EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE IN NURSING AND
HEALTHCARE MELNYK COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What advanced degrees are available in nursing?
Answer: MA, MS, MSN, PhD, DNP, and DNS.
◉ What historical belief system influenced early nursing?
Answer: Animism, which held that good spirits brought health and
evil spirits brought sickness/death.
◉ What role did ancient Greece play in nursing history?
Answer: Temples became centers of medical care, and nurses
practiced as nurse-midwives.
◉ How did nursing change during the early Christian period?
Answer: Nursing became more formal, with deaconesses visiting the
sick and the development of male and female nursing orders.
◉ What major shift occurred in nursing during the 16th century?
Answer: Nursing shifted away from a religious orientation toward
warfare, exploration, and knowledge expansion.
, ◉ Who is Florence Nightingale and what are her contributions?
Answer: She identified client needs, established nursing education
standards, and helped professionalize nursing.
◉ What is the Latin origin of the word 'nursing'?
Answer: The Latin word 'nutrix', meaning 'to nourish'.
◉ What are the main aims of nursing?
Answer: Promote health, prevent illness, restore health, and
facilitate coping with disability or death.
◉ What are the four blended nursing competencies?
Answer: Cognitive, technical, interpersonal, and ethical/legal.
◉ What are the QSEN competencies?
Answer: Client-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, quality
improvement, safety, evidence-based practice, and informatics.
◉ What roles do nurses fulfill?
Answer: Communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher,
advocate, and collaborator.
HEALTHCARE MELNYK COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What advanced degrees are available in nursing?
Answer: MA, MS, MSN, PhD, DNP, and DNS.
◉ What historical belief system influenced early nursing?
Answer: Animism, which held that good spirits brought health and
evil spirits brought sickness/death.
◉ What role did ancient Greece play in nursing history?
Answer: Temples became centers of medical care, and nurses
practiced as nurse-midwives.
◉ How did nursing change during the early Christian period?
Answer: Nursing became more formal, with deaconesses visiting the
sick and the development of male and female nursing orders.
◉ What major shift occurred in nursing during the 16th century?
Answer: Nursing shifted away from a religious orientation toward
warfare, exploration, and knowledge expansion.
, ◉ Who is Florence Nightingale and what are her contributions?
Answer: She identified client needs, established nursing education
standards, and helped professionalize nursing.
◉ What is the Latin origin of the word 'nursing'?
Answer: The Latin word 'nutrix', meaning 'to nourish'.
◉ What are the main aims of nursing?
Answer: Promote health, prevent illness, restore health, and
facilitate coping with disability or death.
◉ What are the four blended nursing competencies?
Answer: Cognitive, technical, interpersonal, and ethical/legal.
◉ What are the QSEN competencies?
Answer: Client-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, quality
improvement, safety, evidence-based practice, and informatics.
◉ What roles do nurses fulfill?
Answer: Communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher,
advocate, and collaborator.
