NSC 252 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Crimean War in Europe - Answers -1853 - 1856
England, privileged, visits sick and poor with hermother• At the age of 30 entered a 3-
year nursing programin Germany - Answers -Florence Nightingale
founded St Thomas's Hospital in London (1stEnglish training school)• Model for nursing
training schools in the U.S - Answers -1860
Nursing was largely influenced bysocial, political and economic factors SUCH AS -
Answers -War, status, religion, gender, societal attitudes
Cared for sick, homeless and poor - Answers -Many hospitals were also charitable
housing• Considered to be caring for the desperate
Many "nurses" were - Answers -prostitutes• Considered to be caring for the desperate•
Guards present at night to drug "rowdy" patients
Civil War 1861 - 1865 - Answers -Death rates skyrocketed. Government wrote
toFlorence Nightingale for help.• Began to plan hospitals and recruit nurses.
Who trained Nurses - Answers -The Doctors/Physicians
Clara Barton founded founded what in 1881? - Answers -American Red Cross
In the Late 1800s who staffed the hospitals - Answers -Nursing Student
"Nursing is an autonomous and caringprofession. Nursing is an art andscience that
promotes health throughpatient-centered care. While respectingpatients' rights to self-
determination,nursing provides holistic care duringhealth, illness, and death". - Answers
-EKU BSN Student Handbook
"Nursing is the protection, promotion, andoptimization of health and abilities, prevention
ofillness and injury, alleviation of suffering throughthe diagnosis and treatment of human
response,and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,communities, and
populations". - Answers -American Nurses' Association2014c
Frontier Nursing service - Answers -Used for rural areas, for example Appalachia.
Present Day Leslie County.
20000 nurses served without rank or pay
Discrimination against african american nurses - Answers -WW1 1914-1918
Crimean War in Europe - Answers -1853 - 1856
England, privileged, visits sick and poor with hermother• At the age of 30 entered a 3-
year nursing programin Germany - Answers -Florence Nightingale
founded St Thomas's Hospital in London (1stEnglish training school)• Model for nursing
training schools in the U.S - Answers -1860
Nursing was largely influenced bysocial, political and economic factors SUCH AS -
Answers -War, status, religion, gender, societal attitudes
Cared for sick, homeless and poor - Answers -Many hospitals were also charitable
housing• Considered to be caring for the desperate
Many "nurses" were - Answers -prostitutes• Considered to be caring for the desperate•
Guards present at night to drug "rowdy" patients
Civil War 1861 - 1865 - Answers -Death rates skyrocketed. Government wrote
toFlorence Nightingale for help.• Began to plan hospitals and recruit nurses.
Who trained Nurses - Answers -The Doctors/Physicians
Clara Barton founded founded what in 1881? - Answers -American Red Cross
In the Late 1800s who staffed the hospitals - Answers -Nursing Student
"Nursing is an autonomous and caringprofession. Nursing is an art andscience that
promotes health throughpatient-centered care. While respectingpatients' rights to self-
determination,nursing provides holistic care duringhealth, illness, and death". - Answers
-EKU BSN Student Handbook
"Nursing is the protection, promotion, andoptimization of health and abilities, prevention
ofillness and injury, alleviation of suffering throughthe diagnosis and treatment of human
response,and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,communities, and
populations". - Answers -American Nurses' Association2014c
Frontier Nursing service - Answers -Used for rural areas, for example Appalachia.
Present Day Leslie County.
20000 nurses served without rank or pay
Discrimination against african american nurses - Answers -WW1 1914-1918
