Chapter 7 or 4: The Education of Nurses: On the
Leading Edge of Transformation
Chapter 7: The Education of Nurses: On the Leading Edge of Transformation
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In 1900, the primary reason for hospital-based nursing education programs was to
a. educate nurses to care for patients in hospitals.
b. provide educational opportunities for women.
c. staff the hospitals that operated the education programs.
d. provide standardized preparation for nurses.
ANS: C
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A Most nurses worked in homes and very few worked in hospitals.
B The education for women was not a value of society at the time.
In the hospitals there were few paid staff nurses, and most of the care was provided by the
C nursing students.
,D The programs of study varied in length, and each school set its standards and requirements.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 131
2. Which of the following nursing leaders is credited with being one of the earliest nursing
educators in the world?
a. Isabel Hampton Robb
b. Mary Adelaide Nutting
c. Melinda Anne Richards
d. Annie W. Goodrich
ANS: B
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A Robb studied nursing education.
Mary Adelaide Nutting was a professor at Teachers College in 1907, and she was also the
B first nursing professor.
C Richards was the first trained nurse educated in the United States.
D Goodrich became the first dean of the Yale School of Nursing in 1924.
,DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 133
3. The Goldmark Report focused on what aspect of nursing?
a. Consistency in length of nursing education programs
b. Consistency in theory content across diploma programs
c. Desirability of establishing schools of nursing within academic settings
d. Increasing numbers of physicians teaching in nursing programs
ANS: C
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A Consistency in length of programs was not an issue.
B Content was not the issue.
The Goldmark Report focused on clinical learning experiences of students, hospital control
of schools of nursing, desirability of establishing schools of nursing in universities, lack of
C funding for nursing education, and lack of qualified faculty.
D Nursing curriculum with instruction by physicians was not encouraged.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 134
, 4. Which American university opened the first nursing school as a separate department within the
university?
a. Harvard
b. Teachers College
c. Columbia
d. Yale
ANS: D
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Harvard was not the first American university to open a nursing school as its own
A department.
Teachers College was not the first American university to open a nursing school as its own
B department.
Columbia was not the first American university to open a nursing school as its own
C department.
In 1924, Yale University was the first American university to open a school of nursing as its
D own department.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 134
Leading Edge of Transformation
Chapter 7: The Education of Nurses: On the Leading Edge of Transformation
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In 1900, the primary reason for hospital-based nursing education programs was to
a. educate nurses to care for patients in hospitals.
b. provide educational opportunities for women.
c. staff the hospitals that operated the education programs.
d. provide standardized preparation for nurses.
ANS: C
Feedback
A Most nurses worked in homes and very few worked in hospitals.
B The education for women was not a value of society at the time.
In the hospitals there were few paid staff nurses, and most of the care was provided by the
C nursing students.
,D The programs of study varied in length, and each school set its standards and requirements.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 131
2. Which of the following nursing leaders is credited with being one of the earliest nursing
educators in the world?
a. Isabel Hampton Robb
b. Mary Adelaide Nutting
c. Melinda Anne Richards
d. Annie W. Goodrich
ANS: B
Feedback
A Robb studied nursing education.
Mary Adelaide Nutting was a professor at Teachers College in 1907, and she was also the
B first nursing professor.
C Richards was the first trained nurse educated in the United States.
D Goodrich became the first dean of the Yale School of Nursing in 1924.
,DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 133
3. The Goldmark Report focused on what aspect of nursing?
a. Consistency in length of nursing education programs
b. Consistency in theory content across diploma programs
c. Desirability of establishing schools of nursing within academic settings
d. Increasing numbers of physicians teaching in nursing programs
ANS: C
Feedback
A Consistency in length of programs was not an issue.
B Content was not the issue.
The Goldmark Report focused on clinical learning experiences of students, hospital control
of schools of nursing, desirability of establishing schools of nursing in universities, lack of
C funding for nursing education, and lack of qualified faculty.
D Nursing curriculum with instruction by physicians was not encouraged.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 134
, 4. Which American university opened the first nursing school as a separate department within the
university?
a. Harvard
b. Teachers College
c. Columbia
d. Yale
ANS: D
Feedback
Harvard was not the first American university to open a nursing school as its own
A department.
Teachers College was not the first American university to open a nursing school as its own
B department.
Columbia was not the first American university to open a nursing school as its own
C department.
In 1924, Yale University was the first American university to open a school of nursing as its
D own department.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 134
