Joshua P.

Demain, BSN-1 Date: 3/27/21

Offering #: K021

1. Alexian Brothers

It is also known as the Cellites, was a Catholic religious order or congregation dedicated to

caring for the sick that originated in Europe during the Black Death. The Augustinian law is
observed by them.

2. Caregiver

An individual who assists people who need assistance in taking care of themselves such as
kids, elderly, and patients with disabilities are all example. They can provide treatments at
home, in a hospital, and in other medical facility.

3. Case manager

An individual with special training, such as social worker or nurse in how to prepare, administer,
and assess all aspects of patient care, especially for patients who need a long-term treatment.

4. Change agent

A change agent is a person from inside or outside an organization who helps an organization, or
part of an organization, to transform how it operates.

5. Clara Barton 

Clara Harlowe Barton, also known as Clara, is one of America’s most honored woman. During
the Civil War, Barton put her life on the line to carry supplies and support to soldiers in the field.
At the age of 59, the American Red Cross was created by her and served as its president for
the next 23 years. She paved the way for a new area of voluntary service by setting an example
for others. Her unwavering commitment in helping others yielded enough accomplishments to
last many lifetimes.

6. Client advocate

An individual who assists a client in navigating the healthcare system and other processes in
order to meet their needs and wants. It aids communication and allows for the gathering of data
necessary for decision-making.
7. Communicator

A communicator, particularly one who is adept at conveying knowledge, ideas, or policy to the
general public.

8. Counseling

A licensed counselor assists a person in dealing with mental or emotional distress, as well as id
entifying and addressing personal issues.

9. Dorothea Dix

A medical activist in the early 1800s who had a significant impact on the area. She advocated
for the mentally ill as well as indigenous people. She directly questioned in 19 th century notions
of change and disease by doing this job. During the Civil War, she was also assisted in the
recruitment of nurses for the Union army. As a result, she revolutionized the nursing industry.

10. Fabiola

In the year 390 AD, a Roman woman is honored with shaping and funding the building of
Rome’s first hospital. She was regarded as the first educator in the field of nursing.

11. Florence Nightingale

Known as “The lady With the Lamp,” she was a British nurse, social reformer, and statistician
who is credited as the founder of modern nursing. Her views on sanitation were shaped by her
experiences as a nurse during the Crimean War. In 1860, she founded St. Thomas Hospital and
the Nightingale Training School of Nurses. Her attempts to improve healthcare had a huge
effect on the standard of treatment in the country.

12. Harriet Tubman

She was also called the “Moses of her people,” was enslaved, escaped, and aided others in
obtaining their freedom as “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. During the Civil War, she
worked for the Union Army as a scout, spy, guerilla soldier, and a nurse. She was only the first
African American woman in the military.

13. Knights of Saint Lazarus

After 1908, the crusaders of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem established an order of chivalry at
a leper hospital. It was established to treat leprosy, its knights were originally lepers and whose
care became its original purpose.
14. Lavinia L. Dock

She was a nurse, author, feminist, pioneer in nursing education and social activist. She founded
what would become the National League for nursing with Robb and Mary Adelaide Nutting. She
later advocated social change, especially women’s rights.

15. Lillian Wald

She was a nurse, a social worker, a public health official, a teacher, an author, editor, a
publisher, a woman’s rights activist, and the founder of community nursing in the United States.
Her selfless commitment to mankind is well known around the world, and her groundbreaking
programs have been widely replicated.

16. Linda Richards

She was the first the first American to undergo formal training and developed the first system for
keeping individual medical records for hospitalized patients and founded nursing training in
programs in the United States and Japan.

17. Luther Christman

He advocated the gender and racial diversity in nursing, American nurse, a professor, and
University administrator. He implemented the Rush Model of Nursing, which is an influential
model for delivering hospital nursing services, while serving as vice president for nursing affairs
at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center. He helped found the National Male Nurse
Association, which later developed into the American Assembly for Men in Nursing.

18. Margaret Higgins Sanger

During the late 19th and early twentieth centuries, she advocated for birth control in the United
States and Europe. Sanger later founded numerous advocacy groups, including the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, enable to encourage access to contraceptives. The
advocacy strengthened women’s access to contraceptives and shifted the social and legal
views of birth control in the United States.

19. Mary Breckinridge

In the United States, she established neonatal pediatric medical care services that dramatically
reduced maternal and infant mortality rates.
20. Mary Mahoney

She chose a nursing career to further her goals of ensuring more equality for African Americans
and women. She is well-known for being the first African-American nurse to receive a license.

21. Sairy Gamp

A brash old cockney who is shakily educated nurse-midwife that is a comic fictional character in
Charles Dickens’ Martin Chuzzlewit.

22. Sojourner Truth

A women’s right advocate, abolitionist, preacher, and nurse in more than 4 years of experience
in times of Civil War. On the Underground Rail Road, she provided refuge and treatment to
slaves fleeing to the north. She also served as a nurse and counselor for the Freedmen’s Relief
Association.

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