NUR 205 MIDTERM 2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS,
ANSWERS & RATIONALES FOR EXAM SUCCESS | INSTANT
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Discuss the history background of nursing - correct answer --During the renaissance and
reformation period, nursing was in its "dark ages"
-Nursing didn't appeal to women of high social status; it was left for prisoners, thieves, drunks,
and common women.
-Nursing orders were established out of concern for social welfare- orphaned and abandoned
children
Identify historical factors that influenced development of nursing - correct answer --Wars: need
for nurses and medical teams
-Legislation
-Medicaid and medicare
-Advances in sanitation and medical sciences
-Social issues
What did the Shepard Tower act do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -First
legislation to assist special populations and provide public health nurses with resources to
promote the health and well-being of infants, women, and children
What did the New Deal do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -Provide medical
care for large numbers of indigent people like the needy and poor
What did social security do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -Affected health
care and provided avenues for public health nursing
,What did WW2 do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -Programs enacted to
expand nursing education and increase the number of nurses in all military branches
What do the Nurse Training Act do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -Provided
federal funding
What did the Hill-Burton Act do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -Funding to
construct hospitals
What did medicaid and medicare do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -
Increased the number of people in hospitals which meant a shortage of nurses
What are the social issues that influenced the development of nursing? - correct answer --Great
Depression
-Sanitation
-Nurses reputation
-Unemployment
-Health care cost increase
-Nursing in community settings focus on prevention and health promotion
Identify the leaders who influenced the development of nursing - correct answer --Florence
Nightingale
-Clara Barton
-Dorothea Dix
-Mary Breckinridge
-Mary Seacole
-Lillian Wald
, What did Florence Nightingale do for the development of nursing? - correct answer --Got
nursing training in Germany
-Became a nursing administrator
-Her nurses needed to be literate and sober
-Understood the importance of the environment in healthcare
-Women working for a women
-Workaholic during the Crimean War
-Founder of professional nursing
-Aseptic techniques and infection control procedures
-established first nursing school in England
-Kept careful stats
What did Mary Seacole do for the development of nursing? - correct answer --Jamaican nurse
who played a major role in the Crimean War
-Opened a lodging house with her own money to care for sick and wounded soldiers
-Contributed to control the cholera epidemic through extensive knowledge in tropical medicine
What did Dorothea Dix do for the development of nursing? - correct answer --"The American
Nightingale"
-Appointed to organize military hospitals, provide trained nurses, and disperse medical supplies
-Received no official status and no salary during the civil war
What did Clara Barton do for the development of nursing? - correct answer --Founder of
American Red Cross-Post civil war
What did Lillian Wald do for the development of nursing? - correct answer --Developed a viable
practice for public nursing in the lower east side of NYC
ANSWERS & RATIONALES FOR EXAM SUCCESS | INSTANT
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Discuss the history background of nursing - correct answer --During the renaissance and
reformation period, nursing was in its "dark ages"
-Nursing didn't appeal to women of high social status; it was left for prisoners, thieves, drunks,
and common women.
-Nursing orders were established out of concern for social welfare- orphaned and abandoned
children
Identify historical factors that influenced development of nursing - correct answer --Wars: need
for nurses and medical teams
-Legislation
-Medicaid and medicare
-Advances in sanitation and medical sciences
-Social issues
What did the Shepard Tower act do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -First
legislation to assist special populations and provide public health nurses with resources to
promote the health and well-being of infants, women, and children
What did the New Deal do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -Provide medical
care for large numbers of indigent people like the needy and poor
What did social security do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -Affected health
care and provided avenues for public health nursing
,What did WW2 do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -Programs enacted to
expand nursing education and increase the number of nurses in all military branches
What do the Nurse Training Act do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -Provided
federal funding
What did the Hill-Burton Act do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -Funding to
construct hospitals
What did medicaid and medicare do for the development of nursing? - correct answer -
Increased the number of people in hospitals which meant a shortage of nurses
What are the social issues that influenced the development of nursing? - correct answer --Great
Depression
-Sanitation
-Nurses reputation
-Unemployment
-Health care cost increase
-Nursing in community settings focus on prevention and health promotion
Identify the leaders who influenced the development of nursing - correct answer --Florence
Nightingale
-Clara Barton
-Dorothea Dix
-Mary Breckinridge
-Mary Seacole
-Lillian Wald
, What did Florence Nightingale do for the development of nursing? - correct answer --Got
nursing training in Germany
-Became a nursing administrator
-Her nurses needed to be literate and sober
-Understood the importance of the environment in healthcare
-Women working for a women
-Workaholic during the Crimean War
-Founder of professional nursing
-Aseptic techniques and infection control procedures
-established first nursing school in England
-Kept careful stats
What did Mary Seacole do for the development of nursing? - correct answer --Jamaican nurse
who played a major role in the Crimean War
-Opened a lodging house with her own money to care for sick and wounded soldiers
-Contributed to control the cholera epidemic through extensive knowledge in tropical medicine
What did Dorothea Dix do for the development of nursing? - correct answer --"The American
Nightingale"
-Appointed to organize military hospitals, provide trained nurses, and disperse medical supplies
-Received no official status and no salary during the civil war
What did Clara Barton do for the development of nursing? - correct answer --Founder of
American Red Cross-Post civil war
What did Lillian Wald do for the development of nursing? - correct answer --Developed a viable
practice for public nursing in the lower east side of NYC
