NURSING 2000 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
why do we study nursing history? - Correct Answers -so we don't make the same
mistakes again; appreciation of what we've accomplished
Florence Nightingale - Correct Answers -(1820-1910)
founder of modern nursing; before her (mid-1800s), there was no formal education on
nursing; she's well educated and well traveled; inspected hospitals and studied sanitary
reports and books on public health, and that knowledge became the basis of future
contributions;
-"lady with the lamp"-- made rounds at night; decreased mortality rate from 60% to 1%
during the Crimean war in Turkey
- wrote extensively on nursing
- thought to be the first nurse researcher
- 1860: established a training school for nurses; had to be 25-30 yrs old
- wrote "notes on nursing"
- nurses should be nurses not do laundry
- stressed the importance of nursing assessment and reporting
- differentiated between sick nursing and health nursing (wrote on it)
Harriet Tubman - Correct Answers -assisting many slaves to freedom through
underground Railroad before civil war; provided nursing care for wounded soldiers of
the union army
Nursing post civil war - Correct Answers -development of nursing schools slowly began
1869 - Correct Answers -AMA recommended nurses should be trained and instructed;
finally saw the benefit of the profession of nursing
Dorothea Dix - Correct Answers -improved care for the mentally ill, but didn't make an
impact on treatment because they still didn't know at the time; developed state
psychiatric center during the civil war; appointed super attendant nurse
Civil war nursing - Correct Answers -no organized system to care for the sick; lay
nurses (who were not formally educated) provided care for military personnel; nursing
consisted of feeding, bathing, fixing bandages, sewing, sweeping; no support from
physicians
, Clara Barton - Correct Answers -civil war time; provided nursing care for injured
soldiers; developed Red Cross in 1822
1872 - Correct Answers -New England Hospital for Women and Children initiates
primitive program; one year program, students worked from 5:30am-9pm, 7 days/week;
graduate after 1 year of work
Linda Richards - Correct Answers -noted graduate; America's first trained nurse (1873)
Mary Mahoney - Correct Answers -noted graduate; first trained black nurse in the US
(1879)
1873 - Correct Answers -first three school of nursing initiated
1. Bellevue Training School
2. Connecticut Training School
3. Boston Training School
-developed based on Nightingale's motto
post civil war
1891 - Correct Answers -first training school for black nurses- Provident Hospital in
Chicago
early 1900s - Correct Answers -increasing heath problems; increase in larger cities with
slums; compounded by increase in immigrants; health and social problems increased
Lilian Wald - Correct Answers -increased public health care; establish school of nursing
- first president of National Organization for Public Health Nursing; helped provide
welfare to the poor and sick
1893 - Correct Answers -American society of Superintendents of Training Schools for
nursing established (NLN)
- NLN helps maintain a standard in medicine
1896 - Correct Answers -Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada (ANA)
- first nurses organization for ALL Americans
1900 - Correct Answers -American Journal of Nursing
1903 - Correct Answers -legislation passed to register nurses; legislation was important
bc it separated those who were educated and those who were not
1901 and 1908 - Correct Answers -Army (01) and Navy (08) Nurse Corps established to
care for military personnel during times of war
1912 - Correct Answers -National Organization for Public Health Nursing established
AND ANSWERS
why do we study nursing history? - Correct Answers -so we don't make the same
mistakes again; appreciation of what we've accomplished
Florence Nightingale - Correct Answers -(1820-1910)
founder of modern nursing; before her (mid-1800s), there was no formal education on
nursing; she's well educated and well traveled; inspected hospitals and studied sanitary
reports and books on public health, and that knowledge became the basis of future
contributions;
-"lady with the lamp"-- made rounds at night; decreased mortality rate from 60% to 1%
during the Crimean war in Turkey
- wrote extensively on nursing
- thought to be the first nurse researcher
- 1860: established a training school for nurses; had to be 25-30 yrs old
- wrote "notes on nursing"
- nurses should be nurses not do laundry
- stressed the importance of nursing assessment and reporting
- differentiated between sick nursing and health nursing (wrote on it)
Harriet Tubman - Correct Answers -assisting many slaves to freedom through
underground Railroad before civil war; provided nursing care for wounded soldiers of
the union army
Nursing post civil war - Correct Answers -development of nursing schools slowly began
1869 - Correct Answers -AMA recommended nurses should be trained and instructed;
finally saw the benefit of the profession of nursing
Dorothea Dix - Correct Answers -improved care for the mentally ill, but didn't make an
impact on treatment because they still didn't know at the time; developed state
psychiatric center during the civil war; appointed super attendant nurse
Civil war nursing - Correct Answers -no organized system to care for the sick; lay
nurses (who were not formally educated) provided care for military personnel; nursing
consisted of feeding, bathing, fixing bandages, sewing, sweeping; no support from
physicians
, Clara Barton - Correct Answers -civil war time; provided nursing care for injured
soldiers; developed Red Cross in 1822
1872 - Correct Answers -New England Hospital for Women and Children initiates
primitive program; one year program, students worked from 5:30am-9pm, 7 days/week;
graduate after 1 year of work
Linda Richards - Correct Answers -noted graduate; America's first trained nurse (1873)
Mary Mahoney - Correct Answers -noted graduate; first trained black nurse in the US
(1879)
1873 - Correct Answers -first three school of nursing initiated
1. Bellevue Training School
2. Connecticut Training School
3. Boston Training School
-developed based on Nightingale's motto
post civil war
1891 - Correct Answers -first training school for black nurses- Provident Hospital in
Chicago
early 1900s - Correct Answers -increasing heath problems; increase in larger cities with
slums; compounded by increase in immigrants; health and social problems increased
Lilian Wald - Correct Answers -increased public health care; establish school of nursing
- first president of National Organization for Public Health Nursing; helped provide
welfare to the poor and sick
1893 - Correct Answers -American society of Superintendents of Training Schools for
nursing established (NLN)
- NLN helps maintain a standard in medicine
1896 - Correct Answers -Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada (ANA)
- first nurses organization for ALL Americans
1900 - Correct Answers -American Journal of Nursing
1903 - Correct Answers -legislation passed to register nurses; legislation was important
bc it separated those who were educated and those who were not
1901 and 1908 - Correct Answers -Army (01) and Navy (08) Nurse Corps established to
care for military personnel during times of war
1912 - Correct Answers -National Organization for Public Health Nursing established
