NURS 109 Unit 1 Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
- 19th century nurse who changed the view of nursing from an act of service to a profession
- independent, leader, teacher, current, competent, caring, advocate for patients
- was *chief nurse in a military hospital during the Crimean War*, during which time was male-
dominated
- she understood the importance of sanitation before it was a standard practice
- "founder of nursing programs"; she published first nursing textbook called *Notes on Nursing*
- *"Lady with the Lamp"*
- *"Mother of Nursing"* - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence Nightingale
- initially an educator
- *first woman in US government office*
- nursed soldiers of the Civil War
- *"angel of the battlefield"*; she was allowed to provide care on the battlefields where formerly,
women were rare/uncommon
- Head Supervisor of Nurses for army
- *with Pres. Lincoln*, they created the Office of Correspondence with Friends of the Missing
Men of the US Army
- organized the *American Red Cross*
- influenced the creation of the *Army Nurse Corps* - CORRECT ANSWER - Clara
Barton
- first African American female nurse; one of 3 to graduate out of a class of 40
- - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary Mahoney
- known for her teaching roles in transforming the methods at John Hopkins
, - *she encouraged off the job training as opposed to on the job site training*, which often lead to
many preventable accidents
- helped found the International Council of Nursing, American Nurses Association, and the
National League for Nursing
- one of the most "useful women of the world" (Yale) - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary
Adelaide Nutting
- helped define nursing schools with graded curricula in Chicago
- worked at John Hopkins
- helped create the Society of Superintendents of Training Schools - CORRECT
ANSWER - Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
- worked at the NY Juvenile Asylum
- Henry Street Nurses' Settlement
- coined the term *"public health nurse"*
- helped develop the first public nursing system
- helped establish the Federal Children's Bureau to abolish child labor
- suggested a *national health insurance plan* - CORRECT ANSWER - Lillian Wald
- established the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky
- contributed to health of pregnant women by addressing the need for maternal and prenatal
healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary Breckinridge
- became Superintendent of Union Army Nurses during Civil War
- *reformed the treatment of the mentally ill at a time when others looked upon them as exiles* -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dorothea Dix
- helped redefine the nursing definition
- definition is open ended and only limited by the nurse who interprets it
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
- 19th century nurse who changed the view of nursing from an act of service to a profession
- independent, leader, teacher, current, competent, caring, advocate for patients
- was *chief nurse in a military hospital during the Crimean War*, during which time was male-
dominated
- she understood the importance of sanitation before it was a standard practice
- "founder of nursing programs"; she published first nursing textbook called *Notes on Nursing*
- *"Lady with the Lamp"*
- *"Mother of Nursing"* - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence Nightingale
- initially an educator
- *first woman in US government office*
- nursed soldiers of the Civil War
- *"angel of the battlefield"*; she was allowed to provide care on the battlefields where formerly,
women were rare/uncommon
- Head Supervisor of Nurses for army
- *with Pres. Lincoln*, they created the Office of Correspondence with Friends of the Missing
Men of the US Army
- organized the *American Red Cross*
- influenced the creation of the *Army Nurse Corps* - CORRECT ANSWER - Clara
Barton
- first African American female nurse; one of 3 to graduate out of a class of 40
- - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary Mahoney
- known for her teaching roles in transforming the methods at John Hopkins
, - *she encouraged off the job training as opposed to on the job site training*, which often lead to
many preventable accidents
- helped found the International Council of Nursing, American Nurses Association, and the
National League for Nursing
- one of the most "useful women of the world" (Yale) - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary
Adelaide Nutting
- helped define nursing schools with graded curricula in Chicago
- worked at John Hopkins
- helped create the Society of Superintendents of Training Schools - CORRECT
ANSWER - Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
- worked at the NY Juvenile Asylum
- Henry Street Nurses' Settlement
- coined the term *"public health nurse"*
- helped develop the first public nursing system
- helped establish the Federal Children's Bureau to abolish child labor
- suggested a *national health insurance plan* - CORRECT ANSWER - Lillian Wald
- established the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky
- contributed to health of pregnant women by addressing the need for maternal and prenatal
healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary Breckinridge
- became Superintendent of Union Army Nurses during Civil War
- *reformed the treatment of the mentally ill at a time when others looked upon them as exiles* -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dorothea Dix
- helped redefine the nursing definition
- definition is open ended and only limited by the nurse who interprets it
