Assignment: History of Nursing
questions and answers 2024\2025
A+ Grade
Which war helped to expand the role of the nurse practitioner to include advanced emergency
procedures??
- correct answer Vietnam War
What nurse was an expert on cholera, who paid her own way to help wounded soldiers on the
battlefield?
- correct answer Mary Seacole
Which nurse was appointed as the Superintendent of women nurses by the Union Army?
- correct answer Dorothea Dix
Prior to professional nurses, who would take care of the sick and injured?
- correct answer Catholic Nuns
After which war did the United States realize the need for nurses to have a formal education and
training?
- correct answer Civil War
Who was not allowed into early nursing schools until 1886?
- correct answer Men
What historical event served as a setting for the emergence of nursing leaders and professional
organizations?
- correct answer WW2
questions and answers 2024\2025
A+ Grade
Which war helped to expand the role of the nurse practitioner to include advanced emergency
procedures??
- correct answer Vietnam War
What nurse was an expert on cholera, who paid her own way to help wounded soldiers on the
battlefield?
- correct answer Mary Seacole
Which nurse was appointed as the Superintendent of women nurses by the Union Army?
- correct answer Dorothea Dix
Prior to professional nurses, who would take care of the sick and injured?
- correct answer Catholic Nuns
After which war did the United States realize the need for nurses to have a formal education and
training?
- correct answer Civil War
Who was not allowed into early nursing schools until 1886?
- correct answer Men
What historical event served as a setting for the emergence of nursing leaders and professional
organizations?
- correct answer WW2
