ECPI NUR165 Ch1, 2, 3, 7 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When, where and who established the first school of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER -
1836 in Kaiserworth, Germany by Pastor Theodore Fleidner
Women educated by Fliedner were called: - CORRECT ANSWER - Kaiserworth
deconesses (most famous was Florence Nightingale)
When and where was the Nurses Associated Alumnae formed? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Baltimore, 1897
Purpose of National League of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - to set standards and rules
in nursing education
When and where was the first training program for nurses established? - CORRECT
ANSWER - NYC, 1892 at YWCA
When were all PNs required to be licensed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1955
Which states do not have LPNs? - CORRECT ANSWER - TX and CA- they are called
LVNs
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER - -"Angel of the Battlefield" during US Civil War
-first president of American Red Cross
Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER - -Superintendent of Female Nurses in the Army in
1861
,-not a nurse, but a retired teacher
-activist for better mental heath care
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER - -established modern nursing
-nurse during Crimean War
Mary Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWER - -1st African American nurse in US
-established National Association for Colored Graduate Nurses and served as its first president
Linda Richards - CORRECT ANSWER - -recognized as the first "trained nurse" in the US
-her method of documenting patient information in Bellevue Hospital NY became the standard
across the nation
-later opened first school of nursing in Japan
Isabel Hampton Robb - CORRECT ANSWER - -Changed the standard from 24 hour shifts
to 12 hour shifts with meal breaks
-instrumental in establishing 3-year training program for nurses
the Great Trio - CORRECT ANSWER - -Mary Adelaide Nutting, Lillian Wald and Annie
Goodrich
-Wald was known as the first visiting nurse
-Nutting graduated in the first nursing class at Johns Hopkins
-Goodrich developed the Army School of Nursing
LPN - CORRECT ANSWER - licensed practical nurse
-programs range from 9months-1 year
ADN - CORRECT ANSWER - associate degree nurse
-2-3 year program
, RN Diploma - CORRECT ANSWER - registered nurse
-3 years in a hospital based program affiliated with a college or university
RN Baccalaureate - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 years at a college or university
diploma program nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - typically 3 year programs but graduate
as RNs
baccalaureate degree nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 year program but with more of an
emphasis on management and leadership
scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWER - the limitations and allowances of what they can
do as nurses
one-plus-one programs - CORRECT ANSWER - programs that prepare you to take
NCLEX-PN after the first year so you can begin working while completing the second year of
schooling
PN to ADN programs - CORRECT ANSWER - give credit for LPN/LVN education
toward RN education
PN to BSN, ADN to BSN, and diploma to BSN programs - CORRECT ANSWER -
previous entry level nursing credited toward BSN
characteristics of nursing: - CORRECT ANSWER - Being responsible, honest, caring, and
organized
Being responsible - CORRECT ANSWER - being able to think critically about each
patient while carrying out all of their health-care providers' orders and handling unexpected
admissions and emergencies that may arise
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When, where and who established the first school of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER -
1836 in Kaiserworth, Germany by Pastor Theodore Fleidner
Women educated by Fliedner were called: - CORRECT ANSWER - Kaiserworth
deconesses (most famous was Florence Nightingale)
When and where was the Nurses Associated Alumnae formed? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Baltimore, 1897
Purpose of National League of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - to set standards and rules
in nursing education
When and where was the first training program for nurses established? - CORRECT
ANSWER - NYC, 1892 at YWCA
When were all PNs required to be licensed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1955
Which states do not have LPNs? - CORRECT ANSWER - TX and CA- they are called
LVNs
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER - -"Angel of the Battlefield" during US Civil War
-first president of American Red Cross
Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER - -Superintendent of Female Nurses in the Army in
1861
,-not a nurse, but a retired teacher
-activist for better mental heath care
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER - -established modern nursing
-nurse during Crimean War
Mary Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWER - -1st African American nurse in US
-established National Association for Colored Graduate Nurses and served as its first president
Linda Richards - CORRECT ANSWER - -recognized as the first "trained nurse" in the US
-her method of documenting patient information in Bellevue Hospital NY became the standard
across the nation
-later opened first school of nursing in Japan
Isabel Hampton Robb - CORRECT ANSWER - -Changed the standard from 24 hour shifts
to 12 hour shifts with meal breaks
-instrumental in establishing 3-year training program for nurses
the Great Trio - CORRECT ANSWER - -Mary Adelaide Nutting, Lillian Wald and Annie
Goodrich
-Wald was known as the first visiting nurse
-Nutting graduated in the first nursing class at Johns Hopkins
-Goodrich developed the Army School of Nursing
LPN - CORRECT ANSWER - licensed practical nurse
-programs range from 9months-1 year
ADN - CORRECT ANSWER - associate degree nurse
-2-3 year program
, RN Diploma - CORRECT ANSWER - registered nurse
-3 years in a hospital based program affiliated with a college or university
RN Baccalaureate - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 years at a college or university
diploma program nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - typically 3 year programs but graduate
as RNs
baccalaureate degree nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 year program but with more of an
emphasis on management and leadership
scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWER - the limitations and allowances of what they can
do as nurses
one-plus-one programs - CORRECT ANSWER - programs that prepare you to take
NCLEX-PN after the first year so you can begin working while completing the second year of
schooling
PN to ADN programs - CORRECT ANSWER - give credit for LPN/LVN education
toward RN education
PN to BSN, ADN to BSN, and diploma to BSN programs - CORRECT ANSWER -
previous entry level nursing credited toward BSN
characteristics of nursing: - CORRECT ANSWER - Being responsible, honest, caring, and
organized
Being responsible - CORRECT ANSWER - being able to think critically about each
patient while carrying out all of their health-care providers' orders and handling unexpected
admissions and emergencies that may arise
