Nur 305 Exam 2 Latest Questions All
Answered Correct Graded A+(2025-
2026) Edition.
Period of intuitive nursing - Answer this type of nursing was practiced since prehistoric times
among primitive tribes and lasted through the early Christian era; nursing was untaught and
was performed out of compassion for others--out of a wish to help others
beliefs and practices of prehistoric man - Answer -man was nomadic
-nursing was a function for women only
-believed illness was caused by evil spirits (black magic)
-utilized medicine man
Babylon- The Code of Hammurabi - Answer this was the first set of laws; provided laws that
covered medical practice and established fees, discouraged experimentation, recommended
specific doctors for each disease, gave the patient the right to choose between the use of
charms, medications or surgical procedures to curse disease (there was no mention of nurses or
nursing practice)
Egypt - Answer introduced art of embalming which enhanced their knowledge of human
anatomy; they developed the ability to make keen observations and left a record of 250
recognized diseases; they assembled a pharmacopeia with more than 700 remedies **1st drug
book~1st time there was a written acct
Israel- Moses - Answer ____is recognized as the "Father of Sanitation"- he wrote 5 books of
the Old Testament which:
-emphasized the practice of charity
-promulagted laws of control on the spread of communicable disease and hte ritua of
circumcision on the male child **Laid out specific laws to stop communicable diseases-clean vs
unclean
-referred to nurses as midwives, wet nurses or child's nurses whose acts were compassionate
and an outpouring of maternal instincts
Rome-1st time nursing is seen; Deaconesses - Answer believed in mythological figures that
were responsible of health and healing; the first organized visiting of the sick began with the
, China - Answer used massage, hydrotherapy, and exercise as preventive health measures; they
also used many herbs, minerals and acupuncture to heal the sick **CAM-many of these are still
used today
Greece; "Father of Medicine" - Answer introduced the caduceus, the insignia of the medical
profession today; Hippocrates became to be known as the "_________"; Parabolani: first male
nurse, cared for sick and buried the dead *at great risk for contagious diseases
Dark Ages - Answer Fall of the Roman Empire-medical knowledge survived through the efforts
of the Jewish physicians; establishment of School of Medicine in Salerno; trained to assist in
childbirth; Trotula-1st midwife and writer of 1st nursing textbook on diseases in women
**nursing is slowly developing here
Rise of Christianity; Phoebe - Answer Establishment of deaconess; nuns were big on visiting
the sick; convents; ______: first deaconess of the new Christian church--referred to as the 1st
visiting nurse
The Crusades; staffed by men - Answer -this involved a holy war between the Turks and the
pilgrims trying to recapture the Holy Land. Military religious orders established hospitals that
were _________
-Apprenticeship: on the job training--no formal education "diploma nurse"
-Religious orders of Christian church were responsible for the development of this type of
nursing
The Dark Period of Nursing (17th-19th century) - Answer -Martin Luther
-Nursing became the work of the least desirable women--took bribes from pt's, stole pt's food,
used alcohol as tranquilizer, worked 7 days a week, slept in a cubbyhole and ate scraps of food
Reform During the Dark Ages - Answer -Requirements for nursing training:
1) Character reference from clergyman
2) Certificate of health from physician
3) Permission from their nearest relative (usually a man)
**only reserved for women
Period of Educated Nursing; - Answer This period began on June 15, 1860 when the Florence
Answered Correct Graded A+(2025-
2026) Edition.
Period of intuitive nursing - Answer this type of nursing was practiced since prehistoric times
among primitive tribes and lasted through the early Christian era; nursing was untaught and
was performed out of compassion for others--out of a wish to help others
beliefs and practices of prehistoric man - Answer -man was nomadic
-nursing was a function for women only
-believed illness was caused by evil spirits (black magic)
-utilized medicine man
Babylon- The Code of Hammurabi - Answer this was the first set of laws; provided laws that
covered medical practice and established fees, discouraged experimentation, recommended
specific doctors for each disease, gave the patient the right to choose between the use of
charms, medications or surgical procedures to curse disease (there was no mention of nurses or
nursing practice)
Egypt - Answer introduced art of embalming which enhanced their knowledge of human
anatomy; they developed the ability to make keen observations and left a record of 250
recognized diseases; they assembled a pharmacopeia with more than 700 remedies **1st drug
book~1st time there was a written acct
Israel- Moses - Answer ____is recognized as the "Father of Sanitation"- he wrote 5 books of
the Old Testament which:
-emphasized the practice of charity
-promulagted laws of control on the spread of communicable disease and hte ritua of
circumcision on the male child **Laid out specific laws to stop communicable diseases-clean vs
unclean
-referred to nurses as midwives, wet nurses or child's nurses whose acts were compassionate
and an outpouring of maternal instincts
Rome-1st time nursing is seen; Deaconesses - Answer believed in mythological figures that
were responsible of health and healing; the first organized visiting of the sick began with the
, China - Answer used massage, hydrotherapy, and exercise as preventive health measures; they
also used many herbs, minerals and acupuncture to heal the sick **CAM-many of these are still
used today
Greece; "Father of Medicine" - Answer introduced the caduceus, the insignia of the medical
profession today; Hippocrates became to be known as the "_________"; Parabolani: first male
nurse, cared for sick and buried the dead *at great risk for contagious diseases
Dark Ages - Answer Fall of the Roman Empire-medical knowledge survived through the efforts
of the Jewish physicians; establishment of School of Medicine in Salerno; trained to assist in
childbirth; Trotula-1st midwife and writer of 1st nursing textbook on diseases in women
**nursing is slowly developing here
Rise of Christianity; Phoebe - Answer Establishment of deaconess; nuns were big on visiting
the sick; convents; ______: first deaconess of the new Christian church--referred to as the 1st
visiting nurse
The Crusades; staffed by men - Answer -this involved a holy war between the Turks and the
pilgrims trying to recapture the Holy Land. Military religious orders established hospitals that
were _________
-Apprenticeship: on the job training--no formal education "diploma nurse"
-Religious orders of Christian church were responsible for the development of this type of
nursing
The Dark Period of Nursing (17th-19th century) - Answer -Martin Luther
-Nursing became the work of the least desirable women--took bribes from pt's, stole pt's food,
used alcohol as tranquilizer, worked 7 days a week, slept in a cubbyhole and ate scraps of food
Reform During the Dark Ages - Answer -Requirements for nursing training:
1) Character reference from clergyman
2) Certificate of health from physician
3) Permission from their nearest relative (usually a man)
**only reserved for women
Period of Educated Nursing; - Answer This period began on June 15, 1860 when the Florence
