VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025
Professionalism .- .Correct .answer .- .Behaviours, .skills, .and .attributes .required
.or . expected .of .members .of .a .profession.
- .Conduct, .aims .or .qualities .that .characterize .or .make .up .a .profession .or
.professional.
-Requires .specialized .knowledge, .accountability, .autonomy, .inquiry,
.collegiality, . collaboration, .innovation .& .ethics .and .values
How .do .nurses .display .professionalism? .- .Correct .answer .- .Provide .quality .care
.to . patients .thru:
- Commitment .to .profession .led .regulation
- Professional .ethics
- Personal .health .& .fitness .to .practice
- Legal .& .ethical .dimensions .to .nursing
What .year .did .nursing .start .in .Canada? .- .Correct .answer .- .1639 .- .Hotel .Dieu .Quebec
Florence .Nightingale .- .Correct .answer .- .- .founder .of .modern .nursing .and .a .reformer
.of . hospital .sanitation .methods
What .did .Florence .Nightingale .do? .- .Correct .answer .- .- .Insisted .on .better .hygiene
.in . field .hospitals .and .founded .the .first .school .of .nursing
- Crimean .war: .reduced .mortality .from .42-2.2%.Hand-washing/nature .working .on
. patient's .body .was .her .mainstay. .First .health .statistician .(collected .& .analyzed
.health . data).
- improved .standards .of .nursing .care .in .the .mid-nineteenth .century
- known .for .reducing .mortality .during .the .Crimean .war .through .improved
.sanitation . measures
- triggered .a .shift .in .public .attitudes .towards .the .acceptability .of .women .doing
.nursing . outside .of .the .home
,Florence .Nightingale .and .Crimean .War .- .Correct .answer .- .- .She .went .to .the .war
.and . helped .turn .the .mortality .rate .around.
1854, .she .and .38 .nurses .entered .the .battlefield .near .Scutari, .Turkey .and .cared .for
.the . sick .and .injured. .They .had .few .supplies .and .little .outside .help. .She .insisted .on
. establishing .sanitary .conditions .and .providing .quality .nursing .care. .This .immediately
. reduced .the .mortality .rate. .Her .dedicated .service .both .during .the .day .and .night
.when . she .and .her .nurses .made .rounds .carrying .oil .lamps .created .a .public .image
.if .the .lady . with .the .lamp.
Nightingale .Fund .- .Correct .answer .- .- .established .by .the .English .government .to
.promote . nurse's .training .in .England
- .used .to .establish .the .first .Nightingale .school .of .Nursing, .at .St .Thomas' .Hospital
.in . London
,Nightingale .System .of .Education .(Nightingale .Model) .- .Correct .answer .- .- .1860:
. Nightingale .created .a .financially .independent .school .of .nursing .associated .with
.St. . Thomas' .Hospital .in .London, .England.
- .Became .standard .of .nursing .education .in .England .and .worldwide .for .next .century.
-This .was .a .hospital-based .model .overseen .by .a .trained .superintendent, .trained .staff
. members .acting .as .instructors, .and .a .cadre .of .nursing .students .who .provided .the
.bulk . of .the .care
What .was .the .results .of .Nightingale's .success .in .the .public .attitudes? .- .Correct .answer
.--.This .triggered .a .remarkable .shift .in .public .attitudes .toward .the .acceptability .of .women
during .nursing .work .outside .the .home. .Nursing .became .an .instrument .of .women's
emancipation .against .the .prevailing .middle-class .restrictions .on .women .working .outside
the .home.
What .advocate .role .did .Nightingale .take .on? .- .Correct .answer .- .- .the .health .of
.people
- health .care .reform
- education .preparation .for .nursing
- .She .became .an .advocate .for .the .health .of .people, .healthcare .reform, .and
educational.for .nursing .through .voluminous .writings .and .lobbying .of .members
.preparation
of
.parliament .to .act .on .these .views. .These .views .were .from .health .data .that .she
collected
.and .analyzed.
-She .responded .viscerally .to .situations .that .frustrated .and .angered .her .including
.the . lack .of .active .role .for .women .in .Victorian .society .and .the .lack .of .social
.action .by . religious .men .and .women .in .general.
Nightingale .Model .of .Nursing .Education .- .Correct .answer .- .- .Hospital .based.
- Overseen .by .trained .superintendent.
- Trained .staff .members .who .also .acted .as .instructors.
- Many .student .nurses .who .performed .bulk .of .nursing .care.
- Nightingale .model .missing .from .new .nursing .schools .because .they .had .no
.financing
- Nursing .students .had .to .provide .care .for .hospitals .in .return .for .education .&
.living . expenses
- Result: .Hospitals .able .to .provide .nursing .care .for .minimal .cost
, Sister .of .Charity .of .Montreal .- .Correct .answer .- .-1738
-Grey .Nuns
- .Formed .by .Marguerite .D'Youville
-Basically .the .birth .of .home .nursing
-Pledged .their .lives .to .helping .the .poor .and .the .sick .(home .visits)
-Establish .hospitals .across .Canada, .making .separate .wings .and .establish .a
.health . system.
- .cared .for .both .the .poor .and .the .wealthy