clara Barton
Definition
founder of the american red cross
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Dorothea Dix
Definition
Union superintendant of female nurses during the civil war
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Harriet Tubman
Definition
The Moses of her people, nurse the sick and suffering
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Sojourner Truth
Definition
abolitionist, underground railroad,preacher, women's right advocate
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Mary Breckinridge
Definition
pioneer nurse, founder of frontier nursing
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Lavina Dock
Definition
writer,feminist,suffragette,political activist
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Virginia Henderson
Definition
one of the first modern nurses to define nursing
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Mary Mahoney
Definition
first African American professional nurse
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Melinda Ann (linda) Richards
Definition
Americas first trained nurse
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Margaret Sanger
Definition
founder of planned parenthood
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Lillian Wald
Definition
founder of public health nursing
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demographic patterns
Definition
demographic changes require recognition of cultural and ethnic diversity
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prospective payments
Definition
limits hospital reimbursements – pays a predetermined amount related to a medical diagnosis
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Diagnostic-related groups
Definition
prospective payment system established according to medical diagnosis
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Supplemental Security Income
Definition
financial assistance for persons with disabilities
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Medicare
Definition
Title 18 of the Social Security Act providing health insurance for older adults
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Medicaid
Definition
Title 19 of the Social Security Act provide medical assistance to people in financial need
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Insurance Plans
Definition
third party payers to finance health care – may be private or group insurance
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