CANS CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH PRACTICE SOLUTION
GRADED A+
◉ education development. Answer: Nightingale, Training schools,
diploma programs, colleges
◉ Nightingale-education. Answer: -first formal education in St
Thomas, London
-schools should be separate from hospitals
◉ Training Schools-education. Answer: -1873-first US training
school
-1900-432 hospital operated nursing programs
◉ Diploma Programs-education. Answer: -hospital based education
-students staffed hospitals
-quality education not the priority
-decline in the mid-60s
◉ Reports on Nursing Education. Answer: Goldmark Report, Brown,
& Institute of Medicine
,◉ general consensus. Answer: -programs in higher education
-nurses should be highly educated
-students should not staff hospitals
-practice standards should be developed
-grads should meet minimum qualifications
◉ Goldmark Report. Answer: -1923
-nursing education should be a colleges/universities not hospitals
-encouraged midwifery
◉ Brown Report 1948
Nursing for the Future. Answer: recommended institutions of higher
education, with an effort to recruit men and minorities
◉ Institute of Medicine. Answer: -2011
-nurses must practice to the fullest extent of their education and
training
-nurses should attain higher education levels through a system of
improved education with seamless progression across degrees
, -as health care is transformed, nurses should work with all other
health care professionals
-improved data collection
◉ different levels of education. Answer: diploma, ADN, BSN, MSN,
PhD, DNP
◉ exam. Answer: all levels take the same exam and the US dept of
education sets standards
-diploma, ADN, BSN
◉ articulated programs. Answer: -mobility between programs
-opportunities to move up the ladder
-multiple entry and exit programs
-accept transfer credits
◉ BSN program. Answer: -theoretical & scientific focus
◉ ADN. Answer: community college, low cost, part-time, evening
classes, shorter program
QUESTIONS WITH PRACTICE SOLUTION
GRADED A+
◉ education development. Answer: Nightingale, Training schools,
diploma programs, colleges
◉ Nightingale-education. Answer: -first formal education in St
Thomas, London
-schools should be separate from hospitals
◉ Training Schools-education. Answer: -1873-first US training
school
-1900-432 hospital operated nursing programs
◉ Diploma Programs-education. Answer: -hospital based education
-students staffed hospitals
-quality education not the priority
-decline in the mid-60s
◉ Reports on Nursing Education. Answer: Goldmark Report, Brown,
& Institute of Medicine
,◉ general consensus. Answer: -programs in higher education
-nurses should be highly educated
-students should not staff hospitals
-practice standards should be developed
-grads should meet minimum qualifications
◉ Goldmark Report. Answer: -1923
-nursing education should be a colleges/universities not hospitals
-encouraged midwifery
◉ Brown Report 1948
Nursing for the Future. Answer: recommended institutions of higher
education, with an effort to recruit men and minorities
◉ Institute of Medicine. Answer: -2011
-nurses must practice to the fullest extent of their education and
training
-nurses should attain higher education levels through a system of
improved education with seamless progression across degrees
, -as health care is transformed, nurses should work with all other
health care professionals
-improved data collection
◉ different levels of education. Answer: diploma, ADN, BSN, MSN,
PhD, DNP
◉ exam. Answer: all levels take the same exam and the US dept of
education sets standards
-diploma, ADN, BSN
◉ articulated programs. Answer: -mobility between programs
-opportunities to move up the ladder
-multiple entry and exit programs
-accept transfer credits
◉ BSN program. Answer: -theoretical & scientific focus
◉ ADN. Answer: community college, low cost, part-time, evening
classes, shorter program
