NURN 153 Professionalism Exam
Study Guide
What is professionalism? - Answer the commitment to conduct oneself with integrity
according to the high standards of the nursing profession and to engage in lifelong
learning to pursue excellence, advance nursing practice, and promote optimal health.
what are factors that changed nursing? - Answer religious ideals / humanitarian aims
technology and advancement in medicine
war
gender roles
what was the impact of religious ideals on nursing? - Answer a development of personal
and moral duty to care for others
what was the first public health law? - Answer Elizabethan Poor Law
How did factories change nursing? - Answer factories increased overcrowding and
unsanitary conditions, which increased the need for nurses.
how did factories affect family dynamics? - Answer women started to go to work more
what are some other advances in medicine made during the industrial revolution? -
Answer germ theory
pasteurization
aseptic technique
anesthesia
invention of stethoscope
psychiatry as a medical specialty
who introduced psychiatry as a medical specialty? - Answer Sigmund freud
who developed pasteurization? - Answer Louis Pasteur
Who is Lillian Wald? - Answer Founder of public health nursing
What did Lillian Wald do? - Answer established Henry Street Settlement in 1893 in NY
what was the goal of the Henry Street settlement? - Answer to improve wellness,
Study Guide
What is professionalism? - Answer the commitment to conduct oneself with integrity
according to the high standards of the nursing profession and to engage in lifelong
learning to pursue excellence, advance nursing practice, and promote optimal health.
what are factors that changed nursing? - Answer religious ideals / humanitarian aims
technology and advancement in medicine
war
gender roles
what was the impact of religious ideals on nursing? - Answer a development of personal
and moral duty to care for others
what was the first public health law? - Answer Elizabethan Poor Law
How did factories change nursing? - Answer factories increased overcrowding and
unsanitary conditions, which increased the need for nurses.
how did factories affect family dynamics? - Answer women started to go to work more
what are some other advances in medicine made during the industrial revolution? -
Answer germ theory
pasteurization
aseptic technique
anesthesia
invention of stethoscope
psychiatry as a medical specialty
who introduced psychiatry as a medical specialty? - Answer Sigmund freud
who developed pasteurization? - Answer Louis Pasteur
Who is Lillian Wald? - Answer Founder of public health nursing
What did Lillian Wald do? - Answer established Henry Street Settlement in 1893 in NY
what was the goal of the Henry Street settlement? - Answer to improve wellness,
