CONTEMPORARY NURSING ISSUES TRENDS
AND MANAGEMENT 8 FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS NURSING ETHICS AND
MANAGEMENT PRACTICE RESOURCE
◉ What percent of nurses are women
Answer: 90%
◉ Is the nursing profession aging?
Answer: rise in number of nurses under 30, increase of nurses over
60
◉ What percent of RNs actively work?
Answer: 85%
◉ What percent of RNs are ethnic?
Answer: 16.8%
◉ What do clinical ladder programs do?
Answer: Allow nurses to progress upward through direct-care roles
,◉ What did Florence Nightingale write
Answer: She wrote Notes on Nursing
◉ Who founded the first training school for nurses and where?
Answer: Florence Nightingale in London
◉ True or False...Before Nightingale, men provided most of the
nursing care.
Answer: False
◉ What are the four technological developments?
Answer: Genetics, Biomedical, Information, and Knowledge
◉ What were the requirements for early nursing school applicants?
Answer: "good breeding", submission to authority, sensitivity,
intelligence
◉ In early training who were discriminated against?
Answer: Males, African-Americans, and Jewish applicants
◉ What was the first school exclusively for men?
Answer: School for Male Nurses at the NYC training school
, ◉ What was the first school exclusively for African Americans?
Answer: Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary
◉ What was formed at the Chicago World's Fair when several
nursing leaders emerged to share ideas?
Answer: the National League for Nursing
◉ Who founded the American Nurses Association?
Answer: Isabel Hampton Robb
◉ What is the ANA?
Answer: American Nurses Association
◉ Where was the Henry Street Settlement est. and by who?
Answer: Est. in NYC by Lillian Wald
◉ What was the purpose of the Henry Street Settlement?
Answer: to address serious health conditions of immigrants with
visiting nurses, well-baby clinics, disease prevention, health
education, and minor illness treatment
AND MANAGEMENT 8 FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS NURSING ETHICS AND
MANAGEMENT PRACTICE RESOURCE
◉ What percent of nurses are women
Answer: 90%
◉ Is the nursing profession aging?
Answer: rise in number of nurses under 30, increase of nurses over
60
◉ What percent of RNs actively work?
Answer: 85%
◉ What percent of RNs are ethnic?
Answer: 16.8%
◉ What do clinical ladder programs do?
Answer: Allow nurses to progress upward through direct-care roles
,◉ What did Florence Nightingale write
Answer: She wrote Notes on Nursing
◉ Who founded the first training school for nurses and where?
Answer: Florence Nightingale in London
◉ True or False...Before Nightingale, men provided most of the
nursing care.
Answer: False
◉ What are the four technological developments?
Answer: Genetics, Biomedical, Information, and Knowledge
◉ What were the requirements for early nursing school applicants?
Answer: "good breeding", submission to authority, sensitivity,
intelligence
◉ In early training who were discriminated against?
Answer: Males, African-Americans, and Jewish applicants
◉ What was the first school exclusively for men?
Answer: School for Male Nurses at the NYC training school
, ◉ What was the first school exclusively for African Americans?
Answer: Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary
◉ What was formed at the Chicago World's Fair when several
nursing leaders emerged to share ideas?
Answer: the National League for Nursing
◉ Who founded the American Nurses Association?
Answer: Isabel Hampton Robb
◉ What is the ANA?
Answer: American Nurses Association
◉ Where was the Henry Street Settlement est. and by who?
Answer: Est. in NYC by Lillian Wald
◉ What was the purpose of the Henry Street Settlement?
Answer: to address serious health conditions of immigrants with
visiting nurses, well-baby clinics, disease prevention, health
education, and minor illness treatment
