BSN 206 Nursing Fundamentals Hallmark Exams: Study Guide & Practice Questions

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BSN 206 FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING

FUNDAMENTALS HALLMARK EXAMS (LATEST 2025 /

2026 UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE PACKAGE) QUESTIONS

AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | GRADE

A - NIGHTINGALE

During which time frame in nursing history did Dorothea Dix

organize military hospitals and head the US Sanitary

Commission?

- Colonial American period

- 19th century

- 20th century

- Crimean War

.....ANSWER.....19th century

Which major contribution did Hippocrates make toward the

evolution of medicine and health care?

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- Was the first to develop procedures to perform surgical

operations

- Developed the first pharmacopeia with more than seven

hundred drugs.

- Was the first to attribute disease to natural causes rather than

supernatural causes and curses of the gods

- Established the first military hospital in Europe

.....ANSWER.....Was the first to attribute disease to natural causes

rather than supernatural causes and curses of the gods

Which elements are included in the ANA standards of

professional performance?

- Ethics

- Collaboration

- Nursing process

- Quality of practice

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- Resource utilization

.....ANSWER.....- Ethics

Ethics is one of the standards of professional performance

included in the second part of the Standards of Professional

Nursing Practice.




-Collaboration

Collaboration is one of the standards of professional

performance included in the second part of the Standards of

Professional Nursing Practice.




-Quality of practice

Quality of practice is one of the standards of professional

performance included in the second part of the Standards of

Professional Nursing Practice.

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-Resource utilization

Resource utilization is one of the standards of professional

performance included in the second part of the Standards of

Professional Nursing Practice.

What is nursing according to ANA? (2015)

.....ANSWER....."Nursing is the protection, promotion, and

optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and

injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and

treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of

individuals, families, communities, and populations."

What is nursing according to Florence Nightingale? (1860)

.....ANSWER....."The act of utilizing the environment of the patient

to assist him in his recovery."

What is nursing according to International Council for Nurses?

(2010) .....ANSWER....."Nursing encompasses autonomous and