NUR 4837 UNIT 1 QUIZ FINAL PREPARATION
MANUAL 2026
◉ ANA Answer: -Founded in 1896
-The ANA is the only full-service professional organization
representing the interests of the nation's 3.6 million registered
nurses
-National Organization (ANA)
State-level Constituent Organizations (e.g.: ANA-New York)
-In 2013 the American Nurses Association had 163,011 registered
members
◉ definition of nursing Answer: "Nursing is the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations."
◉ scope of practice Answer: -The "who," "what," "where," "when,"
"why," and "how" of nursing practice.
-Each of these questions must be answered to provide a complete
picture of the dynamic and complex practice of nursing
,-Scope of practice bound by state regulations, organizational
policies, patient needs
-Trend to expand nurses' scope of practice to take advantage of their
education and expertise
◉ scope of practice- ask yourself Answer: -Did I learn this skill in my
basic nursing program?
-Did I learn this skill as part of a comprehensive training program
which included clinical experience?
-Is the skill commonplace in nursing literature and in nursing
practice that it can reasonably and prudently be assumed within
scope?
-Is the skill outlined in the organization's policy and procedure
manual?
-Does this skill pass the "reasonable and prudent" standard of
nursing?
◉ the goals of the nursing profession (social compact)
Nursing has an active and enduring leadership role six areas of
health care: Answer: 1. Organization, delivery, and financing of
quality health care
2. Provision for the public's health
3. Expansion of nursing knowledge and appropriate application of
technology
4. Expansion of healthcare resources and health policy
,5. Planning for health policy and regulation
6. Duties under extreme conditions
◉ workforce issues and trends Answer: IOM Future of Nursing
Report -goal that 80% of the RN workforce holds a bachelor's degree
Promote racial and ethnic diversity of the workforce so it more
closely matches the US population
Wave of retirement, impending shortage, new career opportunities
Four generations of nurses in the workplace each with different
values and expectations
◉ Mid-Nineteenth-Century Nursing
in England:
The Influence of Florence Nightingale Answer: She was the founder
of modern nursing.
May 12, 1820
She was the daughter of a privileged, aristocratic family.
Stifled by her social position, she entered nurses' training at age 30.
She spurred reform of the British Army medical system based on her
efforts during Crimean War.
She wrote Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not to
establish nursing's unique body of knowledge.
She founded first training school for nurses in London (1860).
, ◉ After the Civil War: Moving Toward Education and Licensure
Under the Challenges of Segregation Answer: The Civil War
prompted a move toward formal education of nurses
Three American schools were modeled after Nightingale's school
and opened in 1873:
Bellevue Training School for Nurses (New York City)
Connecticut Training School for Nurses (New Haven)
Boston Training School for Nurses at Massachusetts General
Hospital
◉ The Feminization of Nursing Answer: Requirements for early
nursing school applicants were based on Victorian stereotypes of
female qualities.
"Good breeding" and "ladylike behavior"
Submission to authority
Sensitivity
Intelligence
◉ Professionalization Through Organization Answer: Chicago
World's Fair (1893)
Several nursing leaders emerged after gathering there to share
ideas.
Isabel Hampton Robb
MANUAL 2026
◉ ANA Answer: -Founded in 1896
-The ANA is the only full-service professional organization
representing the interests of the nation's 3.6 million registered
nurses
-National Organization (ANA)
State-level Constituent Organizations (e.g.: ANA-New York)
-In 2013 the American Nurses Association had 163,011 registered
members
◉ definition of nursing Answer: "Nursing is the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations."
◉ scope of practice Answer: -The "who," "what," "where," "when,"
"why," and "how" of nursing practice.
-Each of these questions must be answered to provide a complete
picture of the dynamic and complex practice of nursing
,-Scope of practice bound by state regulations, organizational
policies, patient needs
-Trend to expand nurses' scope of practice to take advantage of their
education and expertise
◉ scope of practice- ask yourself Answer: -Did I learn this skill in my
basic nursing program?
-Did I learn this skill as part of a comprehensive training program
which included clinical experience?
-Is the skill commonplace in nursing literature and in nursing
practice that it can reasonably and prudently be assumed within
scope?
-Is the skill outlined in the organization's policy and procedure
manual?
-Does this skill pass the "reasonable and prudent" standard of
nursing?
◉ the goals of the nursing profession (social compact)
Nursing has an active and enduring leadership role six areas of
health care: Answer: 1. Organization, delivery, and financing of
quality health care
2. Provision for the public's health
3. Expansion of nursing knowledge and appropriate application of
technology
4. Expansion of healthcare resources and health policy
,5. Planning for health policy and regulation
6. Duties under extreme conditions
◉ workforce issues and trends Answer: IOM Future of Nursing
Report -goal that 80% of the RN workforce holds a bachelor's degree
Promote racial and ethnic diversity of the workforce so it more
closely matches the US population
Wave of retirement, impending shortage, new career opportunities
Four generations of nurses in the workplace each with different
values and expectations
◉ Mid-Nineteenth-Century Nursing
in England:
The Influence of Florence Nightingale Answer: She was the founder
of modern nursing.
May 12, 1820
She was the daughter of a privileged, aristocratic family.
Stifled by her social position, she entered nurses' training at age 30.
She spurred reform of the British Army medical system based on her
efforts during Crimean War.
She wrote Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not to
establish nursing's unique body of knowledge.
She founded first training school for nurses in London (1860).
, ◉ After the Civil War: Moving Toward Education and Licensure
Under the Challenges of Segregation Answer: The Civil War
prompted a move toward formal education of nurses
Three American schools were modeled after Nightingale's school
and opened in 1873:
Bellevue Training School for Nurses (New York City)
Connecticut Training School for Nurses (New Haven)
Boston Training School for Nurses at Massachusetts General
Hospital
◉ The Feminization of Nursing Answer: Requirements for early
nursing school applicants were based on Victorian stereotypes of
female qualities.
"Good breeding" and "ladylike behavior"
Submission to authority
Sensitivity
Intelligence
◉ Professionalization Through Organization Answer: Chicago
World's Fair (1893)
Several nursing leaders emerged after gathering there to share
ideas.
Isabel Hampton Robb
