NUR 202 EXAM 1 2025/2026 Questions with
Correct Answers Well Elaborated Real Exam
A+ Graded-Alabama
what does nursing provide
an opportunity for you to commit to lifelong learning and career development
career development
-provider of care
-advanced practices registered nurses (advanced education)
-nurse educator
-nurse administrator
-nurse researcher
nursing shortage
-important to learn to use your patient contact time efficiently and professionally
-essential skills: time management, therapeutic communication, patient education,
compassionate implementation of bedside skills
what do nurses do
,-respond to needs of patients
-actively participate in determining best practices
historical influences
-knowledge of the history of nursing profession increases your ability to understand
the social and intellectual origins of the discipline
Florence Nightingale (know this bish)
-first practicing epidemiologist (disease detective)
-organized first school of nursing (St. Thomas's in London)
-improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals (effectiveness of fresh air, hygiene, and
nutrition)
-practices remain a basic part of nursing today
Clara Barton
Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Mother Bickerdyke
organized ambulance services and walked abandoned battlefields at night, looking for
wounded soldiers.
, Harriet Tubman
Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad
Mary Mahoney
First professionally trained African American nurse
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster
Opened the Henry Street Settlement, focusing on the health needs of the poor
20th century nursing
-movement towards scientific, research-based practice and defined body of
knowledge
-1906: Mary Adelaide Nutting, first nursing professor at Columbia Teacher's College
(moved nursing into university)
-Army and Navy Corps established
-1920's: nursing specialization began
21st Century nursing
-changes in curriculum
Correct Answers Well Elaborated Real Exam
A+ Graded-Alabama
what does nursing provide
an opportunity for you to commit to lifelong learning and career development
career development
-provider of care
-advanced practices registered nurses (advanced education)
-nurse educator
-nurse administrator
-nurse researcher
nursing shortage
-important to learn to use your patient contact time efficiently and professionally
-essential skills: time management, therapeutic communication, patient education,
compassionate implementation of bedside skills
what do nurses do
,-respond to needs of patients
-actively participate in determining best practices
historical influences
-knowledge of the history of nursing profession increases your ability to understand
the social and intellectual origins of the discipline
Florence Nightingale (know this bish)
-first practicing epidemiologist (disease detective)
-organized first school of nursing (St. Thomas's in London)
-improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals (effectiveness of fresh air, hygiene, and
nutrition)
-practices remain a basic part of nursing today
Clara Barton
Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Mother Bickerdyke
organized ambulance services and walked abandoned battlefields at night, looking for
wounded soldiers.
, Harriet Tubman
Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad
Mary Mahoney
First professionally trained African American nurse
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster
Opened the Henry Street Settlement, focusing on the health needs of the poor
20th century nursing
-movement towards scientific, research-based practice and defined body of
knowledge
-1906: Mary Adelaide Nutting, first nursing professor at Columbia Teacher's College
(moved nursing into university)
-Army and Navy Corps established
-1920's: nursing specialization began
21st Century nursing
-changes in curriculum
