NUR 4837 UNIT 1 QUIZ KEY CONCEPTS AND
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS 2026
◉ American Nurses Association (ANA). Answer: improve standards
of nursing practice, promote professional development, foster high
standards for nursing, and improve standards of health and
availability of health care
◉ National League for Nursing (NLN). Answer: advances excellence
in nursing education, nurse educators
◉ National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). Answer: address
issues of importance to nursing students (voice of nurses and
nursing students)
◉ Nightingale created the first nursing school in:. Answer: England
◉ Nightingale decreased soldier death rate by:. Answer: 42-2% as a
result of health care reforms that emphasized sanitary conditions
◉ Price difference between African American and White nurses.
Answer: -African American: $10 per month
-White: $12 per month
,◉ The Civil War period epidemics. Answer: syphilis, gonorrhea,
malaria, smallpox, and typhoid
◉ Sojourner Truth. Answer: -known for her abolitionist efforts, as
well as her nursing efforts
-was an advocate of clean and sanitary conditions so patients could
heal
◉ Number of nurse training schools increased after the Civil War:.
Answer: -offered little classroom education
-on the job training occurred in the hospital wards
-students were used as supplemental hospital staff
◉ John D. Rockefeller. Answer: -established the first school of
nursing for African American women at the Atlanta Baptist
Seminary
-now known as Spelman College
◉ Purpose of the Henry Street Settlement house:. Answer: -to
provide well baby care, health education, disease prevention, and
treatment of minor illnesses
-Lillian Wald
, ◉ WWI/1920s discoveries and advances. Answer: -improved
hospital care and surgical techniques
-discoveries in pharmacology (insulin and precursor to penicillin)
-environmental conditions improved, serious epidemics of the
previous century became nonexistent
◉ WWII nursing:. Answer: -nurses recognized as an integral part of
the military and attained officer rank
◉ Post WWII:. Answer: -unemployment dropped to all-time lows
-women were encouraged to return to childbearing and marriage
rather than continue employment outside the home
-nursing became a true profession
◉ Mildred Montag. Answer: -advocated for the creation of an
Associate Degree in nursing due to shortage of nurses after WWII
-born in Iowa
◉ When did nurses have to take the state boards to become a
nurse?. Answer: 1950
◉ Barriers for African Americans were dropped in:. Answer: the
early 1960s
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS 2026
◉ American Nurses Association (ANA). Answer: improve standards
of nursing practice, promote professional development, foster high
standards for nursing, and improve standards of health and
availability of health care
◉ National League for Nursing (NLN). Answer: advances excellence
in nursing education, nurse educators
◉ National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). Answer: address
issues of importance to nursing students (voice of nurses and
nursing students)
◉ Nightingale created the first nursing school in:. Answer: England
◉ Nightingale decreased soldier death rate by:. Answer: 42-2% as a
result of health care reforms that emphasized sanitary conditions
◉ Price difference between African American and White nurses.
Answer: -African American: $10 per month
-White: $12 per month
,◉ The Civil War period epidemics. Answer: syphilis, gonorrhea,
malaria, smallpox, and typhoid
◉ Sojourner Truth. Answer: -known for her abolitionist efforts, as
well as her nursing efforts
-was an advocate of clean and sanitary conditions so patients could
heal
◉ Number of nurse training schools increased after the Civil War:.
Answer: -offered little classroom education
-on the job training occurred in the hospital wards
-students were used as supplemental hospital staff
◉ John D. Rockefeller. Answer: -established the first school of
nursing for African American women at the Atlanta Baptist
Seminary
-now known as Spelman College
◉ Purpose of the Henry Street Settlement house:. Answer: -to
provide well baby care, health education, disease prevention, and
treatment of minor illnesses
-Lillian Wald
, ◉ WWI/1920s discoveries and advances. Answer: -improved
hospital care and surgical techniques
-discoveries in pharmacology (insulin and precursor to penicillin)
-environmental conditions improved, serious epidemics of the
previous century became nonexistent
◉ WWII nursing:. Answer: -nurses recognized as an integral part of
the military and attained officer rank
◉ Post WWII:. Answer: -unemployment dropped to all-time lows
-women were encouraged to return to childbearing and marriage
rather than continue employment outside the home
-nursing became a true profession
◉ Mildred Montag. Answer: -advocated for the creation of an
Associate Degree in nursing due to shortage of nurses after WWII
-born in Iowa
◉ When did nurses have to take the state boards to become a
nurse?. Answer: 1950
◉ Barriers for African Americans were dropped in:. Answer: the
early 1960s
