NSG500 / NSG 500 Exam 1 | 2 LATEST VERSIONS
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Questions and Verified Answers Grade A
Florence Nightingale's Impact on Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔During the Crimean War (1850's),
Nightingale changed the way soldiers were cared for; fought to allow her nurses to the front lines;
reduced mortality from 40% to 2.2%
Florence Nightingale's Evidence & Improvements at the soldier's hospital (during Crimean War) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔In the soldier's hospital, in the year 1854 and against strong physician opposition,
Nightingale worked with 38 nurses that she hired to improve the environment and personal condition of
every soldier. She and her nurses also promoted their health by cleanliness, fresh air, clean water, and
good nutrition
Florence Nightingale post-Crimean War - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Following the war, Nightingale returned
to England and, against physician opposition (only 4 of 100 physicians approved), established a nursing
school at St. Thomas Hospital thanks to a donation from the public equal to $200k. At the nursing
school, Nightingale developed an educational program based on the science of the time.
Nursing School at St. Thomas Hospital - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Nightingale's curriculum had a key
component--that nurses need to observe changes in their patients and report them to the physician.
Florence understood the important of the consistent presence of nurses with a patient, and that that is
central to the nursing role
Florence Nightingale's Nursing Education Model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Nightingale combined didactic
content and bedside experience; this model is still followed in all nursing programs today
Key to this model is that Nightingale based it on a nursing superintendent being in charge of nurses and
nursing students--not physicians. To this day, nurses regulate ourselves.
Early Nursing Education in the United States - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔During the mid-1800's, the first
hospital based nursing training programs were administered by physicians, not nurses.
, The Civil War gave rise to early efforts to develop nursing as a recognized and distinct profession--not
just the off shoot of the "woman's role"
Nursing During the Late 1800's in the United States - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔During this period, nurses
were trained at apprentice programs in hospitals, there were no actual nursing schools. Nurses were not
in charge of nurses, so graduates of these programs were more aligned with the hospital and physicians
than with the patient.
First Professional Nursing Organizations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The American Society of
Superintendents of Training Schools was formed in the mid-1890's
In 1912, it became the National League of Nursing (NLN). NLN is still one of the main nursing education
organizations.
Also in 1912, the Nurses Associated Alumni of the US and Canada became the American Nurses
Association
The American Nurses Association (ANA) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The ANA is the professional
organization for all nurses, regardless of specialty area or level of education.
The ANA writes the professional standards, the code of ethics, and works with State Boards of Nursing
to regulate the nursing practice
State Regulation of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔States began to regulate the licensing of nurses in
the early-1900's. Illinois was the first state to require that nurses be licensed in 1907
Nursing Evolution During World War 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔More nurses were needed with the onset
of WW1; thus opportunity for development of the profession occurred--John Hopkins and Columbia
University started a BSN level nursing education.
(Latest ): Advanced Health Assessment |
Questions and Verified Answers Grade A
Florence Nightingale's Impact on Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔During the Crimean War (1850's),
Nightingale changed the way soldiers were cared for; fought to allow her nurses to the front lines;
reduced mortality from 40% to 2.2%
Florence Nightingale's Evidence & Improvements at the soldier's hospital (during Crimean War) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔In the soldier's hospital, in the year 1854 and against strong physician opposition,
Nightingale worked with 38 nurses that she hired to improve the environment and personal condition of
every soldier. She and her nurses also promoted their health by cleanliness, fresh air, clean water, and
good nutrition
Florence Nightingale post-Crimean War - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Following the war, Nightingale returned
to England and, against physician opposition (only 4 of 100 physicians approved), established a nursing
school at St. Thomas Hospital thanks to a donation from the public equal to $200k. At the nursing
school, Nightingale developed an educational program based on the science of the time.
Nursing School at St. Thomas Hospital - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Nightingale's curriculum had a key
component--that nurses need to observe changes in their patients and report them to the physician.
Florence understood the important of the consistent presence of nurses with a patient, and that that is
central to the nursing role
Florence Nightingale's Nursing Education Model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Nightingale combined didactic
content and bedside experience; this model is still followed in all nursing programs today
Key to this model is that Nightingale based it on a nursing superintendent being in charge of nurses and
nursing students--not physicians. To this day, nurses regulate ourselves.
Early Nursing Education in the United States - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔During the mid-1800's, the first
hospital based nursing training programs were administered by physicians, not nurses.
, The Civil War gave rise to early efforts to develop nursing as a recognized and distinct profession--not
just the off shoot of the "woman's role"
Nursing During the Late 1800's in the United States - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔During this period, nurses
were trained at apprentice programs in hospitals, there were no actual nursing schools. Nurses were not
in charge of nurses, so graduates of these programs were more aligned with the hospital and physicians
than with the patient.
First Professional Nursing Organizations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The American Society of
Superintendents of Training Schools was formed in the mid-1890's
In 1912, it became the National League of Nursing (NLN). NLN is still one of the main nursing education
organizations.
Also in 1912, the Nurses Associated Alumni of the US and Canada became the American Nurses
Association
The American Nurses Association (ANA) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The ANA is the professional
organization for all nurses, regardless of specialty area or level of education.
The ANA writes the professional standards, the code of ethics, and works with State Boards of Nursing
to regulate the nursing practice
State Regulation of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔States began to regulate the licensing of nurses in
the early-1900's. Illinois was the first state to require that nurses be licensed in 1907
Nursing Evolution During World War 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔More nurses were needed with the onset
of WW1; thus opportunity for development of the profession occurred--John Hopkins and Columbia
University started a BSN level nursing education.
