NSG 252 Final Exam- Exam 1 Content | 2026
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Movement towards scientific, research-based knowledge
20th century
Process approach
in a state of development, along a continuum
Accepted traits of a profession
A) Provides services vital to welfare
B) Has its own body of knowledge on which it builds its skills and services
C) Had autonomy
D) Own policies and activities
E) Education in an institution of higher education
F) Motives are service, not gain
G) Considered a "calling in life"
H) Has a code of ethics
I) Has professional organizations
J) Demonstrates competency
K) Requires licensure
Power
the capacity to exert influence
Referent power
,power that comes from subordinates' and coworkers' respect, admiration, and loyalty
Expert power
influence based on special skills or knowledge
reward power
Compliance achieved based on the ability to distribute rewards that others view as valuable
coercive power
A power base that is dependent on fear of the negative results from failing to comply
legitimate power
the power a person receives as a result of his or her position in the formal hierarchy of an
organization
Collective power
A large group of individuals bound together is more powerful than one person
the result of healthcare
trial and error
women
historically responsible for caring for the ill and injured
religion
what nursing and medicine was overseen by
industrial revolution
, rapid development of technology, movement to cities, emphasis on keeping workers healthy
sisters of charity
industrial revolution
a group that originally provided care in city hospitals but eventually moved to providing services
in home care and orphanages.
Florence Nightengale
1st epidemiology
1st organized nursing training
1st nursing philosophy
benjamin franklin
developed the Pennsylvanian to treat the mentally ill during the revolutionary war
philadelphia dispensary
developed by the quakers to provide free services for the poor during the revolutionary war
wound deaths= ____ during the revolutionary war
post-injury infection deaths
red rover
navy nurses used this hospital ship in the civil war
sisters of mercy
staffed the red rover during the civil war
Update Questions with complete solutions.
Movement towards scientific, research-based knowledge
20th century
Process approach
in a state of development, along a continuum
Accepted traits of a profession
A) Provides services vital to welfare
B) Has its own body of knowledge on which it builds its skills and services
C) Had autonomy
D) Own policies and activities
E) Education in an institution of higher education
F) Motives are service, not gain
G) Considered a "calling in life"
H) Has a code of ethics
I) Has professional organizations
J) Demonstrates competency
K) Requires licensure
Power
the capacity to exert influence
Referent power
,power that comes from subordinates' and coworkers' respect, admiration, and loyalty
Expert power
influence based on special skills or knowledge
reward power
Compliance achieved based on the ability to distribute rewards that others view as valuable
coercive power
A power base that is dependent on fear of the negative results from failing to comply
legitimate power
the power a person receives as a result of his or her position in the formal hierarchy of an
organization
Collective power
A large group of individuals bound together is more powerful than one person
the result of healthcare
trial and error
women
historically responsible for caring for the ill and injured
religion
what nursing and medicine was overseen by
industrial revolution
, rapid development of technology, movement to cities, emphasis on keeping workers healthy
sisters of charity
industrial revolution
a group that originally provided care in city hospitals but eventually moved to providing services
in home care and orphanages.
Florence Nightengale
1st epidemiology
1st organized nursing training
1st nursing philosophy
benjamin franklin
developed the Pennsylvanian to treat the mentally ill during the revolutionary war
philadelphia dispensary
developed by the quakers to provide free services for the poor during the revolutionary war
wound deaths= ____ during the revolutionary war
post-injury infection deaths
red rover
navy nurses used this hospital ship in the civil war
sisters of mercy
staffed the red rover during the civil war
