Nursing 122 Chapter 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The early Nightingale model has "pupil" nurses training on hospital wards under the direction of
a nursing superintendent. This "pupil" nurse provided what? - CORRECT ANSWER --
hospitals with an inexpensive workforce
- hospitals with a skilled workforce
- working-class women with an opportunity for employment outside the home that was an
alternative to factory work
The training in hospital-based schools was arduous, requiring long days of patient service on the
wards, after which students attended classes. In addition to providing direct patient care, student
performed what tasks? - CORRECT ANSWER - - housing keeping tasks
- prepared meals
- cleaned the wards and operating rooms
- sterilized instruments
- assisted physicians
Later community health nursing was developed. Why was this important to the nation and to the
nursing profession? - CORRECT ANSWER - - brought essential health services to the
public outside the hospital environment
- unique opportunities to integrate epidemiological knowledge, sanitation, and nursing science to
the public
- community health nurses pioneered activities in health promotion and disease prevention
- political activities for health and welfare issues
What was the purpose of the Association of Collegiate Schools of nursing in 1935? - CORRECT
ANSWER - establish collegiate nursing programs in American universities
Why was the concept of the intensive care unit (ICU) was initiated? - CORRECT
ANSWER - - newly constructed hospitals had private rooms and long hallways, and
patients could no longer be seen from a central nurses' station
, - progress in physiologic monitoring and drug development during the twentieth century
radically changed the practice of medicine and nursing
The Mosaic Code is one of the oldest sources of what type of health promotion? - CORRECT
ANSWER - personal and public hygiene
What event in American history influenced the role black women have played in the nursing
profession? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Civil War, beginning in 1861
In the Middle Ages (467 BCE to AD 1450), women delivered food, medicine, and care to the
community's ill based on what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Christian concepts of charity
and the sanctity of human life
Give an example that best demonstrates that a nursing administrator understands the challenges
currently facing the professional nurse regarding patient safety. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Requiring that staffing and schedules accommodate the attendance at mandatory in-services
focusing on inter professional care collaboration
Give an example of a behavior that provides evidence addressing the ability of nursing as a
profession to provide high-quality, effective care as patient-centered needs intensify. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Enrolling in a Masters of Nursing Education graduate program
Who established the American Red Cross? - CORRECT ANSWER - Clara Barton
Where was the first diploma nursing program for blacks established at? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Place the following events in correct order:
- The Army Nurse Corps is established
- The Pennsylvania Hospital is established
- The visiting Nurse Association is established
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The early Nightingale model has "pupil" nurses training on hospital wards under the direction of
a nursing superintendent. This "pupil" nurse provided what? - CORRECT ANSWER --
hospitals with an inexpensive workforce
- hospitals with a skilled workforce
- working-class women with an opportunity for employment outside the home that was an
alternative to factory work
The training in hospital-based schools was arduous, requiring long days of patient service on the
wards, after which students attended classes. In addition to providing direct patient care, student
performed what tasks? - CORRECT ANSWER - - housing keeping tasks
- prepared meals
- cleaned the wards and operating rooms
- sterilized instruments
- assisted physicians
Later community health nursing was developed. Why was this important to the nation and to the
nursing profession? - CORRECT ANSWER - - brought essential health services to the
public outside the hospital environment
- unique opportunities to integrate epidemiological knowledge, sanitation, and nursing science to
the public
- community health nurses pioneered activities in health promotion and disease prevention
- political activities for health and welfare issues
What was the purpose of the Association of Collegiate Schools of nursing in 1935? - CORRECT
ANSWER - establish collegiate nursing programs in American universities
Why was the concept of the intensive care unit (ICU) was initiated? - CORRECT
ANSWER - - newly constructed hospitals had private rooms and long hallways, and
patients could no longer be seen from a central nurses' station
, - progress in physiologic monitoring and drug development during the twentieth century
radically changed the practice of medicine and nursing
The Mosaic Code is one of the oldest sources of what type of health promotion? - CORRECT
ANSWER - personal and public hygiene
What event in American history influenced the role black women have played in the nursing
profession? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Civil War, beginning in 1861
In the Middle Ages (467 BCE to AD 1450), women delivered food, medicine, and care to the
community's ill based on what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Christian concepts of charity
and the sanctity of human life
Give an example that best demonstrates that a nursing administrator understands the challenges
currently facing the professional nurse regarding patient safety. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Requiring that staffing and schedules accommodate the attendance at mandatory in-services
focusing on inter professional care collaboration
Give an example of a behavior that provides evidence addressing the ability of nursing as a
profession to provide high-quality, effective care as patient-centered needs intensify. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Enrolling in a Masters of Nursing Education graduate program
Who established the American Red Cross? - CORRECT ANSWER - Clara Barton
Where was the first diploma nursing program for blacks established at? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Place the following events in correct order:
- The Army Nurse Corps is established
- The Pennsylvania Hospital is established
- The visiting Nurse Association is established
