NSE 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Nurses Association, History Of Nursing, Order Of Saint Benedict
13 Apr 2017
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Goal: to help people maintain their health and to provide comfort and care to sick. Modern nursing = professional discipline with unique knowledge applied to needs of indv/fam. 16th century: egyptians recognized importance of preventing illness and maintaining health. Understood good diet needed to maintain health and consumed well-balanced diet (fruits/veg, fish, milk, legumes, seeds, oil) herbs as pain relievers. Theories of egyptians provided framework for development of medicine in ancient greece. Galen (greek physician-scientist) more important contributions to physiology. Romans recognized importance of fresh water and hygiene. As cities grew, water fell short engineers developed aqueducts: developed public toilets, sewers, baths. Hebrews believed in spiritual basis of iliness that followed 10 commandments promoted health. Recognized importance of nutrition and developed dietary laws that protected the public by prescribing what food could/could not be eaten together/eaten at all. Nurses cared for sick, community, midwives during childbirth. Love for others nursing became caring service.
