Assignment: History of Nursing Test Questions and Correct Answers.

Which war helped to expand the role of the nurse practitioner to include advanced emergency procedures?? - Answer Vietnam War What nurse was an expert on cholera, who paid her own way to help wounded soldiers on the battlefield? - Answer Mary Seacole Which nurse was appointed as the Superintendent of women nurses by the Union Army? - Answer Dorothea Dix Prior to professional nurses, who would take care of the sick and injured? - Answer Catholic Nuns After which war did the United States realize the need for nurses to have a formal education and training? - Answer Civil War Who was not allowed into early nursing schools until 1886? - Answer Men What historical event served as a setting for the emergence of nursing leaders and professional organizations? - Answer WW2 Who pioneered public health nursing? - Answer Lillian Wald Who reformed nursing care, infection control, nursing education, and hospital epidemiology? - Answer Florence Nightingale What was one of the many things that changed in healthcare due to the AIDS epidemic - Answer Use of medical gloves Who founded the American Red Cross? - Answer Clara Barton Who founded the Frontier Nursing Service and provided midwifery services in rural Kentucky? - Answer Mary Breckenridge Who was the first Black nurse to complete nursing training and work as a professional nurse in the United States? - Answer Mary Mahoney