NURS 1111 PART 1 NURSE EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CNA position
"the value of nursing today" - ANS CNA believes that learning from nursing history is critical
to advancing the profession in the interests of the Canadian public.
CNA believes that an *understanding of nursing history is critical to participation in health-care
reform today.*
CNA believes that the responsibility for the collection, preservation, research and dissemination
of nursing history is shared among *individual nurses, nursing history researchers, nurse
educators, nursing organizations and health-care agencies, nursing alumni associations,
governments, and museums and archives.* All share the responsibility to integrate nursing
history into nursing education and professional awareness and to actively support nursing
historical research.
Responsibilities of
a) individual nurses
b) researchers
c) nurse educators - ANS • Individual nurses have a responsibility to *preserve nursing
history by sharing historical materials and experiences* (e.g., artifacts, oral histories and
biographies).
• Researchers of nursing history are responsible for *engaging in scholarly research through
peer-reviewed and ethically approved studies that adhere to established professional historical
practices and for validating, refining and challenging existing knowledge as well as generating
new knowledge*.2
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, • Nurse educators are responsible for *integrating historical concepts and content into
curricula* as well as updating teaching materials. They are responsible for *imparting a sense of
the value of nursing history* to students. They are responsible for reading, assessing and
applying scholarly research and publication in the area of nursing history.
Responsibilities of
a) nursing alumni associations
b) nursing organizations and health care agencies
c)governments
d) museums and archives - ANS • Nursing alumni associations are responsible for
contributing to the preservation of their materials by transferring items to archives and
museums.
• Nursing organizations and health-care agencies are responsible for collecting and preserving
materials related to nursing.
• Governments are responsible for preserving the history of nursing in Canada. They do so by
supporting museums, archives and publications and by supporting researchers of nursing
history.
• Museums and archives are responsible for preserving and providing access to nursing history
for study, research, clinical and educational purposes.
Metaparadigm - ANS - general statement of a discipline and functions as a framework in
which the more restricted structures of conceptual models develop
- *compromised knowledge needed to understand medical situations*
What are the metaparadigms of nursing - ANS Person, environment, health, nursing
What are the origins of the word nurse? - ANS nurse - nourish - nutrix
nurse means to take care of/care for
nurse as a verb - breastfeeding
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, How did "nurse" evolve over time? what are some meanings or homonyms for "nurse"? -
ANS nurse: look after something over time
initially it meant taking care of children
during shakespearian times - meant taking care of the ill
western society was more prominent in nursing than eastern
it was a female dominated profession, that went from non secular to secular
What did florence nightingale contribute to nursing? why did she become so famous? -
ANS Florence nightingale was born into a birthsh family. She became famous for her nursing
during the *crimean war.*
In 1859 she wrote a book, *"notes on nursing"* which was a nursing manual
she was known as "the lady with the lamp"
Why was the nightingale system so influential? - ANS *Nightingale training school*
first generation of professionally trained nurses
her influence derived from her class- (upper class white lady)
Feminization and Secularization of nursing - ANS Women led profession, started to become
not religious
What are some important themes in the nursing history? - ANS Gender roles, war,
discrimination, labor struggle, relationship with medicine
What are the hallmarks of professionalization - ANS degree requirements
monopoly on certain jobs
regulatory mechanism - professional standards/admission regulation
Why did *hospital training schools* become so commonplace at the end of the 19th century -
ANS hospitals benefited from having training schools
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CNA position
"the value of nursing today" - ANS CNA believes that learning from nursing history is critical
to advancing the profession in the interests of the Canadian public.
CNA believes that an *understanding of nursing history is critical to participation in health-care
reform today.*
CNA believes that the responsibility for the collection, preservation, research and dissemination
of nursing history is shared among *individual nurses, nursing history researchers, nurse
educators, nursing organizations and health-care agencies, nursing alumni associations,
governments, and museums and archives.* All share the responsibility to integrate nursing
history into nursing education and professional awareness and to actively support nursing
historical research.
Responsibilities of
a) individual nurses
b) researchers
c) nurse educators - ANS • Individual nurses have a responsibility to *preserve nursing
history by sharing historical materials and experiences* (e.g., artifacts, oral histories and
biographies).
• Researchers of nursing history are responsible for *engaging in scholarly research through
peer-reviewed and ethically approved studies that adhere to established professional historical
practices and for validating, refining and challenging existing knowledge as well as generating
new knowledge*.2
1 Copyright ©BRIGHSTARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2025
, • Nurse educators are responsible for *integrating historical concepts and content into
curricula* as well as updating teaching materials. They are responsible for *imparting a sense of
the value of nursing history* to students. They are responsible for reading, assessing and
applying scholarly research and publication in the area of nursing history.
Responsibilities of
a) nursing alumni associations
b) nursing organizations and health care agencies
c)governments
d) museums and archives - ANS • Nursing alumni associations are responsible for
contributing to the preservation of their materials by transferring items to archives and
museums.
• Nursing organizations and health-care agencies are responsible for collecting and preserving
materials related to nursing.
• Governments are responsible for preserving the history of nursing in Canada. They do so by
supporting museums, archives and publications and by supporting researchers of nursing
history.
• Museums and archives are responsible for preserving and providing access to nursing history
for study, research, clinical and educational purposes.
Metaparadigm - ANS - general statement of a discipline and functions as a framework in
which the more restricted structures of conceptual models develop
- *compromised knowledge needed to understand medical situations*
What are the metaparadigms of nursing - ANS Person, environment, health, nursing
What are the origins of the word nurse? - ANS nurse - nourish - nutrix
nurse means to take care of/care for
nurse as a verb - breastfeeding
2 Copyright ©BRIGHSTARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2025
, How did "nurse" evolve over time? what are some meanings or homonyms for "nurse"? -
ANS nurse: look after something over time
initially it meant taking care of children
during shakespearian times - meant taking care of the ill
western society was more prominent in nursing than eastern
it was a female dominated profession, that went from non secular to secular
What did florence nightingale contribute to nursing? why did she become so famous? -
ANS Florence nightingale was born into a birthsh family. She became famous for her nursing
during the *crimean war.*
In 1859 she wrote a book, *"notes on nursing"* which was a nursing manual
she was known as "the lady with the lamp"
Why was the nightingale system so influential? - ANS *Nightingale training school*
first generation of professionally trained nurses
her influence derived from her class- (upper class white lady)
Feminization and Secularization of nursing - ANS Women led profession, started to become
not religious
What are some important themes in the nursing history? - ANS Gender roles, war,
discrimination, labor struggle, relationship with medicine
What are the hallmarks of professionalization - ANS degree requirements
monopoly on certain jobs
regulatory mechanism - professional standards/admission regulation
Why did *hospital training schools* become so commonplace at the end of the 19th century -
ANS hospitals benefited from having training schools
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