NURS 380 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Whcih Women made significant contributions to the nursing care of soldiers during the civil war?
Select All that Apply.
1. Harriet Tubman
2. Florence Nightingale
3. Fabioloa
4. Dorothea Dix
5. Sojourner Truth - Answers Harriet Tubman, Dorothea Dix, Sojourner Truth
Curricula for Nursing education are strongly influenced by which of the following? Select all that
apply.
1. Physician Groups
2. Professional nursing organizations
3. Individual State Boards of nursing
4. Hospital administrators
5. The national Council of state Boards of Nursing - Answers Professional nursing
organization,Individual state boards of nursing, the national council of state boards of nursing
Individuals or clients, environment, health, and nursing constitute the metaparadigm for nursing
because they do which of the following?
1. Provide a framwork for implementing the nursing process
2. Can be used in any setting when caring for a client
3. Cane be used to determine applicability ofa research study
4. Focus on the needs of a group of clients - Answers can be used in any setting when caring for a
client
Which is an example of continuing education for nurses?
1. Attending the hospital's orientation program
2. completing the workshop on ehtical aspects of nursing
3. Obtaining informtation about the facility's new computer charting system
3. Talking with a company representative about a new pievce of equipment - Answers completing
workshops on the ethical aspects of nursing
Health promotion is best represented by which activity?
1. administering immunization
2. giving a bath
3. preventing accidents in the home
4. performing diagnostic procedures - Answers Preventing accidents in the home
rational: health promotion focuses on maintaining normal status without consideration of diseases
Who were americas first trained nurses?
1. Barton and Wald
2. Dockand Sanger
3. Richards and Mahoney
4. Henderson and Breckinridge - Answers Richards and Mahoney
A nurse with 2 to 3 years of experience who has the ability to coordinate multile complex nursing care
demands is at which stage of Benner's stages of nursing expertise?
1. Advanced Beginner
2. Competent
3. Proficient
4. Expert - Answers Competent
Which professional organization developed a code for nursing students?
1. ANA
2. NLN
3. AACN
4. NSNA - Answers NSNA
Rational: The National Student nurses Association developed the Code of academic andclinical
conduct for students in 2001
Which social force is most likely to sginificantly impact the future supply and demand for nurses?
1. Aging
2. Economics
, 3. Science/Technology
4. Telecommunications - Answers Aging
Rational: impacts supply and demand the most
A registered nurse is interested in functioning as a healthcare advocate for individuals whos lives are
affected by violence. This nurse will be investigating which expanded career role?
1. Clinical nurse Specialists
2. Forensic nurse
3. Nurse practitioner
4. Nurse educator - Answers forensic nurse
Benners Stages Stage I - Answers Novice: No experience.Performance is limited, inflexible,and
governed by context-free rules and regulations rather than experience.
Benners Stages Stage II - Answers Advanced Beginner: Demonstrates marginally acceptable
performance. recognizes the meaningful "aspects" of a real situation. Has experienced enough real
situations to make judgements about them.
Benners Stages Stage III - Answers Competent: Has 2-3 years experience. Demonstrates organizational
and planning abilities. Differentiates important factors from less important aspects of care.
Coordinates multiple complex demands.
Benners Stages Stage IV - Answers Proficient: Has 3 to 5 years of experience. Perceives situations as
wholes rather than in parts, as in Stage II. Uses maxims as guides for what to consider in a situation.
Has holistic understanding of the client, which improves decision making. Focuses on long-term goals.
Benners Stage Stage V - Answers Expert: Performance is fluid, flexible, and highly proficient; no longer
requires rules, guidelines, or maxims to connect an understanding of the situation to the appropriate
action. Demonstrates highly skilled intuitive and analytical ability in new situations. Is inclined to take
action because "it felt right".
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) - Answers - My methods helped lower soldier mortality rate from 60
to 2%
-I entered nursing against my parents wishes and was educated at kaiserwerth the school for
deconesses
-Lady with the Lamp
-first nurse statistician
-suffered from PTSD
Clara Barton (1821-1912) - Answers -Founder of the American Red cross in 1881
-career during Civil war delivering medical supplies to wounded soldier behind the front lines and
helping to create a system to help find those missing in action
-used to work in the U.S.patent office
- first career as a teacher
-nursed brother to health for two years
Linda Richards (1841-1930) - Answers - first to introduce nurses notes and nurses uniforms
-helped open a nursing school in japan
-Graduated from New England hospital for women and children in 1873
-first stockholder in the American Journal of Nursing
- first graduate of a diploma nursing program in the U.S.
Dorthea Dix (1802-1887) - Answers - first career as a teacher
- nicknamed Dragon dix
- not a nurse but superintendent of Union Army Nurses during Civil War
-pioneered for mental health rights
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) - Answers -Graduated from the New England Hospital for Women
and Children in 1879, becoming the first African-American professional nurse. Worked for acceptance
of African-Americans in the nursing profession.
-one of three people to complete nursing program at school
- contributed to local and national nursing organizations
- award given for promoting interracial relationships
Clara Maass (1876-1901) - Answers - first nurse to have cuban and U.S. postage stamp made in her
honor
-trained as a nurse in Newark German hospital, which now bears her name
-worked as a nurse during American Spanish war
-spent time in the Philippines
Whcih Women made significant contributions to the nursing care of soldiers during the civil war?
