EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE IN NURSING AND
HEALTHCARE MELNYK ESSENTIAL STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ How did Christianity improve the status of nursing?
Answer: By attracting intelligent individuals and establishing
military nursing orders.
◉ What significant contributions did Florence Nightingale make to
nursing?
Answer: Improved health laws, reformed hospitals, reorganized
military medical services, and established nursing as a profession.
◉ What did Florence Nightingale publish?
Answer: Notes on Nursing
◉ What was established by Florence Nightingale for nurses?
Answer: The Nightingale Training School for Nurses.
◉ Who founded the Nurse Corps of the U.S. Army during the Civil
War?
Answer: Dorothea Dix
, ◉ Who founded the American Red Cross?
Answer: Clara Barton
◉ What was established in 1901 as a result of the Spanish American
War?
Answer: The Army Nurse Corps
◉ When was the Navy Nurse Corps established?
Answer: 1908
◉ What milestone occurred for Black nurses during World War II?
Answer: They were first admitted into military service.
◉ What are some professional nursing organizations that emerged
in the early 20th century?
Answer: American Nurses Association (ANA), National League for
Nursing (NLN), American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN),
American Journal of Nursing (AJN).
◉ What do nurses need to adapt to in the 21st century?
Answer: A wide range of settings, diverse patient needs, and
emerging technologies.
HEALTHCARE MELNYK ESSENTIAL STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ How did Christianity improve the status of nursing?
Answer: By attracting intelligent individuals and establishing
military nursing orders.
◉ What significant contributions did Florence Nightingale make to
nursing?
Answer: Improved health laws, reformed hospitals, reorganized
military medical services, and established nursing as a profession.
◉ What did Florence Nightingale publish?
Answer: Notes on Nursing
◉ What was established by Florence Nightingale for nurses?
Answer: The Nightingale Training School for Nurses.
◉ Who founded the Nurse Corps of the U.S. Army during the Civil
War?
Answer: Dorothea Dix
, ◉ Who founded the American Red Cross?
Answer: Clara Barton
◉ What was established in 1901 as a result of the Spanish American
War?
Answer: The Army Nurse Corps
◉ When was the Navy Nurse Corps established?
Answer: 1908
◉ What milestone occurred for Black nurses during World War II?
Answer: They were first admitted into military service.
◉ What are some professional nursing organizations that emerged
in the early 20th century?
Answer: American Nurses Association (ANA), National League for
Nursing (NLN), American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN),
American Journal of Nursing (AJN).
◉ What do nurses need to adapt to in the 21st century?
Answer: A wide range of settings, diverse patient needs, and
emerging technologies.