BSN 206 Hallmark Exam: 200 Practice
Questions with Answers & Rationales for
Nursing Fundamentals Success
BSN 206 Hallmark Exam: 200 Practice
Questions with Answers & Rationales
Section 1: Florence Nightingale & Nursing
History (Questions 1-8)
Q1: Florence Nightingale is recognized as
the founder of modern nursing. In which
year did she establish the first nursing
school?
• A) 1820
• B) 1854
• C) 1860
, • D) 1876
☑VERIFIED ANSWER: C) 1860
Rationale: Nightingale established the
Nightingale Training School for Nurses at St.
Thomas Hospital, London in 1860. This
marked the beginning of professional
nursing education. Option B (1854) refers to
the year of the Crimean War where she
served, but not the school establishment .
Q2: Florence Nightingale proposed nursing
as:
• A) An extension of the environment
• B) An art and a science
• C) Empirical science
, • D) Physician's handmaiden
☑VERIFIED ANSWER: B) An art and a
science
Rationale: Nightingale viewed nursing as
both an art and a science, differentiating
nursing from medicine and creating
freestanding nursing education. She
believed nursing required organized, formal
education to care for those suffering from
disease .
Q3: The goal of nursing as described by
Nightingale is to:
• A) Work collaboratively with the
physician to implement medical orders
, • B) Take care of the patient's
environment by cooking, cleaning, and
scrubbing floors
• C) Assist the patient in retention of "vital
powers" by meeting needs, thus putting
the patient in the best condition for
nature to act upon
• D) Give the patient medicine when due
☑VERIFIED ANSWER: C) Assist the patient
in retention of "vital powers" by meeting
needs
Rationale: Nightingale's environmental
theory focused on manipulating the
patient's environment to promote healing.
She believed the nurse's role was to put the
patient in the best condition for nature to
Questions with Answers & Rationales for
Nursing Fundamentals Success
BSN 206 Hallmark Exam: 200 Practice
Questions with Answers & Rationales
Section 1: Florence Nightingale & Nursing
History (Questions 1-8)
Q1: Florence Nightingale is recognized as
the founder of modern nursing. In which
year did she establish the first nursing
school?
• A) 1820
• B) 1854
• C) 1860
, • D) 1876
☑VERIFIED ANSWER: C) 1860
Rationale: Nightingale established the
Nightingale Training School for Nurses at St.
Thomas Hospital, London in 1860. This
marked the beginning of professional
nursing education. Option B (1854) refers to
the year of the Crimean War where she
served, but not the school establishment .
Q2: Florence Nightingale proposed nursing
as:
• A) An extension of the environment
• B) An art and a science
• C) Empirical science
, • D) Physician's handmaiden
☑VERIFIED ANSWER: B) An art and a
science
Rationale: Nightingale viewed nursing as
both an art and a science, differentiating
nursing from medicine and creating
freestanding nursing education. She
believed nursing required organized, formal
education to care for those suffering from
disease .
Q3: The goal of nursing as described by
Nightingale is to:
• A) Work collaboratively with the
physician to implement medical orders
, • B) Take care of the patient's
environment by cooking, cleaning, and
scrubbing floors
• C) Assist the patient in retention of "vital
powers" by meeting needs, thus putting
the patient in the best condition for
nature to act upon
• D) Give the patient medicine when due
☑VERIFIED ANSWER: C) Assist the patient
in retention of "vital powers" by meeting
needs
Rationale: Nightingale's environmental
theory focused on manipulating the
patient's environment to promote healing.
She believed the nurse's role was to put the
patient in the best condition for nature to
