ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING CH. 1
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
Advanced practice - correct answer-
Is a contemporary term that has evolved to label an old phenomenon: nurses or women providing
care to those in need in their surrounding communities.
Lay healers - correct answer-
Saw their roles as intertwined with one`s obligations to the community, whereas the emerging med
ical class saw healing as a commodity to be bought and sold.
Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) - correct answer-
A rural nursing service founded in 1925 by Myra Breckinridge. The FNS influenced the development
of autonomous nurse midwifery in the United States.
ACNM - correct answer-
American College of Nurse Midwives. Publishes standards of practice for midwives. Sponsored the J
ournal of Nurse-Midwifery, and established a certification examination in 1971. Also certifies non-
nurses as midwives.
William T.G. Morton - correct answer-
In 1846, introduced the use of anesthesia in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Nitrous Oxide - correct answer-
First anesthetic agent used and adopted by U.S. dentists. Ether and chloroform followed shortly as
agents for use in anesthetizing a patient.
Watchful care: A History of America`s Nurse Anesthetists 1989 - correct answer-
Explains how economics changed anesthesia practice.
St. Mary`s Hospital (Mayo Clinic) - correct answer-
Where Alice Magaw sometimes referred to as the "Mother of Anesthesia" practiced from 1860 to
1928.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
Advanced practice - correct answer-
Is a contemporary term that has evolved to label an old phenomenon: nurses or women providing
care to those in need in their surrounding communities.
Lay healers - correct answer-
Saw their roles as intertwined with one`s obligations to the community, whereas the emerging med
ical class saw healing as a commodity to be bought and sold.
Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) - correct answer-
A rural nursing service founded in 1925 by Myra Breckinridge. The FNS influenced the development
of autonomous nurse midwifery in the United States.
ACNM - correct answer-
American College of Nurse Midwives. Publishes standards of practice for midwives. Sponsored the J
ournal of Nurse-Midwifery, and established a certification examination in 1971. Also certifies non-
nurses as midwives.
William T.G. Morton - correct answer-
In 1846, introduced the use of anesthesia in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Nitrous Oxide - correct answer-
First anesthetic agent used and adopted by U.S. dentists. Ether and chloroform followed shortly as
agents for use in anesthetizing a patient.
Watchful care: A History of America`s Nurse Anesthetists 1989 - correct answer-
Explains how economics changed anesthesia practice.
St. Mary`s Hospital (Mayo Clinic) - correct answer-
Where Alice Magaw sometimes referred to as the "Mother of Anesthesia" practiced from 1860 to
1928.
