NSG-440 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions and
Correct Answers (Verified Answers) 2026 Update
Elizabethan Poor Law - ANSWERS guaranteed medical care for poor, blind, and
lame individuals
Public Health Service - ANSWERS provided health care for merchant seamen
and protected seacoast cities from epidemics
Shattuck Report - ANSWERS called for major innovations
- boards of health
sanitation
- care for the poor
- health practices
vital statistics
- birth and death records
- planning
- health education
Florence Nightingale - ANSWERS English nurse remembered for her work
during the Crimean War
- decreased mortality rate
- separated clean and dirty
ENVIRONMENT
, William Rathbone - ANSWERS founded first district nursing association in
Liverpool, England
Lillian Wald - ANSWERS - established leader of population health nursing
- established Henry Street Settlement
Occupational health nursing - ANSWERS Began as industrial nursing and was a
true outgrowth of early home visiting efforts
Providing care for factory workers and their families
Lina Rogers - ANSWERS first US school
focused on absenteeism and malnourishment in children
Mary Breckinridge - ANSWERS established the Frontier Nursing Service in
Kentucky
(nurses travelled by horse and mule to rural clients)
midwifery
Bessie Hawes - ANSWERS first recipient of the National Health Circle for
Colored People Scholarship
Medicare - ANSWERS A federal program of health insurance for persons 65
years of age and older
ELDERLY
Correct Answers (Verified Answers) 2026 Update
Elizabethan Poor Law - ANSWERS guaranteed medical care for poor, blind, and
lame individuals
Public Health Service - ANSWERS provided health care for merchant seamen
and protected seacoast cities from epidemics
Shattuck Report - ANSWERS called for major innovations
- boards of health
sanitation
- care for the poor
- health practices
vital statistics
- birth and death records
- planning
- health education
Florence Nightingale - ANSWERS English nurse remembered for her work
during the Crimean War
- decreased mortality rate
- separated clean and dirty
ENVIRONMENT
, William Rathbone - ANSWERS founded first district nursing association in
Liverpool, England
Lillian Wald - ANSWERS - established leader of population health nursing
- established Henry Street Settlement
Occupational health nursing - ANSWERS Began as industrial nursing and was a
true outgrowth of early home visiting efforts
Providing care for factory workers and their families
Lina Rogers - ANSWERS first US school
focused on absenteeism and malnourishment in children
Mary Breckinridge - ANSWERS established the Frontier Nursing Service in
Kentucky
(nurses travelled by horse and mule to rural clients)
midwifery
Bessie Hawes - ANSWERS first recipient of the National Health Circle for
Colored People Scholarship
Medicare - ANSWERS A federal program of health insurance for persons 65
years of age and older
ELDERLY