NUR2790 PROFESSIONAL NURSING III ACTUAL
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What did Nightingale do for Nursing? Answer: - Known for her
care in the Crimean War
- Established a nursing school
- Influenced epidemiology
- Established nursing as a respected profession, distinct from the
medical profession
- Stressed university-based, continuing education
◉ What did nursing look like before Nightingale? Answer: - nursing
was considered a low class job
- for the uneducated and poor (desperate occupation)
- Women could even serve as a nurse instead of going to prison
For: Monastic women, untrained women of low repute, poor, single
women with no hopes of getting married
◉ What did Dorthea Dix work to do? Answer: Involved in the civil
war, and one of the first people to advocate for mental illness.
,◉ What is significant about Linda Richards? Answer: She was the
first U.S. trained nurse
◉ What did Clara Barton establish? Answer: The American Red
Cross
◉ What did Lillian Wald do? Answer: First to really promote
women's rights for minorities and the first public health nurse
◉ What is Nightingale's Definition of Nursing? Answer: Nursing is to
"put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him"
◉ American Nurses Association's 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, response and advocacy in the
care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
◉ Nursing as a Science Answer: A body of scientific knowledge,
using empirics
◉ Nursing as an Art Answer: Nursing has its own, proper way of
doing this and applying knowledge
, ◉ What makes nursing a profession? Answer: - Specific body of
knowledge
- Education and training requirements
- regulating body/legislature
- code of ethics
- professional organizations
- research and applications
- autonomy
- licensure
-accountability
- altruism
◉ What are the standards of Nursing Practice? Answer: -
Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning,
implementation, evaluation
- Also called the nursing practice
- Made by the American Nursing Association
◉ What 4 specialties involve direct patient care? Answer: Certified
nurse midwife, Nurse practitioner (NP), clinical nurse specialist
(CNS), certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA)
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What did Nightingale do for Nursing? Answer: - Known for her
care in the Crimean War
- Established a nursing school
- Influenced epidemiology
- Established nursing as a respected profession, distinct from the
medical profession
- Stressed university-based, continuing education
◉ What did nursing look like before Nightingale? Answer: - nursing
was considered a low class job
- for the uneducated and poor (desperate occupation)
- Women could even serve as a nurse instead of going to prison
For: Monastic women, untrained women of low repute, poor, single
women with no hopes of getting married
◉ What did Dorthea Dix work to do? Answer: Involved in the civil
war, and one of the first people to advocate for mental illness.
,◉ What is significant about Linda Richards? Answer: She was the
first U.S. trained nurse
◉ What did Clara Barton establish? Answer: The American Red
Cross
◉ What did Lillian Wald do? Answer: First to really promote
women's rights for minorities and the first public health nurse
◉ What is Nightingale's Definition of Nursing? Answer: Nursing is to
"put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him"
◉ American Nurses Association's 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, response and advocacy in the
care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
◉ Nursing as a Science Answer: A body of scientific knowledge,
using empirics
◉ Nursing as an Art Answer: Nursing has its own, proper way of
doing this and applying knowledge
, ◉ What makes nursing a profession? Answer: - Specific body of
knowledge
- Education and training requirements
- regulating body/legislature
- code of ethics
- professional organizations
- research and applications
- autonomy
- licensure
-accountability
- altruism
◉ What are the standards of Nursing Practice? Answer: -
Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning,
implementation, evaluation
- Also called the nursing practice
- Made by the American Nursing Association
◉ What 4 specialties involve direct patient care? Answer: Certified
nurse midwife, Nurse practitioner (NP), clinical nurse specialist
(CNS), certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA)
