NUR 1290 FINAL EXAM | COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE, NCLEX-STYLE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
What Are the Attributes of Being a "Good" Nurse? - correct answer ✔✔-caring (show you
genuinely care)
-communication skills (speak and listen well)
-emotional stability
-empathy
-problem-solving skills
-attention to detail
4 Pillars of Molloy - correct answer ✔✔-studies
-community (participate)
-spirituality (help pt connect w higher being)
-service
Molloy's Humanistic Framework for Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-we believe that valuing the
individual in the context of humanity, environment, and health gives meaning to humanistic
nursing practice
Humanistic Framework of Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-valuing
-humanity
-health
-environment
valuing - correct answer ✔✔-holding in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all
individuals
,humanity - correct answer ✔✔-unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole,
reflecting bio-psycho-socio-cultural dimensions
environment - correct answer ✔✔-sum total of all internal/external dimensions that influence
human beings
health - correct answer ✔✔- a dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-cultural well being
nursing - correct answer ✔✔-a science and an art which focuses on the diagnosis and treatment
of human responses
Early Civilization of Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-Egyptian physicians are believed to have
specialized in certain diseases
-midwives assisted with childbirth = first recorded nurses
Ancient Greece and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-Apollo = god of healing
-400 BC = Hippocrates believed disease had natural, not magical causes
diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔-identifying disease scientifically
prognosis - correct answer ✔✔-predicting possible outcomes
cure - correct answer ✔✔-restoration of health
Roman Empire and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-influenced by Egyptians and Greeks
-known for advances in public health
, Ancient India and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-male nurses needed 4 qualifications:
1. knowledge of drugs for administration
2. cleverness
3. devotedness to pt
4. purity of mind and body
Christianity and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-nursing had a more formal/defined role
-led by belief that love and caring for others is most important
-women: visit sick pts
-men: nursing care and bury dead
-nursing became respected vocation
Middle Ages and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-more hospitals
-nurses delivered custodial care and depended on physicians for direction
-nurse midwifery flourished
Crusades and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-hospitals developed on battlefield
-Knight Hospitaliers = bright red cross
-nursing became a female-dominated proffession encouraged by Catholic Church
15th-19th Century and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-extensive population growth in cities, lack
of hygiene and sanitation, increase in poverty = serious health problem
-closure of monasteries and convents = shortage of people to care for sick
-women who committed crimes were able to become nurses instead of serving sentences
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
What Are the Attributes of Being a "Good" Nurse? - correct answer ✔✔-caring (show you
genuinely care)
-communication skills (speak and listen well)
-emotional stability
-empathy
-problem-solving skills
-attention to detail
4 Pillars of Molloy - correct answer ✔✔-studies
-community (participate)
-spirituality (help pt connect w higher being)
-service
Molloy's Humanistic Framework for Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-we believe that valuing the
individual in the context of humanity, environment, and health gives meaning to humanistic
nursing practice
Humanistic Framework of Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-valuing
-humanity
-health
-environment
valuing - correct answer ✔✔-holding in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all
individuals
,humanity - correct answer ✔✔-unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole,
reflecting bio-psycho-socio-cultural dimensions
environment - correct answer ✔✔-sum total of all internal/external dimensions that influence
human beings
health - correct answer ✔✔- a dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-cultural well being
nursing - correct answer ✔✔-a science and an art which focuses on the diagnosis and treatment
of human responses
Early Civilization of Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-Egyptian physicians are believed to have
specialized in certain diseases
-midwives assisted with childbirth = first recorded nurses
Ancient Greece and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-Apollo = god of healing
-400 BC = Hippocrates believed disease had natural, not magical causes
diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔-identifying disease scientifically
prognosis - correct answer ✔✔-predicting possible outcomes
cure - correct answer ✔✔-restoration of health
Roman Empire and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-influenced by Egyptians and Greeks
-known for advances in public health
, Ancient India and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-male nurses needed 4 qualifications:
1. knowledge of drugs for administration
2. cleverness
3. devotedness to pt
4. purity of mind and body
Christianity and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-nursing had a more formal/defined role
-led by belief that love and caring for others is most important
-women: visit sick pts
-men: nursing care and bury dead
-nursing became respected vocation
Middle Ages and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-more hospitals
-nurses delivered custodial care and depended on physicians for direction
-nurse midwifery flourished
Crusades and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-hospitals developed on battlefield
-Knight Hospitaliers = bright red cross
-nursing became a female-dominated proffession encouraged by Catholic Church
15th-19th Century and Nursing - correct answer ✔✔-extensive population growth in cities, lack
of hygiene and sanitation, increase in poverty = serious health problem
-closure of monasteries and convents = shortage of people to care for sick
-women who committed crimes were able to become nurses instead of serving sentences
