ROSDHALS TEXTBOOK OF BASIC NURSING 12
EXAM REVIEW GUIDE CASE SCENARIO
DECISION MAKING SKILLS OSCE CHECKLIST
2026
◉ Holistic healthcare.
Answer: Emphasizes caring for the whole person, including
emotions, lifestyles, physical changes, spiritual needs, and individual
challenges
◉ Hippocrates.
Answer: The 'Father of Medicine' who emphasized the importance of
holistic healthcare and helped lay the groundwork for modern
nursing and medicine
◉ Florence Nightingale pledge.
Answer: A pledge based on the Hippocratic oath, reflecting the
principles of nursing
◉ Practical Nurses' pledge.
Answer: A pledge based on the Hippocratic oath, reflecting the
principles of nursing
, ◉ Roman Matrons.
Answer: Women who cared for sick and injured
◉ Monastic Nursing Orders.
Answer: Established during the 1st century to care for the sick
◉ Crusades (1096-1291).
Answer: Male military personnel conducted most nursing care
during this period
◉ Maltese cross.
Answer: The symbol for the order of nursing during the Crusades, a
forerunner of nursing school pins worn today
◉ The Reformation.
Answer: Period from the 1500s to 1800s when many monasteries
closed and nursing was considered the most menial of all tasks
◉ Dark ages of nursing.
Answer: Period when nursing was viewed poorly and associated
with prisoners or prostitutes
◉ Kaiserswerth School for Nursing.
EXAM REVIEW GUIDE CASE SCENARIO
DECISION MAKING SKILLS OSCE CHECKLIST
2026
◉ Holistic healthcare.
Answer: Emphasizes caring for the whole person, including
emotions, lifestyles, physical changes, spiritual needs, and individual
challenges
◉ Hippocrates.
Answer: The 'Father of Medicine' who emphasized the importance of
holistic healthcare and helped lay the groundwork for modern
nursing and medicine
◉ Florence Nightingale pledge.
Answer: A pledge based on the Hippocratic oath, reflecting the
principles of nursing
◉ Practical Nurses' pledge.
Answer: A pledge based on the Hippocratic oath, reflecting the
principles of nursing
, ◉ Roman Matrons.
Answer: Women who cared for sick and injured
◉ Monastic Nursing Orders.
Answer: Established during the 1st century to care for the sick
◉ Crusades (1096-1291).
Answer: Male military personnel conducted most nursing care
during this period
◉ Maltese cross.
Answer: The symbol for the order of nursing during the Crusades, a
forerunner of nursing school pins worn today
◉ The Reformation.
Answer: Period from the 1500s to 1800s when many monasteries
closed and nursing was considered the most menial of all tasks
◉ Dark ages of nursing.
Answer: Period when nursing was viewed poorly and associated
with prisoners or prostitutes
◉ Kaiserswerth School for Nursing.