NURS 2300 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Early Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - -Preformed by family members
-Fighting male nurses of the crusades
-Religious Orders
-The "Sairy Gamps"--criminal class, elderly inmates, other patients (otherwise unemployable)
19th Cent. Kaiserswerth Sisters - CORRECT ANSWER - Order of deaconesses, est. 1836
by German pastor
Spread to other Lutheran orgs through Europe
Mid 19th cent. Nursing in England - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence Nightingale Born
May 12th, 1820-Aug 13, 1910
"lady with a lamp"
Often visited sick/poor w/ her mother, customary of aristocratic women
Trained as Nurse in Germany for 3 years
Nightingale in Crimea - CORRECT ANSWER - -1854-56
-Reduced mortality rate at Scutari hospital from 60% to less -than 2%
-Supervised a team of nurses
-Improved supplies, sanitation& nutrition
Mary Seacole - CORRECT ANSWER - -Jamaican, black nurse & business owner
-Made contributions to soldiers health in Crimean War
-Was refused entry into Nightingale's team, so she est. a hotel for the injured & visited the
battlefield to assist wounded
, -Experienced w/ Cholera bc outbreak of this in Panama when she visited her brother, many
soldiers died of this in Crimean War
-bankrupt after returning from war, citizens help raise money for her
-"Greatest Black Briton"
Nightingale School - CORRECT ANSWER - Founded St. Thomas Hospital in London,
1860
Became model for Nursing edu. throughout Europe & US
Nightingale & Public Policy - CORRECT ANSWER - Influenced:
-policies for military hospitals
-public sanitation of England
-Lying-In hospitals
-Consulted w/ leaders of other countries
Civil War 1861-1865 - CORRECT ANSWER - -Clara Barton "Angel of the Battlefield"
-US Patent Clerk
-Began independent campaign to provide necessary supplies to soldiers
-Founded American Red Cross 1881
-Began independent campaign providing soldier relief (woolen shirts, blankets, towels, lanterns,
kettles, etc.)
-est own system of distribution
-Refused to enlist in military nurse corps headed by Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER - Mental health reformer
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Early Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - -Preformed by family members
-Fighting male nurses of the crusades
-Religious Orders
-The "Sairy Gamps"--criminal class, elderly inmates, other patients (otherwise unemployable)
19th Cent. Kaiserswerth Sisters - CORRECT ANSWER - Order of deaconesses, est. 1836
by German pastor
Spread to other Lutheran orgs through Europe
Mid 19th cent. Nursing in England - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence Nightingale Born
May 12th, 1820-Aug 13, 1910
"lady with a lamp"
Often visited sick/poor w/ her mother, customary of aristocratic women
Trained as Nurse in Germany for 3 years
Nightingale in Crimea - CORRECT ANSWER - -1854-56
-Reduced mortality rate at Scutari hospital from 60% to less -than 2%
-Supervised a team of nurses
-Improved supplies, sanitation& nutrition
Mary Seacole - CORRECT ANSWER - -Jamaican, black nurse & business owner
-Made contributions to soldiers health in Crimean War
-Was refused entry into Nightingale's team, so she est. a hotel for the injured & visited the
battlefield to assist wounded
, -Experienced w/ Cholera bc outbreak of this in Panama when she visited her brother, many
soldiers died of this in Crimean War
-bankrupt after returning from war, citizens help raise money for her
-"Greatest Black Briton"
Nightingale School - CORRECT ANSWER - Founded St. Thomas Hospital in London,
1860
Became model for Nursing edu. throughout Europe & US
Nightingale & Public Policy - CORRECT ANSWER - Influenced:
-policies for military hospitals
-public sanitation of England
-Lying-In hospitals
-Consulted w/ leaders of other countries
Civil War 1861-1865 - CORRECT ANSWER - -Clara Barton "Angel of the Battlefield"
-US Patent Clerk
-Began independent campaign to provide necessary supplies to soldiers
-Founded American Red Cross 1881
-Began independent campaign providing soldier relief (woolen shirts, blankets, towels, lanterns,
kettles, etc.)
-est own system of distribution
-Refused to enlist in military nurse corps headed by Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER - Mental health reformer
