NUR 301 Exam 2 Questions with Correct
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Florence Nightingale
Establish the first modern school of nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in London. This was the
beginning of nursing as a profession.
Clara Barton
Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Harriet Tubman
a nurse and abolitionist; active in underground railroad movement before joining union army
during civil war
Sojourner Truth
nurse during civil war. champion of healthcare education. asked govt for funds to train nurses
Linda Richards
Americas first trained nurse - created the charting system and a nurse training school at Boston
College Hospital.
Mary Mahoney
First professionally trained African American nurse (1879). original member of the nurses
associated alumnae association (later ANA)
Nurses Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada later became the
, ANA
Lilian Ward
Founder of public health nursing; Jewish
Isabel Hampton Robb
Organized the first graded system of theory and practice in the schools of nursing (university
affiliation). One of the founders of the American Journal of Nursing.
Mary Nutting
first professor of nursing; established the 3 year currriculum for nurses
Dorothea Dix
Rights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients - created first wave of US mental asylums
Lavinia Dock
A nursing leader and women's rights activist; instrumental in the Constitutional amendment
giving women the right to vote. founder of the international council of nurses
what was the first nursing organization in the US
National League for Nursing (prev the american society of superintendents of training schools
for nurses)
major factors in the 19th and 21st centuries that led to the development of nursing as a
profession
civil war, wwii
Answers
Florence Nightingale
Establish the first modern school of nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in London. This was the
beginning of nursing as a profession.
Clara Barton
Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Harriet Tubman
a nurse and abolitionist; active in underground railroad movement before joining union army
during civil war
Sojourner Truth
nurse during civil war. champion of healthcare education. asked govt for funds to train nurses
Linda Richards
Americas first trained nurse - created the charting system and a nurse training school at Boston
College Hospital.
Mary Mahoney
First professionally trained African American nurse (1879). original member of the nurses
associated alumnae association (later ANA)
Nurses Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada later became the
, ANA
Lilian Ward
Founder of public health nursing; Jewish
Isabel Hampton Robb
Organized the first graded system of theory and practice in the schools of nursing (university
affiliation). One of the founders of the American Journal of Nursing.
Mary Nutting
first professor of nursing; established the 3 year currriculum for nurses
Dorothea Dix
Rights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients - created first wave of US mental asylums
Lavinia Dock
A nursing leader and women's rights activist; instrumental in the Constitutional amendment
giving women the right to vote. founder of the international council of nurses
what was the first nursing organization in the US
National League for Nursing (prev the american society of superintendents of training schools
for nurses)
major factors in the 19th and 21st centuries that led to the development of nursing as a
profession
civil war, wwii
