UTMB NURS 3290 Introduction to the
Profession: Exam 1 Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
job - ✔✔The work that a person does regularly to earn money. Work done regularly for
pay
profession - ✔✔A calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long/intensive
academic preparation
Florence Nightingale - ✔✔− Establishes the first nurse philosophy based on health
maintenance and restoration
− In 1860, she developed the first organized program to train nurses, the Nightingale
Training School for Nurses at St. Thomas hospital
− First practicing nurse epidemiologist. Her statistical analysis connected poor
sanitation with cholera and dysentery
− Volunteered during the Crimean war of 1853 and traveled at night carrying a lamp
(lady with the lamp)
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,− Sanitary, nutrition, and basic facilities were poor so she was put in charge of it in 6
months the mortality rate at Barracks hospital mortality rate went from 42.7% to 2.2%
− Educated for 3 months in Germany in a church-run hospital
− Founder of modern nursing
− Led nurses to Crimean War to care for wounded soldiers
− Known as "The Lady of the Lamp"
− Statistician/developed rose diagram
− Improved sanitation in hospitals
− Published "Notes on Nursing"
− Established Florence Nightingale School for Nurses in St. Thomas London
Clara Barton: - ✔✔− Founder of the American Red Cross, tended soldiers in the
battlefields, cleansing their wounds, meeting their basic needs, and comforting them in
death
− Was a teacher - not a nurse
− Cared for her brother which inspired her to care for others through teaching
− Opened a free public school in 1852
− Distributed food and medication supplies during the Civil War
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,− Named head nurse without formal training
− Worked for the International Red Cross in Europe
− Founded the American Red Cross in 1881
− Served as the first president for the American Red Cross
− Founded the National First Aid Association of America in 1905
Mary Mahoney - ✔✔− First professionally trained African American nurse
− Concerned with the effect culture had on health care, and as noted nursing leader she
brought forth awareness of cultural diversity and respect for the individual, regardless
of background, race, color, or religion
− Graduated and worked at the New England Hospital for Women and Children
− 16-month program, only 4 of the 42 students successfully made it through
− First African American to earn a nursing license
− Leader for the Howard Orphan Asylum for Black Children
− First African American trained nurse in US
− Changed the face of nursing
− Broke the barrier so minority nurses could be accepted into nursing school
− Member of American Nurse Association (ANA)
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, − 1908, co-founded National Association of Color Graduate Nurses (NACGN)
Lillian Wald: - ✔✔− opened the Henry street settlement which focused on the health
needs of poor people who lived in tenements in New York City
− Graduate of New York Hospital School of Nursing - 1891
− Wealthy woman with social conscience
− Worked in mental hospital for a year after graduating nursing
− Decided to go to Med school at Woman's Medical College
− Sent on home visit which changed her life
− Quit medical school
− Founded Henry Street Settlement with Mary Brewster
− First public health nurse
− Devoted her life to public health and a vision of a better world
Mary Nutting - ✔✔− Became the first nursing professor at Columbia Teacher's College
in 1906
− Graduate of the first class of the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing in 1891
− While at Johns Hopkins Nutting:
− Expanded the curriculum in the school of nursing from 2-3 years
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Profession: Exam 1 Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
job - ✔✔The work that a person does regularly to earn money. Work done regularly for
pay
profession - ✔✔A calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long/intensive
academic preparation
Florence Nightingale - ✔✔− Establishes the first nurse philosophy based on health
maintenance and restoration
− In 1860, she developed the first organized program to train nurses, the Nightingale
Training School for Nurses at St. Thomas hospital
− First practicing nurse epidemiologist. Her statistical analysis connected poor
sanitation with cholera and dysentery
− Volunteered during the Crimean war of 1853 and traveled at night carrying a lamp
(lady with the lamp)
Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
,− Sanitary, nutrition, and basic facilities were poor so she was put in charge of it in 6
months the mortality rate at Barracks hospital mortality rate went from 42.7% to 2.2%
− Educated for 3 months in Germany in a church-run hospital
− Founder of modern nursing
− Led nurses to Crimean War to care for wounded soldiers
− Known as "The Lady of the Lamp"
− Statistician/developed rose diagram
− Improved sanitation in hospitals
− Published "Notes on Nursing"
− Established Florence Nightingale School for Nurses in St. Thomas London
Clara Barton: - ✔✔− Founder of the American Red Cross, tended soldiers in the
battlefields, cleansing their wounds, meeting their basic needs, and comforting them in
death
− Was a teacher - not a nurse
− Cared for her brother which inspired her to care for others through teaching
− Opened a free public school in 1852
− Distributed food and medication supplies during the Civil War
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,− Named head nurse without formal training
− Worked for the International Red Cross in Europe
− Founded the American Red Cross in 1881
− Served as the first president for the American Red Cross
− Founded the National First Aid Association of America in 1905
Mary Mahoney - ✔✔− First professionally trained African American nurse
− Concerned with the effect culture had on health care, and as noted nursing leader she
brought forth awareness of cultural diversity and respect for the individual, regardless
of background, race, color, or religion
− Graduated and worked at the New England Hospital for Women and Children
− 16-month program, only 4 of the 42 students successfully made it through
− First African American to earn a nursing license
− Leader for the Howard Orphan Asylum for Black Children
− First African American trained nurse in US
− Changed the face of nursing
− Broke the barrier so minority nurses could be accepted into nursing school
− Member of American Nurse Association (ANA)
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, − 1908, co-founded National Association of Color Graduate Nurses (NACGN)
Lillian Wald: - ✔✔− opened the Henry street settlement which focused on the health
needs of poor people who lived in tenements in New York City
− Graduate of New York Hospital School of Nursing - 1891
− Wealthy woman with social conscience
− Worked in mental hospital for a year after graduating nursing
− Decided to go to Med school at Woman's Medical College
− Sent on home visit which changed her life
− Quit medical school
− Founded Henry Street Settlement with Mary Brewster
− First public health nurse
− Devoted her life to public health and a vision of a better world
Mary Nutting - ✔✔− Became the first nursing professor at Columbia Teacher's College
in 1906
− Graduate of the first class of the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing in 1891
− While at Johns Hopkins Nutting:
− Expanded the curriculum in the school of nursing from 2-3 years
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