UTA Intro to Nursing Exam 1 Prep
Questions And Already Passed Answers
2025\2026 Graded A+.
Florence Nightingale (Crimean War) - Answer Founder of modern nursing and a reformer of
hospital sanitation methods.
Founded first training school at St. Thomas' Hospital
Mary Seacole (Crimean War) - Answer Jamaican nurse & businesswoman who was refused the
right to work with Nightingale, named "Greatest Black Briton," expert on cholera
Dorthea Dix (Civil War) - Answer Civil War Superintendent of Union Army Nurses, advocate for
mentally ill & prisoners
Louisa May Alcott (Civil War) - Answer American writer and reformer best known for her
largely autobiographical novel Little Women (1868-1869).
Mary Ann Bickerdyke (Civil War) - Answer Traveled to care for soldiers and established more
than 300 field hospitals
Clara Barton (1821-1912) - Answer Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red
Cross. "Angel of the Battlefield"
First 3 training schools - Answer Bellevue, Connecticut, Boston
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) - Answer Graduated from the New England Hospital for
Women and Children in 1879, becoming the first African-American professional nurse. Worked
for acceptance of African-Americans in the nursing profession.
Lilian Wald (1867-1940) - Answer Founder of the Henry Street Settlement in New York
Developments in nursing - Answer 1893 - 3 nurses meet at Chicago World's Fair and form what
later become the National League for Nursing (NLN)
1896 - American Nurses Association (ANA)
, National League for Nursing (NLN) - Answer Professional organization whose members
represent multiple disciplines. They conduct many types of programs, including accrediting
nursing education programs. In 1950 they assumed responsibility for state boards
The Great Depression (1931-1945) - Answer With hospitals largely staffed by nursing students,
most nurses who had completed their training worked as private duty nurses in patients' homes
WWII: Opportunities for Nursing - Answer Need for more nurses; Congress enacted substantial
support for nursing education (schooling in exchange for commitment to serve)
Hill-Burton Act of 1946 - Answer Provided for the growth of new facilities and increased need
for nurses.
Associate degree in nursing began
Julie O. Flikke - Answer The first nurse to be promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army.
3 Historical Professions - Answer Medicine, Law, Clergy
Occupation - Answer Training on job
Work is largely manual
Work is supervised
Material reward
Profession - Answer Education - college / university
Prolonged education
Mental creativity
Decision making - science & evidence
Values & ethics
Commitment & personal identification are strong
Own decision making (autonomous)
Nursing considered to be - Answer emerging profession due to differing levels of education
Questions And Already Passed Answers
2025\2026 Graded A+.
Florence Nightingale (Crimean War) - Answer Founder of modern nursing and a reformer of
hospital sanitation methods.
Founded first training school at St. Thomas' Hospital
Mary Seacole (Crimean War) - Answer Jamaican nurse & businesswoman who was refused the
right to work with Nightingale, named "Greatest Black Briton," expert on cholera
Dorthea Dix (Civil War) - Answer Civil War Superintendent of Union Army Nurses, advocate for
mentally ill & prisoners
Louisa May Alcott (Civil War) - Answer American writer and reformer best known for her
largely autobiographical novel Little Women (1868-1869).
Mary Ann Bickerdyke (Civil War) - Answer Traveled to care for soldiers and established more
than 300 field hospitals
Clara Barton (1821-1912) - Answer Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red
Cross. "Angel of the Battlefield"
First 3 training schools - Answer Bellevue, Connecticut, Boston
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) - Answer Graduated from the New England Hospital for
Women and Children in 1879, becoming the first African-American professional nurse. Worked
for acceptance of African-Americans in the nursing profession.
Lilian Wald (1867-1940) - Answer Founder of the Henry Street Settlement in New York
Developments in nursing - Answer 1893 - 3 nurses meet at Chicago World's Fair and form what
later become the National League for Nursing (NLN)
1896 - American Nurses Association (ANA)
, National League for Nursing (NLN) - Answer Professional organization whose members
represent multiple disciplines. They conduct many types of programs, including accrediting
nursing education programs. In 1950 they assumed responsibility for state boards
The Great Depression (1931-1945) - Answer With hospitals largely staffed by nursing students,
most nurses who had completed their training worked as private duty nurses in patients' homes
WWII: Opportunities for Nursing - Answer Need for more nurses; Congress enacted substantial
support for nursing education (schooling in exchange for commitment to serve)
Hill-Burton Act of 1946 - Answer Provided for the growth of new facilities and increased need
for nurses.
Associate degree in nursing began
Julie O. Flikke - Answer The first nurse to be promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army.
3 Historical Professions - Answer Medicine, Law, Clergy
Occupation - Answer Training on job
Work is largely manual
Work is supervised
Material reward
Profession - Answer Education - college / university
Prolonged education
Mental creativity
Decision making - science & evidence
Values & ethics
Commitment & personal identification are strong
Own decision making (autonomous)
Nursing considered to be - Answer emerging profession due to differing levels of education
