NURS 1001 Quiz Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Florence Nightingale - Correct answer-Established sanitary nursing care units.
Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of nursing, got a calling
from God, reformed military health care in the Crimean War
Dorothea Dix - Correct answer-A reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat
the insane as mentally ill, beginning in the 1820's, she was responsible for
improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S.
and Canada. She succeeded in persuading many states to assume responsibility for
the care of the mentally ill. She served as the Superintendant of Nurses for the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Clara Barton - Correct answer-Launched the American Red Cross in 1881; cared
for US and Cuban soldiers in the Spanish-American Way, the diving force behind
the creation of the army Nurse Corps
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, Mary Breckinridge - Correct answer-Established the Frontier Nursing Service (first
organized midwifery service in the US-midwives provided primary care, prenatal
care, + postnatal care, w/ an emphasis on prevention)
Lilliam Wald - Correct answer-credited with creating the title "public health nurse,"
established the Henry Street Settlement- an independent nursing service which
offered health care to area residents in their homes on a sliding fee scale; it laid the
foundation for the establishment of the public health nurse in the US
Margaret Sanger - Correct answer-devoted her life to teaching women about birth
control, credited w/ founding planned parenthood of America
Mary P. Mahoney - Correct answer-the 1st african american nursing school
graduate in the US., graduated from the New England Hospital for Women +
children
Jessie Sleet Scales - Correct answer-First African American public health nurse,
provided districy nursing care to NYC's African american families + is credited w/
paving the way for african american nurses in the practice of community health
Mary Elizabeth Carregie - Correct answer-1st black nurse to serve as a voting
member on the board of a state nursing association
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Answers Graded A+
Florence Nightingale - Correct answer-Established sanitary nursing care units.
Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of nursing, got a calling
from God, reformed military health care in the Crimean War
Dorothea Dix - Correct answer-A reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat
the insane as mentally ill, beginning in the 1820's, she was responsible for
improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S.
and Canada. She succeeded in persuading many states to assume responsibility for
the care of the mentally ill. She served as the Superintendant of Nurses for the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Clara Barton - Correct answer-Launched the American Red Cross in 1881; cared
for US and Cuban soldiers in the Spanish-American Way, the diving force behind
the creation of the army Nurse Corps
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, Mary Breckinridge - Correct answer-Established the Frontier Nursing Service (first
organized midwifery service in the US-midwives provided primary care, prenatal
care, + postnatal care, w/ an emphasis on prevention)
Lilliam Wald - Correct answer-credited with creating the title "public health nurse,"
established the Henry Street Settlement- an independent nursing service which
offered health care to area residents in their homes on a sliding fee scale; it laid the
foundation for the establishment of the public health nurse in the US
Margaret Sanger - Correct answer-devoted her life to teaching women about birth
control, credited w/ founding planned parenthood of America
Mary P. Mahoney - Correct answer-the 1st african american nursing school
graduate in the US., graduated from the New England Hospital for Women +
children
Jessie Sleet Scales - Correct answer-First African American public health nurse,
provided districy nursing care to NYC's African american families + is credited w/
paving the way for african american nurses in the practice of community health
Mary Elizabeth Carregie - Correct answer-1st black nurse to serve as a voting
member on the board of a state nursing association
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