NUR 2868 ROLE AND SCOPE EXAM FINAL
PREPARATION MANUAL 2026
◉ 4 Pillars of Molloy Answer: -studies
-community (participate)
-spirituality (help pt connect w higher being)
-service
◉ Molloy's Humanistic Framework for Nursing Answer: -we believe
that valuing the individual in the context of humanity, environment,
and health gives meaning to humanistic nursing practice
◉ Humanistic Framework of Nursing Answer: -valuing
-humanity
-health
-environment
◉ valuing Answer: -holding in high esteem the inherent worth and
dignity of all individuals
◉ humanity Answer: -unique human being, functioning as an
integrated whole, reflecting bio-psycho-socio-cultural dimensions
,◉ environment Answer: -sum total of all internal/external
dimensions that influence human beings
◉ health Answer: - a dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-cultural well
being
◉ nursing Answer: -a science and an art which focuses on the
diagnosis and treatment of human responses
◉ Early Civilization of Nursing Answer: -Egyptian physicians are
believed to have specialized in certain diseases
-midwives assisted with childbirth = first recorded nurses
◉ Ancient Greece and Nursing Answer: -Apollo = god of healing
-400 BC = Hippocrates believed disease had natural, not magical
causes
◉ diagnosis Answer: -identifying disease scientifically
◉ prognosis Answer: -predicting possible outcomes
◉ cure Answer: -restoration of health
, ◉ Roman Empire and Nursing Answer: -influenced by Egyptians and
Greeks
-known for advances in public health
◉ Ancient India and Nursing Answer: -male nurses needed 4
qualifications:
1. knowledge of drugs for administration
2. cleverness
3. devotedness to pt
4. purity of mind and body
◉ Christianity and Nursing Answer: -nursing had a more
formal/defined role
-led by belief that love and caring for others is most important
-women: visit sick pts
-men: nursing care and bury dead
-nursing became respected vocation
◉ Middle Ages and Nursing Answer: -more hospitals
-nurses delivered custodial care and depended on physicians for
direction
-nurse midwifery flourished
PREPARATION MANUAL 2026
◉ 4 Pillars of Molloy Answer: -studies
-community (participate)
-spirituality (help pt connect w higher being)
-service
◉ Molloy's Humanistic Framework for Nursing Answer: -we believe
that valuing the individual in the context of humanity, environment,
and health gives meaning to humanistic nursing practice
◉ Humanistic Framework of Nursing Answer: -valuing
-humanity
-health
-environment
◉ valuing Answer: -holding in high esteem the inherent worth and
dignity of all individuals
◉ humanity Answer: -unique human being, functioning as an
integrated whole, reflecting bio-psycho-socio-cultural dimensions
,◉ environment Answer: -sum total of all internal/external
dimensions that influence human beings
◉ health Answer: - a dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-cultural well
being
◉ nursing Answer: -a science and an art which focuses on the
diagnosis and treatment of human responses
◉ Early Civilization of Nursing Answer: -Egyptian physicians are
believed to have specialized in certain diseases
-midwives assisted with childbirth = first recorded nurses
◉ Ancient Greece and Nursing Answer: -Apollo = god of healing
-400 BC = Hippocrates believed disease had natural, not magical
causes
◉ diagnosis Answer: -identifying disease scientifically
◉ prognosis Answer: -predicting possible outcomes
◉ cure Answer: -restoration of health
, ◉ Roman Empire and Nursing Answer: -influenced by Egyptians and
Greeks
-known for advances in public health
◉ Ancient India and Nursing Answer: -male nurses needed 4
qualifications:
1. knowledge of drugs for administration
2. cleverness
3. devotedness to pt
4. purity of mind and body
◉ Christianity and Nursing Answer: -nursing had a more
formal/defined role
-led by belief that love and caring for others is most important
-women: visit sick pts
-men: nursing care and bury dead
-nursing became respected vocation
◉ Middle Ages and Nursing Answer: -more hospitals
-nurses delivered custodial care and depended on physicians for
direction
-nurse midwifery flourished