Select All that Apply.
1. Harriet Tubman
2. Florence Nightingale
3. Fabioloa
4. Dorothea Dix
5. Sojourner Truth - Answers Harriet Tubman, Dorothea Dix, Sojourner Truth
Curricula for Nursing education are strongly influenced by which of the following? Select all that
apply.
1. Physician Groups
2. Professional nursing organizations
3. Individual State Boards of nursing
4. Hospital administrators
5. The national Council of state Boards of Nursing - Answers Professional nursing
organization,Individual state boards of nursing, the national council of state boards of nursing
Individuals or clients, environment, health, and nursing constitute the metaparadigm for nursing
because they do which of the following?
1. Provide a framwork for implementing the nursing process
2. Can be used in any setting when caring for a client
3. Cane be used to determine applicability ofa research study
4. Focus on the needs of a group of clients - Answers can be used in any setting when caring for a
client
Which is an example of continuing education for nurses?
1. Attending the hospital's orientation program
2. completing the workshop on ehtical aspects of nursing
3. Obtaining informtation about the facility's new computer charting system
3. Talking with a company representative about a new pievce of equipment - Answers completing
workshops on the ethical aspects of nursing
Health promotion is best represented by which activity?
1. administering immunization
2. giving a bath
3. preventing accidents in the home
4. performing diagnostic procedures - Answers Preventing accidents in the home
rational: health promotion focuses on maintaining normal status without consideration of diseases
Who were americas first trained nurses?
1. Barton and Wald
2. Dockand Sanger
3. Richards and Mahoney
4. Henderson and Breckinridge - Answers Richards and Mahoney
A nurse with 2 to 3 years of experience who has the ability to coordinate multile complex nursing care
demands is at which stage of Benner's stages of nursing expertise?
1. Advanced Beginner
2. Competent
3. Proficient
4. Expert - Answers Competent
Which professional organization developed a code for nursing students?
1. ANA
2. NLN
3. AACN
4. NSNA - Answers NSNA
Rational: The National Student nurses Association developed the Code of academic andclinical
conduct for students in 2001
Which social force is most likely to sginificantly impact the future supply and demand for nurses?
1. Aging
2. Economics
, 3. Science/Technology
4. Telecommunications - Answers Aging
Rational: impacts supply and demand the most
A registered nurse is interested in functioning as a healthcare advocate for individuals whos lives are
affected by violence. This nurse will be investigating which expanded career role?
1. Clinical nurse Specialists
2. Forensic nurse
3. Nurse practitioner
4. Nurse educator - Answers forensic nurse
Benners Stages Stage I - Answers Novice: No experience.Performance is limited, inflexible,and
governed by context-free rules and regulations rather than experience.
Benners Stages Stage II - Answers Advanced Beginner: Demonstrates marginally acceptable
performance. recognizes the meaningful "aspects" of a real situation. Has experienced enough real
situations to make judgements about them.
Benners Stages Stage III - Answers Competent: Has 2-3 years experience. Demonstrates organizational
and planning abilities. Differentiates important factors from less important aspects of care.
Coordinates multiple complex demands.
Benners Stages Stage IV - Answers Proficient: Has 3 to 5 years of experience. Perceives situations as
wholes rather than in parts, as in Stage II. Uses maxims as guides for what to consider in a situation.
Has holistic understanding of the client, which improves decision making. Focuses on long-term goals.
Benners Stage Stage V - Answers Expert: Performance is fluid, flexible, and highly proficient; no longer
requires rules, guidelines, or maxims to connect an understanding of the situation to the appropriate
action. Demonstrates highly skilled intuitive and analytical ability in new situations. Is inclined to take
action because "it felt right".
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) - Answers - My methods helped lower soldier mortality rate from 60
to 2%
-I entered nursing against my parents wishes and was educated at kaiserwerth the school for
deconesses
-Lady with the Lamp
-first nurse statistician
-suffered from PTSD
Clara Barton (1821-1912) - Answers -Founder of the American Red cross in 1881
-career during Civil war delivering medical supplies to wounded soldier behind the front lines and
helping to create a system to help find those missing in action
-used to work in the U.S.patent office
- first career as a teacher
-nursed brother to health for two years
Linda Richards (1841-1930) - Answers - first to introduce nurses notes and nurses uniforms
-helped open a nursing school in japan
-Graduated from New England hospital for women and children in 1873
-first stockholder in the American Journal of Nursing
- first graduate of a diploma nursing program in the U.S.
Dorthea Dix (1802-1887) - Answers - first career as a teacher
- nicknamed Dragon dix
- not a nurse but superintendent of Union Army Nurses during Civil War
-pioneered for mental health rights
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) - Answers -Graduated from the New England Hospital for Women
and Children in 1879, becoming the first African-American professional nurse. Worked for acceptance
of African-Americans in the nursing profession.
-one of three people to complete nursing program at school
- contributed to local and national nursing organizations
- award given for promoting interracial relationships
Clara Maass (1876-1901) - Answers - first nurse to have cuban and U.S. postage stamp made in her
honor
-trained as a nurse in Newark German hospital, which now bears her name
-worked as a nurse during American Spanish war
-spent time in the Philippines
