Nursing 50 Chapters 1-7 Midterm Study
Guide Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Considered
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the founder of organized, professional nursing.
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First nurse researcher
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Data collection on morbidity and mortality to reform the British
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healthcare |
1860: Founded first modern school for nurses (St. Thomas' Hospital,
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London)
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The first
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African-American professional nurse; graduated from New England | | | | | | |
Hospital in 1879; worked for acceptance of African-Americans in the
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nursing profession |
Lavinia Dock (1858-1956) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Social Reformer
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,Pursued equal rights for women
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Co-founder of the National League of Nursing
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Worked with Lillian Wald at the Henry Street Settlement
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Isabel Hampton Robb (1860-1910) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-founded the
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|school of nursing at Johns Hopkins University and two national nursing
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organizations. She wrote one of the earliest nursing textbooks, Materia
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Medica for Nurses.
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Annie Goodrich (1866-1954) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-During WWI
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became chief nursing inspector for US Army hospitals and clinics.
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Organized the US Army School of Nursing.
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Margaret Sanger - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-American leader of the
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movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900's
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Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the American Birth
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Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood.
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Clara Barton (1821-1912) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Developed the
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American Red Cross in 1881| | | |
, Worked with injured soldiers during American Civil War.
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Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pioneer crusader for
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elevation of standards of care for the mentally ill. Superintendent of
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Female Nurses of the Union Army.
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Lillian Wald (1867-1940) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Worked at the NY
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Juvenile Asylum and lower east side (NY) with poor immigrant families
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Henry Street Settlement
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1909 Developed the 1st national health insurance plan with
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | | |
Nursing Workforce Growth & Data (2000's) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Number of employed RNs grew by 24.1% in the 2000s.
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2013-More than 4 million people held RN license -- about 2.8 million
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working.
2008 data: 90% of <50 yr olds employed full time
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Employment expected to grow 15% from 2016 to 2026.
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Guide Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Considered
| | | | | |
the founder of organized, professional nursing.
| | | | | |
First nurse researcher
| |
Data collection on morbidity and mortality to reform the British
| | | | | | | | | |
healthcare |
1860: Founded first modern school for nurses (St. Thomas' Hospital,
| | | | | | | | | |
London)
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The first
| | | | | | | |
African-American professional nurse; graduated from New England | | | | | | |
Hospital in 1879; worked for acceptance of African-Americans in the
| | | | | | | | | |
nursing profession |
Lavinia Dock (1858-1956) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Social Reformer
| | | | | |
,Pursued equal rights for women
| | | |
Co-founder of the National League of Nursing
| | | | | |
Worked with Lillian Wald at the Henry Street Settlement
| | | | | | | |
Isabel Hampton Robb (1860-1910) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-founded the
| | | | | | |
|school of nursing at Johns Hopkins University and two national nursing
| | | | | | | | | | |
organizations. She wrote one of the earliest nursing textbooks, Materia
| | | | | | | | | |
Medica for Nurses.
| |
Annie Goodrich (1866-1954) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-During WWI
| | | | | | |
became chief nursing inspector for US Army hospitals and clinics.
| | | | | | | | |
Organized the US Army School of Nursing.
| | | | | |
Margaret Sanger - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-American leader of the
| | | | | | | |
movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900's
| | | | | | | | |
Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the American Birth
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood.
| | | | | |
Clara Barton (1821-1912) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Developed the
| | | | | | |
American Red Cross in 1881| | | |
, Worked with injured soldiers during American Civil War.
| | | | | | |
Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pioneer crusader for
| | | | | | |
elevation of standards of care for the mentally ill. Superintendent of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Female Nurses of the Union Army.
| | | | |
Lillian Wald (1867-1940) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Worked at the NY
| | | | | | | | |
Juvenile Asylum and lower east side (NY) with poor immigrant families
| | | | | | | | | |
Henry Street Settlement
| |
1909 Developed the 1st national health insurance plan with
| | | | | | | | |
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | | |
Nursing Workforce Growth & Data (2000's) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
Number of employed RNs grew by 24.1% in the 2000s.
| | | | | | | | |
2013-More than 4 million people held RN license -- about 2.8 million
| | | | | | | | | | | |
working.
2008 data: 90% of <50 yr olds employed full time
| | | | | | | | |
Employment expected to grow 15% from 2016 to 2026.
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