Agawin, Jerish Ann

Boquio, Erwin Joshua

Escopel, Jan Gabriel
Miole, Joanna Mhae
Roque, Angelica
BSN-201N
In the Crimean War of 1854, Nurse Florence Nightingle introduced hygienic
techniques to help others learn how to practice adequate hygiene, clean their surroundings
appropriately, and sterilize both themselves and others when necessary. Because in the Crimean
War, a lot of people died because of the infection and the only nurse that was available at that
time was Nurse Florence Nightingle. The significance of sanitary practices lies in the fact that
good hygiene encourages health, enhances the environment, and so raises communal living
standards. Human waste can be safely collected, transported, treated, and disposed of through
sanitation. A polio outbreak occurred in Australia in 1939. Their standard/Automatic procedure
before was to strap down and immobilize all the patients infected with the poliovirus. However,
one nurse discovered that movement and physical therapy was effective and it was Nurse
Elizabeth Kenny. With that, nurses no longer settle into their initial knowledge of what is an
effective and essential solution. Nurses always try to seek better/optimal treatments and
interventions for their patients.
In England in 1950, jaundice was the main factor in baby fatalities. Before a nurse discovered
that brief exposure to sunshine can genuinely treat jaundice. This method of treating preterm
newborns was created in the 1950s by Sister Jean Ward, a talented nurse in charge of the
Premature Unit at Rochford General Hospital in Essex, England. She found that exposing
newborns and premature infants with jaundice to sunshine was beneficial. When phototherapy
was found, it quickly rose to the top of the list of clinical interventions for newborns. Patients
were isolated and left alone during the pandemic of 1983 because no one understood how the
disease would spread. However, community health nurses (CHNs) are playing a significant part
in the global public health response to the AIDS pandemic. Direct caregiver, advocate, case
manager, health educator, program designer, program coordinator, and policy advocate are just a
few of the many CHN responsibilities. The community's response was encouraged, and CHNs
employed by the community's health department created and implemented an AIDS program.
The CHN activities have improved people's attitude of the health department and boosted the
perception of CHNs as innovators and change agents in addition to enabling this community to
respond to AIDS in a compassionate and caring manner.
An epidemic of Ebola Virus disease occurred in Liberia from 2014 to 2015. Back then, they
thought that this disease was too contagious to treat. Hospitals were overburdened by a swarm of
Ebola patients and were unable to provide adequate care so they all feel hopeless not until a
student nurse named Fatu Kekula used what she had on hand to protect herself from catching the
disease while caring for others. Fashioning protective gear from garbage bags and duct tapes, she
risked her own life to save other people. This shows that despite the shortage of protective gear,
it didn't stop Ms. Fatu Kekula from helping others by having unrelenting belief in herself,
creativity, and a deep genuine call to care for others. Signs of cerebral palsy usually appear in the
first few months of life, but many children aren't diagnosed until the age of two or later. Cerebral
palsy affects patient's muscle tone, movement, and coordination. Many patients were robbed of
their ability to speak until a nurse gave them back their voices. With the help of today's
technology, Nurse Rebecca Koszalinski had been able to develop an app that helps patients to
share their thoughts, needs, and preferences clearly and easily, which leads to improved care.
She's been committed to improving patients with disabilities and/or chronic illness who are
speech vulnerable. We all know that technology can assist nurses by expediting and increasing
the efficiency of their daily tasks, or in rare situations, by entirely completing a task. Robotics,
data analytics, mobile technology, and diagnostic tools are just a few examples of the
innovations that are changing the way that nurses access healthcare. Nurse Rebecca recently
shared her innovative story with us, and her hope that other nurses will be inspired to effect
changes in patient care, too.