Introduction to Professional
Nursing Exam #1 | Study Guide
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, Lillian Wald Nurse and social activist
Founded the Henry Street Settlement - The first public health nursing organization
One of the founding members of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP)
Margaret Sanger United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Lavina Dock Part of the nursing education reform and the women's suffrage movement
Jessie Sleet Scales The 1st African American public health nurse
Established the Stillman House, a branch of the Henry Street Settlement
Mary Breckinridge Founder of the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS)
This service provided the first organized widwifery program in the United States
What was Florence Nightingale's affect on the British She reduced the mortality rate in British hospitals during the Crimean war by
Barrack Hospital Reform? providing food, cleanliness, sunlight, and caring for the patients.
How have wars influenced the profession of nursing? It changed the image of nursing to "heroes" and "angels", strong and noble.
It made people acknowledge the contribution of nursing and demonstrated the
value of care.
WW2 represented the coming of age for __________ nurses. Colored
The _____________ _____________ War was the first war that nurses Spanish American
were asked to volunteer.
Edith Cavell Executed in Germany for helping soldiers escape in WW1
The sexual revolution began in the ___________. 1960's
"Hotlips Hoolihan"
MASH- Movie, TV
Nurse Ratched Battle Axe Nurse
The 1970s version of Sairy Gamp
Negative Contemporary Images of Nursing Today Bimbo- Sex Symbol
"Naughty nurse"
Examples of some images of nursing throughout the Angels of mercy
years- Handmaidens
Sex symbols
Bimbos
Battle Axes
Sadistic torturers
Nursing Exam #1 | Study Guide
& Practice Questions | Graded
A+
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep and Comprehensive Rationales
Included
, Lillian Wald Nurse and social activist
Founded the Henry Street Settlement - The first public health nursing organization
One of the founding members of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP)
Margaret Sanger United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood
Lavina Dock Part of the nursing education reform and the women's suffrage movement
Jessie Sleet Scales The 1st African American public health nurse
Established the Stillman House, a branch of the Henry Street Settlement
Mary Breckinridge Founder of the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS)
This service provided the first organized widwifery program in the United States
What was Florence Nightingale's affect on the British She reduced the mortality rate in British hospitals during the Crimean war by
Barrack Hospital Reform? providing food, cleanliness, sunlight, and caring for the patients.
How have wars influenced the profession of nursing? It changed the image of nursing to "heroes" and "angels", strong and noble.
It made people acknowledge the contribution of nursing and demonstrated the
value of care.
WW2 represented the coming of age for __________ nurses. Colored
The _____________ _____________ War was the first war that nurses Spanish American
were asked to volunteer.
Edith Cavell Executed in Germany for helping soldiers escape in WW1
The sexual revolution began in the ___________. 1960's
"Hotlips Hoolihan"
MASH- Movie, TV
Nurse Ratched Battle Axe Nurse
The 1970s version of Sairy Gamp
Negative Contemporary Images of Nursing Today Bimbo- Sex Symbol
"Naughty nurse"
Examples of some images of nursing throughout the Angels of mercy
years- Handmaidens
Sex symbols
Bimbos
Battle Axes
Sadistic torturers
