NUR2058- Dimensions of Nursing
Practice Questions And Answers
/What are the characteristics of a profession? - Answer-High intellectual level, individual
responsibility, specialized knowledge, higher education, public service, autonomy,
organized representation, code of ethics, professional identity, competency and license
/.What is the importance of a specialized body of knowledge in a profession? - Answer-
It distinguishes a profession from other occupations
/.What is the importance of a code of ethics in a profession? - Answer-It guides
members in their practice
/.What is the purpose of a professional organization? What are the benefits of joining a
professional organization? Know the following professional organizations and their
contribution: National League of Nursing (NLN), American Nurses Association (ANA0,
The National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA), & Grassroots Organizations -
Answer-- group of people banding together to achieve a specific purpose
- By working together for a specific purpose, an association or organization amplifies its
impact; and by developing a strategic plan, it focuses that impact to achieve certain
results
· NLN (National League for Nursing)
advances excellence in nursing education to prepare nurses to meet the needs of a
diverse population in a changing health care environment.
· American Nurses Association (ANA)
Professional organization that represents all registered nurses
· NSNA (national student nurses association)
is an independent legal corporation established in 1953 to represent the needs of
nursing students. The main purpose of the NSNA is to help maintain high standards of
education.
· Grassroots Organization
Local nursing groups that are trying to solve a particular problem.
/.What are diploma schools? What are some of the benefits of diploma school nurses? -
Answer--Types of schools that were closely associated with hospitals and could provide
a source of free or inexpensive labor in the form of nursing students.
/.What role did Christianity play regarding healthcare? - Answer--Following the
teachings of Jesus meant that caring for the sick, poor, and disadvantaged was of
primary importance
/.What are the major nursing symbols affiliated with the nursing profession? Who or
what was the influence for these symbols? - Answer-- Lamp
, · Often represents the eternal flame that dispels darkness and evil
- Nursing pin
· Acknowledges nursing graduates as belonging to a unique group and identifies them
as a new member of the health-care community
- Cap
Primary purpose was to keep the nurse's long hair form getting in the way, but it also
identified nurses who had graduated
/.Know the contributions for each of the following nursing leaders: Nightingale, Hampton
Robb, Wald, Dock, Goodrich, & Ford - Answer-- Florence Nightingale
- Regarded as the founder of modern nursing
- Realized the only way to improve health care was to educate women to be reliable,
high-quality nurses
- Believed that nursing schools should be run by nurses and independent of hospitals
and physicians
- Advocated a program of at least 1 yr that included biological science, techniques to
improve nursing care, and supervised practice
- Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
- became the first director of the Illinois Training School for Nurses
- advocated for the reduction of long training hours
- headed new John Hopkins Training School for Nurses
- brought leaders together to form the American Society of Superintendents of Training
Schools for Nurses, the precursor to the NLN
- 1896 became the first president of Nurses Associated Alumnae of the US and
Canada, which later became the ANA
- Helped develop the American Journal of Nursing, the official journal of the ANA
- Lillian Wald
- Graduated from the New York Hospital Training School for Nurses
- Opened the Henry Street Settlement
- Developed courses to prepare nurses for career in public health at Columbia
University
- Advocated for wellness education
- Credited with founding the American Red Cross's Town and Country Nursing Service
and with initiating the concept of school nursing
- In 1912, founded and became the first president of the National Organization for Public
Health Housing
- First to place nurses in public schools
Lavinia Lloyd Dock
- Attended New York's Hunter -Bellevue School of Nursing
- Contributions as a reformer focused on the professionalization of nursing and the
equality of women
- Wrote the first medication textbook for nurses
Practice Questions And Answers
/What are the characteristics of a profession? - Answer-High intellectual level, individual
responsibility, specialized knowledge, higher education, public service, autonomy,
organized representation, code of ethics, professional identity, competency and license
/.What is the importance of a specialized body of knowledge in a profession? - Answer-
It distinguishes a profession from other occupations
/.What is the importance of a code of ethics in a profession? - Answer-It guides
members in their practice
/.What is the purpose of a professional organization? What are the benefits of joining a
professional organization? Know the following professional organizations and their
contribution: National League of Nursing (NLN), American Nurses Association (ANA0,
The National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA), & Grassroots Organizations -
Answer-- group of people banding together to achieve a specific purpose
- By working together for a specific purpose, an association or organization amplifies its
impact; and by developing a strategic plan, it focuses that impact to achieve certain
results
· NLN (National League for Nursing)
advances excellence in nursing education to prepare nurses to meet the needs of a
diverse population in a changing health care environment.
· American Nurses Association (ANA)
Professional organization that represents all registered nurses
· NSNA (national student nurses association)
is an independent legal corporation established in 1953 to represent the needs of
nursing students. The main purpose of the NSNA is to help maintain high standards of
education.
· Grassroots Organization
Local nursing groups that are trying to solve a particular problem.
/.What are diploma schools? What are some of the benefits of diploma school nurses? -
Answer--Types of schools that were closely associated with hospitals and could provide
a source of free or inexpensive labor in the form of nursing students.
/.What role did Christianity play regarding healthcare? - Answer--Following the
teachings of Jesus meant that caring for the sick, poor, and disadvantaged was of
primary importance
/.What are the major nursing symbols affiliated with the nursing profession? Who or
what was the influence for these symbols? - Answer-- Lamp
, · Often represents the eternal flame that dispels darkness and evil
- Nursing pin
· Acknowledges nursing graduates as belonging to a unique group and identifies them
as a new member of the health-care community
- Cap
Primary purpose was to keep the nurse's long hair form getting in the way, but it also
identified nurses who had graduated
/.Know the contributions for each of the following nursing leaders: Nightingale, Hampton
Robb, Wald, Dock, Goodrich, & Ford - Answer-- Florence Nightingale
- Regarded as the founder of modern nursing
- Realized the only way to improve health care was to educate women to be reliable,
high-quality nurses
- Believed that nursing schools should be run by nurses and independent of hospitals
and physicians
- Advocated a program of at least 1 yr that included biological science, techniques to
improve nursing care, and supervised practice
- Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
- became the first director of the Illinois Training School for Nurses
- advocated for the reduction of long training hours
- headed new John Hopkins Training School for Nurses
- brought leaders together to form the American Society of Superintendents of Training
Schools for Nurses, the precursor to the NLN
- 1896 became the first president of Nurses Associated Alumnae of the US and
Canada, which later became the ANA
- Helped develop the American Journal of Nursing, the official journal of the ANA
- Lillian Wald
- Graduated from the New York Hospital Training School for Nurses
- Opened the Henry Street Settlement
- Developed courses to prepare nurses for career in public health at Columbia
University
- Advocated for wellness education
- Credited with founding the American Red Cross's Town and Country Nursing Service
and with initiating the concept of school nursing
- In 1912, founded and became the first president of the National Organization for Public
Health Housing
- First to place nurses in public schools
Lavinia Lloyd Dock
- Attended New York's Hunter -Bellevue School of Nursing
- Contributions as a reformer focused on the professionalization of nursing and the
equality of women
- Wrote the first medication textbook for nurses
