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Historical overview of
nursing
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Nursing in the ancient cultures
Fundamental needsessential for survivalincluded nourishment,
shelter and procreation.
Illness and injury
threatened survival, andtherefore were a concernof everyone in the society
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The Sumerian Culture:
souls haunted thebody, so they
worshiped these soulsas they were afraid of them.
Priests were thedoctors and treat patients in temples.
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The Babylonian Culture
medical team: doctor, thenurse and the chemist
Medical cost Temples: hospitals
Punishment: crimes
Believed in the theory of
bad souls.
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P ersians Culture:
They put rules for theregistration of death andbirth cases.
The usage of surgery.
The usage of medical
herbs.
The usage of holy words.
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Egyptians Culture
built reservoirs to keepwater to prevent spread
of diseases. They built pyramids.
They inventedmummification.
They treated injures andbreaks of the body.
They put descriptions formany diseases
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C hin ese Culture
Treating by prickingneedles (Acupuncture)
Used of narcotics during
surgery. Discovered pulsation and
its changes that takeplace in the body.
Used of cauterization andmassage
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Crusaders wars hors emen period:
Some of the bad conditions at that time were:
Food was insufficient.
A weakness in resistance of people towardsdiseases.
There was a lack of money and hospitals except
hospitals built by the ancient Christians.
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Nature of Nursing in 18century:
1. Nurses had not got any education or
training and they did not like the work.
2. Nurses were not able to read or write.
3. They were nurses and housekeepers.
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Nursing in the Christian period:
heathens Military hospitals
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Christian religions say:
All Human beings arebrothers and humanshould give the best
he can to help others
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3 Women in the Roman Period
SAINT FABIOLA
Established first freehospital in ROME
Saint Marcella
Established first church of nuns
Saint Paulina
First one to teachnursing
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NURSING and Medicine in ISLAMICPeriod
translated heritage of Apothecary and Gallenos into Arabic language as theywere very important in the field of scienceand medicine.
translated the Indian medicine books a
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Surgeries made:
Eye Operation Glands operation
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. Teeth medicine. Use of Drugs
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public Islamic showers
To promote hygiene
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The Golden Age of ArabianMedicine:
age of pros perity and progress formedicine, it focus ed on:
a) Description of the illness and its cure.
b) Manufacturing drugs.
c) Hospital managements.
d) Examining doctors before they are allowed to
start working. e) Giving the patient some money after
reconverting so as not to work after his cure.
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Arab Doctors in the Islamic Age
Alrazy
wrote a book called
Alhawy where hedescribed all diseases likethe head pain and thecures; chicken pox andmeasles
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Arab Doctors in the Islamic Age
E bn Sina His book is called Alkanon
studied pulsation and its relation with psychological
factors.
E bn Alnafees
smallest blood circulation and was excellent in thescience of the parts of the body.
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Some of the Muslim women who offered help in Nursing and who shared in wars:
1. Rufaidah Bent Saad Al Aslamia
-encourage and helped the soldiers
2. Nusaibah Bent Kaab Al Mazeniah (Urn Emarah)
-has a significant role in T hai Red Cross
3. U m Senan
-she fought with the army as a nurse
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DARK AGES for NURSING
Criminals Prostitutes
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NURSING in Arab Countries
Egypt -pioneerednursing
Period of Mohammed Ali
Reason: need foreducated housewives
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SAUDI ARABIA In Saudi Arabia, applying
for nursing was lowerthan other countriesbecause customs andtraditions do not allow agirl to study and to doactivities, but nowadaysthere are so manyschools for nursing inSaudi Arabia, there is a
faculty inR
iyadhUniversity givesbachelor degree innursing.