STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTION SET
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
⩥ Clara Barton. Answer: Founded the American Red Cross
⩥ Mary Eliza Mahoney. Answer: first African American professional
nurse
1st af. Am nurse
⩥ Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940). Answer: Responsible for the
development of public health nursing in the United States through the
founding of the Henry Street Settlement in New York City.
⩥ Florence Nightingale. Answer: Established sanitary nursing care units.
Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of nursing.
Led a group of nurses to Scutari, Turkey during the Crimean War.
⩥ Pastor Theodor Fliedner. Answer: Established the Kaiserswerth
School of nursing in Kaiserswerth, Germany
⩥ Mary Ann Ball (1817-1901). Answer: One of the greatest nurse
heroines of the Civil War. Championed the rights and comforts of the
, soldiers; organized diet kitchens, laundries, ambulance service; and
supervised the nursing staff.
⩥ Linda Richards. Answer: America's first trained nurse
Developed present day documentation system
⩥ World War 1. Answer: Newly formed Army & Nurse Corps
⩥ World War 2. Answer: Cadet Nurse Corps was established
⩥ "Lady with the Lamp". Answer: Florence Nightengale, now symbol of
nursing is the lamp
⩥ Pittsburgh Infirmary. Answer: Now Passavant Hospital
Created by Fliedner
⩥ Bellevue Hospital. Answer: Opened first school of nursing (1873).
⩥ NCLEX. Answer: National Council Licensure Examination
⩥ Nurse Practice Act (NPA). Answer: defines the scope and limitations
of professional nursing practice; vary from state to state