PROGRESSIVE CARE RN A V1 FINAL PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Early nurse role. Answer: Mother figure providing physical care and
herbal remedies
⩥ Early physician role. Answer: Medicine man; role separate from
nursing
⩥ Ancient Greek civilization. Answer: Temples were centers of medical
care
⩥ Early nursing. Answer: Care in homes and communities; included
nurse-midwives
⩥ Early Christian period. Answer: Nursing became formal; deaconesses
made organized home visits
⩥ Religious orders. Answer: Male and female groups cared for and
buried the sick
⩥ Crusades. Answer: Hospitals built for pilgrims; nursing gained respect
, ⩥ 16th century shift. Answer: Society moved away from religion toward
war and exploration
⩥ Nursing shortage. Answer: Closure of monasteries reduced caregivers
⩥ Convict nurses. Answer: Female criminals recruited; low pay, long
hours, poor reputation
⩥ Florence Nightingale. Answer: Founder of modern nursing; nursing as
art and science; education, records, reform
⩥ Clara Barton. Answer: Founded the American Red Cross
⩥ Linda Richards. Answer: First trained nurse in the U.S.
⩥ Mary Elizabeth Mahoney. Answer: First Black nurse in the U.S.
⩥ Isabel Hampton Robb. Answer: First president of Nurses Associated
Alumnae
⩥ Mary Adelaide Nutting. Answer: First nursing professor
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Early nurse role. Answer: Mother figure providing physical care and
herbal remedies
⩥ Early physician role. Answer: Medicine man; role separate from
nursing
⩥ Ancient Greek civilization. Answer: Temples were centers of medical
care
⩥ Early nursing. Answer: Care in homes and communities; included
nurse-midwives
⩥ Early Christian period. Answer: Nursing became formal; deaconesses
made organized home visits
⩥ Religious orders. Answer: Male and female groups cared for and
buried the sick
⩥ Crusades. Answer: Hospitals built for pilgrims; nursing gained respect
, ⩥ 16th century shift. Answer: Society moved away from religion toward
war and exploration
⩥ Nursing shortage. Answer: Closure of monasteries reduced caregivers
⩥ Convict nurses. Answer: Female criminals recruited; low pay, long
hours, poor reputation
⩥ Florence Nightingale. Answer: Founder of modern nursing; nursing as
art and science; education, records, reform
⩥ Clara Barton. Answer: Founded the American Red Cross
⩥ Linda Richards. Answer: First trained nurse in the U.S.
⩥ Mary Elizabeth Mahoney. Answer: First Black nurse in the U.S.
⩥ Isabel Hampton Robb. Answer: First president of Nurses Associated
Alumnae
⩥ Mary Adelaide Nutting. Answer: First nursing professor