NSG 1400 FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 | NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
What is altruism? - correct answer ✔✔selfless concern for the well-being of others
Who is Florence Nightingale?
What did she do? - correct answer ✔✔- Founder of modern nursing
- Changed nursing, Established a health policy of health maintenance, restoration and cleanliness
- First nursing epidemiologist
What are nursing schools? - correct answer ✔✔Student swould provide nursing care in exchange for
education and costs of living
- Poor living conditions
- Questionable education quality
- Long work hours
What was the first hospital school and when was it established? - correct answer ✔✔- St Catherines
training school
- Est. in 1874
- Nurse role: Observe patients and report to doctors
Who is Mary Agnes Snively? - correct answer ✔✔- Superintendent of Toronto general hospital school of
nursing
- Improved living conditions for students made a curriculum
- Formed Canadian national association of trained nurses (CNA)
What was the royal commission on health services (1964)? - correct answer ✔✔- A call for better
prepared faculty in schools
- A need for quality and standards to be met in nursing education
What are the 4 ways of knowing? - correct answer ✔✔Empirical, ethical, personal, aesthetic
What is empirical knowledge? (ways of knowing) - correct answer ✔✔- The science of nursing
- Scientific competence/ scientific knowledge
- What is known is gained from the physical senses: Seeing, touching, hearing
What is ethical knowledge? (ways of knowing) - correct answer ✔✔- Judgement and moral knowledge
- Choosing the right thing to do in certain circumstances
- Obligation - What ought to be done?
what is Personal knowledge? (Ways of knowing) - correct answer ✔✔- Awareness of self and others in a
relationship that is subjective
- Engagement, active, empathetic participation of the knower
- Focus on how nurses come to know how to form authentic relationships with patients
what is Esthetic knowledge? (ways of knowing) - correct answer ✔✔- The art of nursing
, - Awareness of an immediate situation, awareness of the patient and their unique circumstances
- Understand patient personality and experiences in order to formulate an affective care plan
What is the CNA? - correct answer ✔✔- Canadian Nurses Association
- Advance nursing excellence and positive health outcomes for the public
- Advocate for healthy public policy provincially, nationally and internationally
What is the ICN? - correct answer ✔✔- International Council of Nurses
- Federation of national nurses associations representing nurses worldwide
What is the CASN? - correct answer ✔✔- Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
- National voice for nursing education, research and scholarship
What is the CNPS? - correct answer ✔✔- Canadian Nurses Protective Society
- Not for profit society that offers legal advice and support services for nurses
What is the CFNU? - correct answer ✔✔- Canadian federation of nurses unions
- Represents nurses from provincial unions and student members of the CNSA
What is the UNA? - correct answer ✔✔- United nurses of Alberta
- Union for RN's RPN's and allied workers in Alberta
- Advocate for nurses, the nursing profession and Canada's health care system
What is CARNA? - correct answer ✔✔- College and association of registered nurses of Alberta
- Protect the public by regulating the profession
- Regulatory body for nurses
College vs association - correct answer ✔✔College: Public protection through regulation of profession
Association: Focuses on the profession and advocacy for the profession and health policy
Scope of practice - correct answer ✔✔Activities and duties that nurses are educated and legally
authorized to perform
College functions under the? - correct answer ✔✔HPA, for self regulation
Entry to practice competencies - correct answer ✔✔Ability of a nurse at entry level that integrates the
knowledge, skills, abilities and judgement required to practice nursing safely
What are the 9 ELC roles - correct answer ✔✔1. clinician
2. Professional
3. communicator
4. collaborator
5. Coordinator
6. Leader
7. Advocate
8. Educator
9. Scholar
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
What is altruism? - correct answer ✔✔selfless concern for the well-being of others
Who is Florence Nightingale?
What did she do? - correct answer ✔✔- Founder of modern nursing
- Changed nursing, Established a health policy of health maintenance, restoration and cleanliness
- First nursing epidemiologist
What are nursing schools? - correct answer ✔✔Student swould provide nursing care in exchange for
education and costs of living
- Poor living conditions
- Questionable education quality
- Long work hours
What was the first hospital school and when was it established? - correct answer ✔✔- St Catherines
training school
- Est. in 1874
- Nurse role: Observe patients and report to doctors
Who is Mary Agnes Snively? - correct answer ✔✔- Superintendent of Toronto general hospital school of
nursing
- Improved living conditions for students made a curriculum
- Formed Canadian national association of trained nurses (CNA)
What was the royal commission on health services (1964)? - correct answer ✔✔- A call for better
prepared faculty in schools
- A need for quality and standards to be met in nursing education
What are the 4 ways of knowing? - correct answer ✔✔Empirical, ethical, personal, aesthetic
What is empirical knowledge? (ways of knowing) - correct answer ✔✔- The science of nursing
- Scientific competence/ scientific knowledge
- What is known is gained from the physical senses: Seeing, touching, hearing
What is ethical knowledge? (ways of knowing) - correct answer ✔✔- Judgement and moral knowledge
- Choosing the right thing to do in certain circumstances
- Obligation - What ought to be done?
what is Personal knowledge? (Ways of knowing) - correct answer ✔✔- Awareness of self and others in a
relationship that is subjective
- Engagement, active, empathetic participation of the knower
- Focus on how nurses come to know how to form authentic relationships with patients
what is Esthetic knowledge? (ways of knowing) - correct answer ✔✔- The art of nursing
, - Awareness of an immediate situation, awareness of the patient and their unique circumstances
- Understand patient personality and experiences in order to formulate an affective care plan
What is the CNA? - correct answer ✔✔- Canadian Nurses Association
- Advance nursing excellence and positive health outcomes for the public
- Advocate for healthy public policy provincially, nationally and internationally
What is the ICN? - correct answer ✔✔- International Council of Nurses
- Federation of national nurses associations representing nurses worldwide
What is the CASN? - correct answer ✔✔- Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
- National voice for nursing education, research and scholarship
What is the CNPS? - correct answer ✔✔- Canadian Nurses Protective Society
- Not for profit society that offers legal advice and support services for nurses
What is the CFNU? - correct answer ✔✔- Canadian federation of nurses unions
- Represents nurses from provincial unions and student members of the CNSA
What is the UNA? - correct answer ✔✔- United nurses of Alberta
- Union for RN's RPN's and allied workers in Alberta
- Advocate for nurses, the nursing profession and Canada's health care system
What is CARNA? - correct answer ✔✔- College and association of registered nurses of Alberta
- Protect the public by regulating the profession
- Regulatory body for nurses
College vs association - correct answer ✔✔College: Public protection through regulation of profession
Association: Focuses on the profession and advocacy for the profession and health policy
Scope of practice - correct answer ✔✔Activities and duties that nurses are educated and legally
authorized to perform
College functions under the? - correct answer ✔✔HPA, for self regulation
Entry to practice competencies - correct answer ✔✔Ability of a nurse at entry level that integrates the
knowledge, skills, abilities and judgement required to practice nursing safely
What are the 9 ELC roles - correct answer ✔✔1. clinician
2. Professional
3. communicator
4. collaborator
5. Coordinator
6. Leader
7. Advocate
8. Educator
9. Scholar
