NUR 380 Exam 1 questions and answers
2025
Florence Nightingale - Nursing's first science theorist
Established sanitary nursing care units
Founder of modern nursing
Began professional education of nursing
Clara Barton - Played a role in establishing the American Red Cross and persuaded
congress to ratify their treaty with the International Red Cross
Linda Richards - America's first trained nurse
Introduced nursing notes
Introduced doctor's orders
Initiated the practice of nurses wearing uniforms
Credited for work in industrial and psych nursing
Mary Mahoney - First African American nurse
Lillian Wald - Founder of public health nursing
Lavina Dock - Advocated for legislation for nurses to control nursing practice
Founded American Society for Superintendents of Training Schools for nurses which was
a precursor for NLN
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Margaret Sanger - Leader of the movement to legalize birth control
Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S.
Founded Planned Parenthood
Mary Breckinridge - Established the Frontier Nursing Service
Luther Christman - Founded the American Assembly for Men in Nursing and the
National Student Nurses' Association
Advocate for advanced education of nurses and science-based nursing education
Ernest Grant - First male president of ANA (2019)
Purpose of Nurse Practice Act - Protect the public by regulating the practice of nursing in
the U.S.
Purpose of Stands of Professional Nursing - Describe the responsibilities for which
nurses are accountable
Benner's Novice Stage - No experience (nursing student), performance is limited,
inflexible, and governed by context-free rules and regulation other than experience
Benner's Advanced Beginner Stage - Demonstrates marginally acceptable performance,
recognizes the meaningfulness of real life situations, has experienced enough real life
situations to make judgements about them
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