NURSING 201 MIDTERM EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. a state of optimal functioning or physical, social, and mental well being, but not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity - CORRECT-ANSWERShealth
2. allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the
patient, and the institution where healthcare is given - CORRECT-ANSWERSstandards
3. integration of both the art and science of nursing- this is nursing made visible -
CORRECT-ANSWERSnursing process
4. allows nurse to apply for and be endorsed as a registered nurse by another state -
CORRECT-ANSWERSreciprocity
5. well defined body of specific and unique knowledge, strong service orientation,
recognized authority by a professional group code of ethics, professional organization
that sets standards, ongoing research, autonomy- self determination, being independent or
self governing - CORRECT-ANSWERSprofession
6. legal authority to practice as a nursing professional - CORRECT-ANSWERSlicensure
7. person who nourishes, fosters, protects, and is prepared to take care of those who are
sick, injured, and aged - CORRECT-ANSWERSnursing
8. laws established in each state in the US to regulate the practice of nursing, often broadly
worded and varying among states - CORRECT-ANSWERSnursing practice act
9. the belief that everything in nature is alive with invisible forces endowed with power -
CORRECT-ANSWERSanimism
10. how nurses were treated in historical times - CORRECT-ANSWERSslaves
, 11. the beginning of male practice nursing - CORRECT-ANSWERScrusades
12. defined nursing as both an art and a science, differentiated nursing from medicine,
created free standing nursing education, published books about nursing and healthcare,
founder of MODERN NURSING born in 1820 - CORRECT-ANSWERSflorence
nightingale
13. volunteered to care for wounds and feed the union soldiers during the Civil War, served
as a supervisor for nurses for the Army of the James, organizing hospitals and nurses,
established RED CROSS 1882 - CORRECT-ANSWERSclara barton
14. graduated from New England Hospital for Women and Children, 1879 America's first
AFRICAN-AMERICAN NURSE - CORRECT-ANSWERSmary mahoney
15. founder of Planned Parenthood and had idea for birth control - CORRECT-
ANSWERSmargaret sanger
16. Female Nurses of the Army, was a pioneering crusader for the reform of the treatment of
mentally ill - CORRECT-ANSWERSdorathea dix
17. to nourish origin of word nurse - CORRECT-ANSWERSnutrix
18. ICN - CORRECT-ANSWERSinternational council of nurses
19. ANA - CORRECT-ANSWERSamerican nurses association
20. to promote health, prevent illness, restore health, facilitate coping with disability or death
- CORRECT-ANSWERSaims of nursing
21. first international organization of professional women - CORRECT-ANSWERSICN
22. includes, but not limited to, people of varying cultures, racial and ethnic origin, religion,
language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic status,
occupational status, and geographic location. - CORRECT-ANSWERScultural diversity
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. a state of optimal functioning or physical, social, and mental well being, but not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity - CORRECT-ANSWERShealth
2. allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the
patient, and the institution where healthcare is given - CORRECT-ANSWERSstandards
3. integration of both the art and science of nursing- this is nursing made visible -
CORRECT-ANSWERSnursing process
4. allows nurse to apply for and be endorsed as a registered nurse by another state -
CORRECT-ANSWERSreciprocity
5. well defined body of specific and unique knowledge, strong service orientation,
recognized authority by a professional group code of ethics, professional organization
that sets standards, ongoing research, autonomy- self determination, being independent or
self governing - CORRECT-ANSWERSprofession
6. legal authority to practice as a nursing professional - CORRECT-ANSWERSlicensure
7. person who nourishes, fosters, protects, and is prepared to take care of those who are
sick, injured, and aged - CORRECT-ANSWERSnursing
8. laws established in each state in the US to regulate the practice of nursing, often broadly
worded and varying among states - CORRECT-ANSWERSnursing practice act
9. the belief that everything in nature is alive with invisible forces endowed with power -
CORRECT-ANSWERSanimism
10. how nurses were treated in historical times - CORRECT-ANSWERSslaves
, 11. the beginning of male practice nursing - CORRECT-ANSWERScrusades
12. defined nursing as both an art and a science, differentiated nursing from medicine,
created free standing nursing education, published books about nursing and healthcare,
founder of MODERN NURSING born in 1820 - CORRECT-ANSWERSflorence
nightingale
13. volunteered to care for wounds and feed the union soldiers during the Civil War, served
as a supervisor for nurses for the Army of the James, organizing hospitals and nurses,
established RED CROSS 1882 - CORRECT-ANSWERSclara barton
14. graduated from New England Hospital for Women and Children, 1879 America's first
AFRICAN-AMERICAN NURSE - CORRECT-ANSWERSmary mahoney
15. founder of Planned Parenthood and had idea for birth control - CORRECT-
ANSWERSmargaret sanger
16. Female Nurses of the Army, was a pioneering crusader for the reform of the treatment of
mentally ill - CORRECT-ANSWERSdorathea dix
17. to nourish origin of word nurse - CORRECT-ANSWERSnutrix
18. ICN - CORRECT-ANSWERSinternational council of nurses
19. ANA - CORRECT-ANSWERSamerican nurses association
20. to promote health, prevent illness, restore health, facilitate coping with disability or death
- CORRECT-ANSWERSaims of nursing
21. first international organization of professional women - CORRECT-ANSWERSICN
22. includes, but not limited to, people of varying cultures, racial and ethnic origin, religion,
language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic status,
occupational status, and geographic location. - CORRECT-ANSWERScultural diversity
