UTA Intro to Nursing Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Florence Nightingale (Crimean War) - CORRECT ANSWER - Founder of modern nursing
and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods.
Founded first training school at St. Thomas' Hospital
Mary Seacole (Crimean War) - CORRECT ANSWER - Jamaican nurse & businesswoman
who was refused the right to work with Nightingale, named "Greatest Black Briton," expert on
cholera
Dorthea Dix (Civil War) - CORRECT ANSWER - Civil War Superintendent of Union
Army Nurses, advocate for mentally ill & prisoners
Louisa May Alcott (Civil War) - CORRECT ANSWER - American writer and reformer
best known for her largely autobiographical novel Little Women (1868-1869).
Mary Ann Bickerdyke (Civil War) - CORRECT ANSWER - Traveled to care for soldiers
and established more than 300 field hospitals
Clara Barton (1821-1912) - CORRECT ANSWER - Nurse during the Civil War; founder
of the American Red Cross. "Angel of the Battlefield"
First 3 training schools - CORRECT ANSWER - Bellevue, Connecticut, Boston
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) - CORRECT ANSWER - Graduated from the New
England Hospital for Women and Children in 1879, becoming the first African-American
professional nurse. Worked for acceptance of African-Americans in the nursing profession.
, Lilian Wald (1867-1940) - CORRECT ANSWER - Founder of the Henry Street Settlement
in New York
Developments in nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - 1893 - 3 nurses meet at Chicago
World's Fair and form what later become the National League for Nursing (NLN)
1896 - American Nurses Association (ANA)
Mary Breckinridge (WWI & Early Depression Era) - CORRECT ANSWER - The driving
force behind rural health-care in America as well as the development of nurse midwives
National League for Nursing (NLN) - CORRECT ANSWER - Professional organization
whose members represent multiple disciplines. They conduct many types of programs, including
accrediting nursing education programs. In 1950 they assumed responsibility for state boards
The Great Depression (1931-1945) - CORRECT ANSWER - With hospitals largely staffed
by nursing students, most nurses who had completed their training worked as private duty nurses
in patients' homes
WWII: Opportunities for Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - Need for more nurses;
Congress enacted substantial support for nursing education (schooling in exchange for
commitment to serve)
Hill-Burton Act of 1946 - CORRECT ANSWER - Provided for the growth of new
facilities and increased need for nurses.
Associate degree in nursing began
Julie O. Flikke - CORRECT ANSWER - The first nurse to be promoted to the rank of
colonel in the U.S. Army.
3 Historical Professions - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicine, Law, Clergy
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Florence Nightingale (Crimean War) - CORRECT ANSWER - Founder of modern nursing
and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods.
Founded first training school at St. Thomas' Hospital
Mary Seacole (Crimean War) - CORRECT ANSWER - Jamaican nurse & businesswoman
who was refused the right to work with Nightingale, named "Greatest Black Briton," expert on
cholera
Dorthea Dix (Civil War) - CORRECT ANSWER - Civil War Superintendent of Union
Army Nurses, advocate for mentally ill & prisoners
Louisa May Alcott (Civil War) - CORRECT ANSWER - American writer and reformer
best known for her largely autobiographical novel Little Women (1868-1869).
Mary Ann Bickerdyke (Civil War) - CORRECT ANSWER - Traveled to care for soldiers
and established more than 300 field hospitals
Clara Barton (1821-1912) - CORRECT ANSWER - Nurse during the Civil War; founder
of the American Red Cross. "Angel of the Battlefield"
First 3 training schools - CORRECT ANSWER - Bellevue, Connecticut, Boston
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) - CORRECT ANSWER - Graduated from the New
England Hospital for Women and Children in 1879, becoming the first African-American
professional nurse. Worked for acceptance of African-Americans in the nursing profession.
, Lilian Wald (1867-1940) - CORRECT ANSWER - Founder of the Henry Street Settlement
in New York
Developments in nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - 1893 - 3 nurses meet at Chicago
World's Fair and form what later become the National League for Nursing (NLN)
1896 - American Nurses Association (ANA)
Mary Breckinridge (WWI & Early Depression Era) - CORRECT ANSWER - The driving
force behind rural health-care in America as well as the development of nurse midwives
National League for Nursing (NLN) - CORRECT ANSWER - Professional organization
whose members represent multiple disciplines. They conduct many types of programs, including
accrediting nursing education programs. In 1950 they assumed responsibility for state boards
The Great Depression (1931-1945) - CORRECT ANSWER - With hospitals largely staffed
by nursing students, most nurses who had completed their training worked as private duty nurses
in patients' homes
WWII: Opportunities for Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - Need for more nurses;
Congress enacted substantial support for nursing education (schooling in exchange for
commitment to serve)
Hill-Burton Act of 1946 - CORRECT ANSWER - Provided for the growth of new
facilities and increased need for nurses.
Associate degree in nursing began
Julie O. Flikke - CORRECT ANSWER - The first nurse to be promoted to the rank of
colonel in the U.S. Army.
3 Historical Professions - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicine, Law, Clergy
