NUR 410 Professionalism Exam 1 Questions with
Correct Answers
Florence Nightingale Correct Answer-1. Purchased medical supplies,
food, linen, and hospital equipment, using her own money and that of
the Times Relief fund for the Barracks Hospital at Scutari during the
Crimean War
-initiated social services, reading classes, and coffeehouses where
soldiers could enjoy music and recreation
2. spent up to 20 hours each day caring for wounds, comforting soldiers,
assisting in surgery, directing staff, and keeping records
-introduced principles of infection control, a system for transcribing
physicians' orders, and a procedure to maintain pt records
3. credited with using public health principles and statistical methods to
advocate for improved health conditions for British soldiers
-documented that the soldiers' death rate decreased from 42%-2% as a
result of health care reforms that emphasized sanitary conditions
-because of her work in using statistics to demonstrate cause and effect
and improve the health of British soldiers, Nightingale is recognized for
her contributions to nursing research
4. demonstrated the power of political activism to effect health care
reform by writing letters of criticism accompanied by constructive
recommendations to British army leaders
-her ability to overthrow the British army's management method that had
allowed the deplorable conditions to exist in the army hospitals was
considered one of her greatest achievements
5. created the first pie chart
,6. established the first nursing school in England, St. Thomas' Hospital
of London
7. her theory of environmental cleanliness is still applicable today
image Correct Answer-1. the general impression that a person,
organization, or product presents to the public.
2. synonyms: public perception, public conception, public impression,
persona, profile, face, identity
why is image important for nursing? Correct Answer-1. deepening
national and global concern about the evolving nursing shortage
2. how nursing is perceived inside and outside of the health care system
directly affects how successful nurses will be in providing and
coordinating pt care
-when patients seek health care in a hospital, they are entrusting their life
and well-being to the one person who has 24/7 direct responsibility for
their care and their environment
-unlike their personal physician, the RN, who is coordinating all of their
care, is new to them and changes every 12 hours
-it is important that the public trusts and believes in this nurse and the
profession the nurse represents
what is the public perception of nursing? Correct Answer-1. 2018 Gallup
poll showed nurses were at the top of the list and considered the most
honest
2. Four out five rated nurses' ethics as either "high or "very high"
3. More than 70% rated pharmacists and doctors as honest
, 4. Americans rated ___congress____ and __car sales people____ as the
least ethical people.
the nursing shortage Correct Answer-1. projected shortfall of 400,000
RNs expected by 2020
2. RN supply is growing faster than projected due to the surge in new
nurses 23-26 yrs
victorian image Correct Answer-1. sairy gump
-drunken, physically unkempt, uncaring nurse who provided a way to
profit from the sick and dying
2. florence nightingale
-one of the earliest users of the emerging body of knowledge called
statistics
early twentieth century Correct Answer-1. edith cavell
-founder of the first nursing school in Belgium
2. aided soldiers escaping prison camps
stereotypes of nurses Correct Answer-1. angel of mercy
-1930s
-portrayed florence nightingale's persistence and head to toe
confrontation with medicine
Correct Answers
Florence Nightingale Correct Answer-1. Purchased medical supplies,
food, linen, and hospital equipment, using her own money and that of
the Times Relief fund for the Barracks Hospital at Scutari during the
Crimean War
-initiated social services, reading classes, and coffeehouses where
soldiers could enjoy music and recreation
2. spent up to 20 hours each day caring for wounds, comforting soldiers,
assisting in surgery, directing staff, and keeping records
-introduced principles of infection control, a system for transcribing
physicians' orders, and a procedure to maintain pt records
3. credited with using public health principles and statistical methods to
advocate for improved health conditions for British soldiers
-documented that the soldiers' death rate decreased from 42%-2% as a
result of health care reforms that emphasized sanitary conditions
-because of her work in using statistics to demonstrate cause and effect
and improve the health of British soldiers, Nightingale is recognized for
her contributions to nursing research
4. demonstrated the power of political activism to effect health care
reform by writing letters of criticism accompanied by constructive
recommendations to British army leaders
-her ability to overthrow the British army's management method that had
allowed the deplorable conditions to exist in the army hospitals was
considered one of her greatest achievements
5. created the first pie chart
,6. established the first nursing school in England, St. Thomas' Hospital
of London
7. her theory of environmental cleanliness is still applicable today
image Correct Answer-1. the general impression that a person,
organization, or product presents to the public.
2. synonyms: public perception, public conception, public impression,
persona, profile, face, identity
why is image important for nursing? Correct Answer-1. deepening
national and global concern about the evolving nursing shortage
2. how nursing is perceived inside and outside of the health care system
directly affects how successful nurses will be in providing and
coordinating pt care
-when patients seek health care in a hospital, they are entrusting their life
and well-being to the one person who has 24/7 direct responsibility for
their care and their environment
-unlike their personal physician, the RN, who is coordinating all of their
care, is new to them and changes every 12 hours
-it is important that the public trusts and believes in this nurse and the
profession the nurse represents
what is the public perception of nursing? Correct Answer-1. 2018 Gallup
poll showed nurses were at the top of the list and considered the most
honest
2. Four out five rated nurses' ethics as either "high or "very high"
3. More than 70% rated pharmacists and doctors as honest
, 4. Americans rated ___congress____ and __car sales people____ as the
least ethical people.
the nursing shortage Correct Answer-1. projected shortfall of 400,000
RNs expected by 2020
2. RN supply is growing faster than projected due to the surge in new
nurses 23-26 yrs
victorian image Correct Answer-1. sairy gump
-drunken, physically unkempt, uncaring nurse who provided a way to
profit from the sick and dying
2. florence nightingale
-one of the earliest users of the emerging body of knowledge called
statistics
early twentieth century Correct Answer-1. edith cavell
-founder of the first nursing school in Belgium
2. aided soldiers escaping prison camps
stereotypes of nurses Correct Answer-1. angel of mercy
-1930s
-portrayed florence nightingale's persistence and head to toe
confrontation with medicine
