NURSING 106 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What factors influence Nursing as a modern profession? - Answers - Women's role in
Society
Religion
War
When did women get the right to vote? - Answers - 1920, AFTER African Americans
(Civil War)
True or False
For most of history women have done this work, unpaid. - Answers - True
Illness was thought to have "supernatural powers" until... - Answers - The intro of "The
Germ Theory" in the 20th century (and later antibiotics)
Nursing was viewed in times of religion as... - Answers - A calling that should not be
profited from
Fabiola was... - Answers - wealthy matron of Roman empire- converted to Christianity &
used wealth to provide houses of care and healing to poor, sick and homeless
True or False
Values such as self denial were essential to nursing. - Answers - True
Nurses were often married or unmarried? - Answers - Unmarried
Knights or Saint Lazarus - Answers - dedicated themselves to care of people with
leprosy, syphilis and chronic skin conditions
True or False
There was a time in which the nursing profession was dominated by men. - Answers -
True, the Crusades time period
What war expressed inadequate care to soldiers prompted Nightingale to address the
problem and recruit female nurses to care for sick and injured? - Answers - Crimean
War 1854-1856
True or False
Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth- provided care and safety to slaves fleeing north. -
Answers - True
, During what war did Mother Biekerdyke and Clara Barton search battlefields and give
care to the wounded? - Answers - Civil War 1861-1865
In the early 1950's (POST WWII) this program was started. - Answers - Associate RN
Program
Antibiotics and anesthesia was used during this war. - Answers - WWII
MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units were predecessor of trauma centers were
developed during... - Answers - Korean War
Helicopter transport of wounded quickly to emergency centers emerged during... -
Answers - Vietnam War
Head trauma care was the focus of... (2 wars) - Answers - Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan
•Founder of modern nursing
•Born to a wealthy family in England
•Received training in nursing in Germany
•Respected for role in Crimean War
•Founded a school of nursing in England in 1860
•Believed nursing was a profession
•Public health & health promotion were her visions - Answers - Florence Nightingale
Dorothea Dix & Harriet Tubman were nurses in what time period? - Answers - Civil War
What nurse established the American Red Cross? - Answers - Clara Barton
What nurse founded public health nursing? - Answers - Lillian Wald
What nurse, who was a public health nurse, was a strong advocate for birth control? -
Answers - Margret Sanger
Having graduated from the New England Hospital for Women & Children Training
School for Nurses in Boston in 1873, is cited as being America's first trained nurse. -
Answers - Linda Richards
The first trained black nurse graduated in 1879 from the same hospital as Linda
Richards. - Answers - Mary Mahoney
How has nursing advanced as a Profession? - Answers - •Professional Education
•Respected Profession
•Men in Nursing
•Expanded Roles - Nurse Practitioner
Changes in Nursing - Answers - •Organizations for Regulation of Practice
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What factors influence Nursing as a modern profession? - Answers - Women's role in
Society
Religion
War
When did women get the right to vote? - Answers - 1920, AFTER African Americans
(Civil War)
True or False
For most of history women have done this work, unpaid. - Answers - True
Illness was thought to have "supernatural powers" until... - Answers - The intro of "The
Germ Theory" in the 20th century (and later antibiotics)
Nursing was viewed in times of religion as... - Answers - A calling that should not be
profited from
Fabiola was... - Answers - wealthy matron of Roman empire- converted to Christianity &
used wealth to provide houses of care and healing to poor, sick and homeless
True or False
Values such as self denial were essential to nursing. - Answers - True
Nurses were often married or unmarried? - Answers - Unmarried
Knights or Saint Lazarus - Answers - dedicated themselves to care of people with
leprosy, syphilis and chronic skin conditions
True or False
There was a time in which the nursing profession was dominated by men. - Answers -
True, the Crusades time period
What war expressed inadequate care to soldiers prompted Nightingale to address the
problem and recruit female nurses to care for sick and injured? - Answers - Crimean
War 1854-1856
True or False
Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth- provided care and safety to slaves fleeing north. -
Answers - True
, During what war did Mother Biekerdyke and Clara Barton search battlefields and give
care to the wounded? - Answers - Civil War 1861-1865
In the early 1950's (POST WWII) this program was started. - Answers - Associate RN
Program
Antibiotics and anesthesia was used during this war. - Answers - WWII
MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units were predecessor of trauma centers were
developed during... - Answers - Korean War
Helicopter transport of wounded quickly to emergency centers emerged during... -
Answers - Vietnam War
Head trauma care was the focus of... (2 wars) - Answers - Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan
•Founder of modern nursing
•Born to a wealthy family in England
•Received training in nursing in Germany
•Respected for role in Crimean War
•Founded a school of nursing in England in 1860
•Believed nursing was a profession
•Public health & health promotion were her visions - Answers - Florence Nightingale
Dorothea Dix & Harriet Tubman were nurses in what time period? - Answers - Civil War
What nurse established the American Red Cross? - Answers - Clara Barton
What nurse founded public health nursing? - Answers - Lillian Wald
What nurse, who was a public health nurse, was a strong advocate for birth control? -
Answers - Margret Sanger
Having graduated from the New England Hospital for Women & Children Training
School for Nurses in Boston in 1873, is cited as being America's first trained nurse. -
Answers - Linda Richards
The first trained black nurse graduated in 1879 from the same hospital as Linda
Richards. - Answers - Mary Mahoney
How has nursing advanced as a Profession? - Answers - •Professional Education
•Respected Profession
•Men in Nursing
•Expanded Roles - Nurse Practitioner
Changes in Nursing - Answers - •Organizations for Regulation of Practice
