NRSG 112/2026: Exam
Q&A - Intro to Nursing
Profession, Exams of Nursing
Assured A+ Certified Pass
What is UBCO's school of nursing mission statement? - ANSWERS-to create an
inclusive education, research and practice culture that inspires inquiry,
collaboration and innovation.
What are the values and beliefs of UBCO's school of nursing? - ANSWERS-
professionalism, compassion, person-centered care, social justice, diversity, critical
inquiry.
Lyneham article (2019):
-how many people were involved in the study?
-what was the target demographic? - ANSWERS--14 students
-students interviewed on their last day of final placement
Lyneham article (2019): what did the study seek to understand? - ANSWERS-
understand the professional values that graduating students held in esteem and
wished to emulate, and how they believed these values were demonstrated in the
clinical behaviors of the registered nurses they worked with.
,Lyneham article (2019): what were the 4 main professional values identified? -
ANSWERS-being person-centered; kindness and caring; being in control; and
commitment to learning
The founder of modern nursing is?
a) hippocrates
b) florence nightingale
c) jeanne mance
d) Mary agnes snively - ANSWERS-b) florence nightingale
The earliest role of nurses involved?
a) caring for the sick at home
b) using herbal remedies to relieve symptoms
c) caring for the risk in hospitals
d) supervising nursing students - ANSWERS-b) using herbal remedies to relieve
symptoms
The religious roots of nursing in Canada can be seen in the development of:
a) the ICN
b) the VON
c) the code of ethics
d) BETP - ANSWERS-c) the code of ethics
,What characteristics of nursing in Canada today can be traced back to
Nightingale?
a) the high percentage of men in nursing
b) the apprenticeship model
c) public health model
d) nursing as a highly regarded profession - ANSWERS-d) nursing as a highly
regarded profession
Minimum standards for nursing education are set by?
a) the nursing school
b) the provincial regulators
c) the Canadian Nurses Association
d) the Canadian Nurses Federation - ANSWERS-b) the provincial regulators and
association
What factors have impacted nursing? - ANSWERS--Status or value societal
attributes to nursing
-Power (who is in power)
-Ethnicity and colonization
-Sociopolitical circumstances
-War (increase in # of nurses during WW1 and WW2)
-Cycles of economic depression
-Women's movement
, Why is it important to study nursing history? - ANSWERS--learn from the past:
past experiences shape new experiences
-provides context: how nursing was int he past shapes how nurses operate today
(past mistakes shape what we have learned and what we can do better in the
future)
-shapes professional identity: celebrate/be proud, understand where we come
from
-history of nursing varies from who you ask, some history is not included in history
books
what in history shaped nursing today? - ANSWERS--advocacy: advocating for
others and for themselves (e.g. in 1950's people were more willingly to accept
what professionals said about their health, people today advocate for their health)
-women's movement: (women did not have a loud voice, women advocated for
more knowledge about disease processes)
-power: policies and politics
-war: nurses were centrally involved with caring for soldiers, nursing was a way for
women to get involved in the army
What is a value? - ANSWERS-a strong personal belief
What is "ethics"? - ANSWERS-A study of philosophical ideals of right and wrong
behavior based on what one things one ought to/not to do.
-determining what is "good or valuable for all people"
Q&A - Intro to Nursing
Profession, Exams of Nursing
Assured A+ Certified Pass
What is UBCO's school of nursing mission statement? - ANSWERS-to create an
inclusive education, research and practice culture that inspires inquiry,
collaboration and innovation.
What are the values and beliefs of UBCO's school of nursing? - ANSWERS-
professionalism, compassion, person-centered care, social justice, diversity, critical
inquiry.
Lyneham article (2019):
-how many people were involved in the study?
-what was the target demographic? - ANSWERS--14 students
-students interviewed on their last day of final placement
Lyneham article (2019): what did the study seek to understand? - ANSWERS-
understand the professional values that graduating students held in esteem and
wished to emulate, and how they believed these values were demonstrated in the
clinical behaviors of the registered nurses they worked with.
,Lyneham article (2019): what were the 4 main professional values identified? -
ANSWERS-being person-centered; kindness and caring; being in control; and
commitment to learning
The founder of modern nursing is?
a) hippocrates
b) florence nightingale
c) jeanne mance
d) Mary agnes snively - ANSWERS-b) florence nightingale
The earliest role of nurses involved?
a) caring for the sick at home
b) using herbal remedies to relieve symptoms
c) caring for the risk in hospitals
d) supervising nursing students - ANSWERS-b) using herbal remedies to relieve
symptoms
The religious roots of nursing in Canada can be seen in the development of:
a) the ICN
b) the VON
c) the code of ethics
d) BETP - ANSWERS-c) the code of ethics
,What characteristics of nursing in Canada today can be traced back to
Nightingale?
a) the high percentage of men in nursing
b) the apprenticeship model
c) public health model
d) nursing as a highly regarded profession - ANSWERS-d) nursing as a highly
regarded profession
Minimum standards for nursing education are set by?
a) the nursing school
b) the provincial regulators
c) the Canadian Nurses Association
d) the Canadian Nurses Federation - ANSWERS-b) the provincial regulators and
association
What factors have impacted nursing? - ANSWERS--Status or value societal
attributes to nursing
-Power (who is in power)
-Ethnicity and colonization
-Sociopolitical circumstances
-War (increase in # of nurses during WW1 and WW2)
-Cycles of economic depression
-Women's movement
, Why is it important to study nursing history? - ANSWERS--learn from the past:
past experiences shape new experiences
-provides context: how nursing was int he past shapes how nurses operate today
(past mistakes shape what we have learned and what we can do better in the
future)
-shapes professional identity: celebrate/be proud, understand where we come
from
-history of nursing varies from who you ask, some history is not included in history
books
what in history shaped nursing today? - ANSWERS--advocacy: advocating for
others and for themselves (e.g. in 1950's people were more willingly to accept
what professionals said about their health, people today advocate for their health)
-women's movement: (women did not have a loud voice, women advocated for
more knowledge about disease processes)
-power: policies and politics
-war: nurses were centrally involved with caring for soldiers, nursing was a way for
women to get involved in the army
What is a value? - ANSWERS-a strong personal belief
What is "ethics"? - ANSWERS-A study of philosophical ideals of right and wrong
behavior based on what one things one ought to/not to do.
-determining what is "good or valuable for all people"
