CONTEMPORARY NURSING ISSUES TRENDS
AND MANAGEMENT 9TH EDITION BY
BARBARA CHERRY SUSAN R JACOB EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
⩥ Is the nursing profession aging? Answer: rise in number of nurses
under 30, increase of nurses over 60
⩥ What percent of RNs actively work? Answer: 85%
⩥ What percent of RNs are ethnic? Answer: 16.8%
⩥ What do clinical ladder programs do? Answer: Allow nurses to
progress upward through direct-care roles
⩥ What did Florence Nightingale write Answer: She wrote Notes on
Nursing
⩥ Who founded the first training school for nurses and where? Answer:
Florence Nightingale in London
, ⩥ True or False...Before Nightingale, men provided most of the nursing
care. Answer: False
⩥ What are the four technological developments? Answer: Genetics,
Biomedical, Information, and Knowledge
⩥ What were the requirements for early nursing school applicants?
Answer: "good breeding", submission to authority, sensitivity,
intelligence
⩥ In early training who were discriminated against? Answer: Males,
African-Americans, and Jewish applicants
⩥ What was the first school exclusively for men? Answer: School for
Male Nurses at the NYC training school
⩥ What was the first school exclusively for African Americans? Answer:
Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary
⩥ What was formed at the Chicago World's Fair when several nursing
leaders emerged to share ideas? Answer: the National League for
Nursing
⩥ Who founded the American Nurses Association? Answer: Isabel
Hampton Robb
AND MANAGEMENT 9TH EDITION BY
BARBARA CHERRY SUSAN R JACOB EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
⩥ Is the nursing profession aging? Answer: rise in number of nurses
under 30, increase of nurses over 60
⩥ What percent of RNs actively work? Answer: 85%
⩥ What percent of RNs are ethnic? Answer: 16.8%
⩥ What do clinical ladder programs do? Answer: Allow nurses to
progress upward through direct-care roles
⩥ What did Florence Nightingale write Answer: She wrote Notes on
Nursing
⩥ Who founded the first training school for nurses and where? Answer:
Florence Nightingale in London
, ⩥ True or False...Before Nightingale, men provided most of the nursing
care. Answer: False
⩥ What are the four technological developments? Answer: Genetics,
Biomedical, Information, and Knowledge
⩥ What were the requirements for early nursing school applicants?
Answer: "good breeding", submission to authority, sensitivity,
intelligence
⩥ In early training who were discriminated against? Answer: Males,
African-Americans, and Jewish applicants
⩥ What was the first school exclusively for men? Answer: School for
Male Nurses at the NYC training school
⩥ What was the first school exclusively for African Americans? Answer:
Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary
⩥ What was formed at the Chicago World's Fair when several nursing
leaders emerged to share ideas? Answer: the National League for
Nursing
⩥ Who founded the American Nurses Association? Answer: Isabel
Hampton Robb
