Certification Prep Questions
When surveyed, nursing has consistently been chosen as: - correct answer ✔✔The most trusted
profession
The earliest type of formal nursing education program was the - correct answer ✔✔diploma
program.
In 1900, the primary reason for hospital-based nursing education programs was to - correct
answer ✔✔staff the hospitals that operated the education programs.
Florence Nightingale is often credited as being the first nurse researcher. This designation is
based on - correct answer ✔✔her use of data on the morbidity and mortality of soldiers in
hospitals in Scutari.
Which of the following African-American public health nurses was instrumental in providing
excellent nursing care to underserved families despite these social challenges? - correct answer
✔✔Jessie Sleet Scales
Because of her work in the Henry Street Settlement, which of the following nursing leaders is
considered the founder of public health nursing? - correct answer ✔✔Lillian Wald
Who was the first educated African-American professional nurse - correct answer ✔✔Mary Eliza
Mahoney
Margaret Sanger, as a nurse and activist, worked in the early 1900s with immigrant women.
What was the focus of her somewhat controversial work? - correct answer ✔✔Safe
contraception and family planning for women
,To which early nursing leader is attributed the founding of the American Red Cross? - correct
answer ✔✔Clara Barton
What war impacted nursing to stretch its boundaries of nursing practice in jungle mobile
hospital units and assuming the responsibility to perform emergency procedures? - correct
answer ✔✔Vietnam War
Which early nursing leader founded the first training school for nurses that would later become
a model for early nursing education? - correct answer ✔✔Florence Nightingale
What was the most significant impact on the profession of nursing made by Mary Breckenridge
in her role as a frontier nurse? - correct answer ✔✔She demonstrated that nurses were capable
of caring for new mothers and newborns in remote areas.
What were some of the application requirements of nursing education programs in the 1900s? -
correct answer ✔✔Female, sensitive, subservient
What was the conclusion of the Goldmark Report? - correct answer ✔✔Advocated for the
establishment of collegiate nursing education.
Who was the Superintendent of Women Nurses of the Union Army? - correct answer
✔✔Dorthea Dix
What is the significance of the Hill-Burton Act of 1946? - correct answer ✔✔Provided funds to
construct hospitals, nursing homes, and other health facilities
To which early nursing leader is attributed the founding of the American Red Cross? - correct
answer ✔✔Clara Barton
, Which of the following nursing roles is not considered an advanced practice role? - correct
answer ✔✔Community health nurse
What has been found about the outcomes of patients cared for in hospitals with a higher
percentage of BSN-prepared nurses as compared to patients in hospitals with a lower
percentage of BSN-prepared nurses? - correct answer ✔✔Outcomes were better in hospitals
with more BSN-prepared nurses.
Which of the following best describes trends in nursing education? - correct answer
✔✔Numbers of RNs with bachelor's and higher degrees are increasing.
Which of the following statements is correct about community health nursing (CHN)? - correct
answer ✔✔Prevention and community education are the cornerstones of CHN.
During the Great Depression, staffing of hospitals changed with an impact lasting to the current
day. What was this change? - correct answer ✔✔The employment of graduate nurses in
hospitals
NPs are advanced practice nurses who - correct answer ✔✔can diagnose and treat common
and chronic conditions.
The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more accurately
reflect the population as a whole when - correct answer ✔✔the increased numbers of racial
and ethnic minorities enrolled in educational programs graduate and begin to practice.
Despite the variety of work settings available to the RN, data indicate that the primary work site
for RNs is - correct answer ✔✔acute care hospitals.
What has been found about the outcomes of patients cared for in hospitals with a higher
percentage of BSN-prepared nurses as compared to patients in hospitals with a lower