NUR 129 Test 1 Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Beginning of Nursing - Answer: Began as a desire to keep people healthy and to provide comfort and
assurance to the sick
Stages of Nursing - Answer: Nursing from ancient times to the nineteenth century: Early civilization,
christianity, middle ages, and fifteenth to nineteenth century. Civil war to present day american nursing
Early Civilization - Answer: Egyptian physicians are believed to have specialized in certain diseases (such
as internal diseases, fractured bones, and wounds). They also hired women, later known as midwives, to
assist with childbirth. These women were the first recorded nurses
Greece - Answer: The Greeks believed in Apollo, the Greek god of healing and prayed to him for magic
cures for their illness. 400 B.C., the famous Greek physicians Hippocrates believed that disease had
natural, magical causes
Diagnosis - Answer: Identifying the disease scientifically
Prognosis - Answer: Predicting the possible outcome
Cure - Answer: Restoration of health
Roman Empire - Answer: After 300 B.C., early physicians built on the groundwork for their Egyptian and
Greek predecessors. The Romans are best known for advances in the health of the public
India - Answer: Early hospitals were staffed by male nurses who were required to meet four
qualifications: knowledge of the manner in which drugs should be prepared for administration,
cleverness, devotedness to the patient, and purity of mind and body
, Christianity - Answer: Nursing began to have a formal and more clearly defined role. Led by the belief
that love and caring for others were important, women made the first visits to sick people, male gave
nursing care and buried the dead. Nursing became a respected vocation
Middle Ages - Answer: More hospitals were built. Nurses delivered custodial care and depended on
physicians for direction
Nurse midwifery, as one of the oldest nursing roles, flourished.
Much nursing care was provided by monks and nuns, which was segregated by sex
The Crusades - Answer: Europe rose to reclaim the Holy Land from the Moslems
Hospitals developed on the battlefields
Knight Hospitalizers of St. John's of Jerusalem cared for the injured - their symbol, a bright red cross
Knights organized nursing care
Had a probationary period before you could wear the "white" robes of knighthood
Nursing became acceptable for women and encouraged by the Catholic Church
The Renaissance - Answer: Dark ages of nursing
Nursing orders to take a vow of poverty, chastity, and obedience
Number of nurses reduced to smaller possible number (to economize)
Limited women's freedom
Doctors did most of the nursing jobs
Nurses did mostly cleaning, laundry, and scrubbing
Hospitals a course of epidemics
An average family dreaded and avoided nurses and hospitals
Fifteenth to Nineteenth Century - Answer: The extensive population growth in cities, the lack of hygiene
and sanitation and the increasing poverty in urban centers resulted in serious health problems
Society changed from one with a religious orientation to one that emphasized warfare, exploration, and
expansion of knowledge
Solutions Graded A+
Beginning of Nursing - Answer: Began as a desire to keep people healthy and to provide comfort and
assurance to the sick
Stages of Nursing - Answer: Nursing from ancient times to the nineteenth century: Early civilization,
christianity, middle ages, and fifteenth to nineteenth century. Civil war to present day american nursing
Early Civilization - Answer: Egyptian physicians are believed to have specialized in certain diseases (such
as internal diseases, fractured bones, and wounds). They also hired women, later known as midwives, to
assist with childbirth. These women were the first recorded nurses
Greece - Answer: The Greeks believed in Apollo, the Greek god of healing and prayed to him for magic
cures for their illness. 400 B.C., the famous Greek physicians Hippocrates believed that disease had
natural, magical causes
Diagnosis - Answer: Identifying the disease scientifically
Prognosis - Answer: Predicting the possible outcome
Cure - Answer: Restoration of health
Roman Empire - Answer: After 300 B.C., early physicians built on the groundwork for their Egyptian and
Greek predecessors. The Romans are best known for advances in the health of the public
India - Answer: Early hospitals were staffed by male nurses who were required to meet four
qualifications: knowledge of the manner in which drugs should be prepared for administration,
cleverness, devotedness to the patient, and purity of mind and body
, Christianity - Answer: Nursing began to have a formal and more clearly defined role. Led by the belief
that love and caring for others were important, women made the first visits to sick people, male gave
nursing care and buried the dead. Nursing became a respected vocation
Middle Ages - Answer: More hospitals were built. Nurses delivered custodial care and depended on
physicians for direction
Nurse midwifery, as one of the oldest nursing roles, flourished.
Much nursing care was provided by monks and nuns, which was segregated by sex
The Crusades - Answer: Europe rose to reclaim the Holy Land from the Moslems
Hospitals developed on the battlefields
Knight Hospitalizers of St. John's of Jerusalem cared for the injured - their symbol, a bright red cross
Knights organized nursing care
Had a probationary period before you could wear the "white" robes of knighthood
Nursing became acceptable for women and encouraged by the Catholic Church
The Renaissance - Answer: Dark ages of nursing
Nursing orders to take a vow of poverty, chastity, and obedience
Number of nurses reduced to smaller possible number (to economize)
Limited women's freedom
Doctors did most of the nursing jobs
Nurses did mostly cleaning, laundry, and scrubbing
Hospitals a course of epidemics
An average family dreaded and avoided nurses and hospitals
Fifteenth to Nineteenth Century - Answer: The extensive population growth in cities, the lack of hygiene
and sanitation and the increasing poverty in urban centers resulted in serious health problems
Society changed from one with a religious orientation to one that emphasized warfare, exploration, and
expansion of knowledge
