NURS 2513 MIDTERM EXAM 2026
COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Responsibility:
Answer: Being answerable for things within one's power, control, or
management
◉ Accountability:
Answer: Accepting responsibility for outcomes
◉ Professionalism:
Answer: The competence or skill expected of a professional
◉ What did Florence Nightingale do?
Answer: Started the first nursing school in London in 1860, introduced
holistic nursing, recognized importance of environment in healing, did
nursing research (statistician)
◉ Why was Florence Nightingale so important in nursing history?
Answer: She is the mother of modern nursing; she told people to wash
hands in between patients, which decreased the mortality rate
◉ What were Florence Nightingale's views regarding the environment
of care?
,Answer: She believed the environment is important for the healing
process, did not believe in germ theory
◉ What are the characteristics of a profession?
Answer: Education acquired in college or university
Education prolonged
Work involves mental creativity
Decisions based on science or theory
Commitment and identification strong
Workers are autonomous (independent)
People unlikely to change professions
Commitment above money
Individual accountability
◉ What are the benefits of joining a Professional Association?
Answer: Professional obligation
Publish journals
Offer continuing education
Develop professional standards
Influence policy/ political action
Mentoring
Colleagueship
, ◉ How is the Image of Nursing formed?
Answer: Social context (society's image of nursing)
◉ Who is responsible for the Image of Nursing?
Answer: Nurses
◉ Public Policy:
Answer: Policy made at the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
of the federal, state, and local levels of government that affects
individual and institutional behaviors under the government's respective
jurisdiction
◉ PAC (Political Action Committee):
Answer: An organization that raises money privately to influence
elections or legislation, especially at the federal level
◉ Politics:
Answer: The activities associated with the governance of a country or
other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties
having or hoping to achieve power
◉ Lobbyist:
Answer: Someone hired by a business or a cause to persuade legislators
to support that business or cause
COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Responsibility:
Answer: Being answerable for things within one's power, control, or
management
◉ Accountability:
Answer: Accepting responsibility for outcomes
◉ Professionalism:
Answer: The competence or skill expected of a professional
◉ What did Florence Nightingale do?
Answer: Started the first nursing school in London in 1860, introduced
holistic nursing, recognized importance of environment in healing, did
nursing research (statistician)
◉ Why was Florence Nightingale so important in nursing history?
Answer: She is the mother of modern nursing; she told people to wash
hands in between patients, which decreased the mortality rate
◉ What were Florence Nightingale's views regarding the environment
of care?
,Answer: She believed the environment is important for the healing
process, did not believe in germ theory
◉ What are the characteristics of a profession?
Answer: Education acquired in college or university
Education prolonged
Work involves mental creativity
Decisions based on science or theory
Commitment and identification strong
Workers are autonomous (independent)
People unlikely to change professions
Commitment above money
Individual accountability
◉ What are the benefits of joining a Professional Association?
Answer: Professional obligation
Publish journals
Offer continuing education
Develop professional standards
Influence policy/ political action
Mentoring
Colleagueship
, ◉ How is the Image of Nursing formed?
Answer: Social context (society's image of nursing)
◉ Who is responsible for the Image of Nursing?
Answer: Nurses
◉ Public Policy:
Answer: Policy made at the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
of the federal, state, and local levels of government that affects
individual and institutional behaviors under the government's respective
jurisdiction
◉ PAC (Political Action Committee):
Answer: An organization that raises money privately to influence
elections or legislation, especially at the federal level
◉ Politics:
Answer: The activities associated with the governance of a country or
other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties
having or hoping to achieve power
◉ Lobbyist:
Answer: Someone hired by a business or a cause to persuade legislators
to support that business or cause
