NSG 500 Quiz #1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST EDITION 2025
Why was Florence Nightingale essential for the birth of nursing leadership. - ANS-She was the
first person to bring systematic standards to nursing education.
-When recruited t be a British military nurse she noticed the hospitals were infested with
vermin and lacked clean sheets and other things.
-Despite direct Opposition from the physicians, Nightingale gathered the other nurses and
military wives to improve the conditions of the hospitals using her own money and would go on
to other Crimean war hospitals.
Ultimately, she reduced the mortality rate for injured soldiers from 40% to 2.2% by insuring that
they had nursing care, sunshine, and fresh air in a clean environment.
What did Nightingale experience when she was called to a field hospital? - ANS-She was called
to assist in a field hospital at a war, noticed the conditions were horrible for the patients (dirty,
crowded). She opened the windows and cleaned the place up by including fresh air, cleanliness
and sunshine.
What 4 things did Nightingale ensure that wounded solders have that reduced the mortality
rate? - ANSnursing care
sunshine
fresh air
and a clean environment
What ideas did Nightingale use in her model for nursing education - ANSShe held that nurses
, needed not only to carry out the physician's orders but to understand why those orders were
appropriate, which
was a revolutionary idea for the time. She planned for lectures by physicians and for bedside
training and
supervision by the nursing superintendent and her assistants. Nightingale believed that nurses
needed to
understand the symptoms of the diseases of their patients, what the symptoms and changes in
symptoms
indicated, and the reason behind the symptoms. Nurses needed to be able to observe the
patient for changes
that occurred in the absence of the physician and communicate these changes to the physician.
She also
planned for training the trainers, preparing the nurses who would teach the students. She
insisted that the
superintendent nurse have ultimate authority about students
Describe 19th centrury nursing education - ANSNurses were not formally educated by
universitities. The American Medical Assosiation created nursing schools where physicians over
saw nursing education.
-This was a direct contrast to Nightingales schools where nurse leaders were the forefront of
education
Issues with 19th century nursing education - ANS-It was oversaw by physicians almost
completely male
-The nurses lives were under scrutiny by the hospital administrators and physicians
-nurses were not allowed to get married
-nurses had to adhere to strict dress code
-Students lives were controlled by the hospital their school was in
ANSWERS LATEST EDITION 2025
Why was Florence Nightingale essential for the birth of nursing leadership. - ANS-She was the
first person to bring systematic standards to nursing education.
-When recruited t be a British military nurse she noticed the hospitals were infested with
vermin and lacked clean sheets and other things.
-Despite direct Opposition from the physicians, Nightingale gathered the other nurses and
military wives to improve the conditions of the hospitals using her own money and would go on
to other Crimean war hospitals.
Ultimately, she reduced the mortality rate for injured soldiers from 40% to 2.2% by insuring that
they had nursing care, sunshine, and fresh air in a clean environment.
What did Nightingale experience when she was called to a field hospital? - ANS-She was called
to assist in a field hospital at a war, noticed the conditions were horrible for the patients (dirty,
crowded). She opened the windows and cleaned the place up by including fresh air, cleanliness
and sunshine.
What 4 things did Nightingale ensure that wounded solders have that reduced the mortality
rate? - ANSnursing care
sunshine
fresh air
and a clean environment
What ideas did Nightingale use in her model for nursing education - ANSShe held that nurses
, needed not only to carry out the physician's orders but to understand why those orders were
appropriate, which
was a revolutionary idea for the time. She planned for lectures by physicians and for bedside
training and
supervision by the nursing superintendent and her assistants. Nightingale believed that nurses
needed to
understand the symptoms of the diseases of their patients, what the symptoms and changes in
symptoms
indicated, and the reason behind the symptoms. Nurses needed to be able to observe the
patient for changes
that occurred in the absence of the physician and communicate these changes to the physician.
She also
planned for training the trainers, preparing the nurses who would teach the students. She
insisted that the
superintendent nurse have ultimate authority about students
Describe 19th centrury nursing education - ANSNurses were not formally educated by
universitities. The American Medical Assosiation created nursing schools where physicians over
saw nursing education.
-This was a direct contrast to Nightingales schools where nurse leaders were the forefront of
education
Issues with 19th century nursing education - ANS-It was oversaw by physicians almost
completely male
-The nurses lives were under scrutiny by the hospital administrators and physicians
-nurses were not allowed to get married
-nurses had to adhere to strict dress code
-Students lives were controlled by the hospital their school was in
