N138 QUIZ ON CH 1-4 WEEKLY QUIZ EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which early nursing leader founded the first training school for nurses that would later become a model
for early nursing education?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Mary Ann Bickerdyke
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Florence Nightingale
Who was the first educated African-American professional nurse?
A. Phoebe Pember
B. Mary Eliza Mahoney
C. Linda Richards
D. Sojourner Truth - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Mary Eliza Mahoney
To which early nursing leader is attributed the founding of the American Red Cross?
A. Clara Barton
B. Lavinia Lloyd Dock
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Clara Barton
What were some of the application requirements of nursing education programs in the 1900's?
A. Female, docile, from poor background
B. Female, sensitive, subservient
C. Male, intelligent, strong
D. Male, high breeding, independent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Female, sensitive, subservient
What was the most important influence of war on nursing?
A. It allowed for the development of hospitals.
B. Improved medical care increased soldiers' survival rates.
, C. Nurses were able to preform medical procedures during war.
D. It provided for the creation of new technology to make work easier - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅C.
Nurses were able to preform medical procedures during war.
During the Great Depression, staffing of hospitals changed with an impact lasting to the current day.
What was this change?
A. The employment of graduate nurses in hospitals.
B. The opening of more schools of nursing in hospitals
C. The need for increased private duty nurses and rural health nurses decreased the number of nurses
seeking employment in hospitals
D. The increased number of collegiate schools of nursing, which allowed hospitals to increase the
educational requirements for the staff. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. The employment of graduate nurses
in hospitals.
Margaret Sanger, as a nurse and activist, worked on the Lower East Side of New York City in the early
1900s with immigrant women. What was the focus of her work?
A. Safe contraception and family planning for women
B. Providing nursing care to underserved African-American families
C. Sanitation to prevent diseases transmission
D. Health education for children - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Safe contraception and family planning for
women
Historically, one solution that attempted to correct the shortage of RN's was to increase the supply of
nurses. Means of increasing the supply of nurses included (Select all that apply).
A. importation of nurses from English-speaking countries
B. use of registered care technicians
C. development of associate degree programs
D. use of "traveling nurses"
E. Implementation of team nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. importation of nurses from English-
speaking countries
C. development of associate degree programs
D. use of "traveling nurses"
Which early nursing leader founded the first training school for nurses that would later become a model
for early nursing education?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Mary Ann Bickerdyke
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Florence Nightingale
Who was the first educated African-American professional nurse?
A. Phoebe Pember
B. Mary Eliza Mahoney
C. Linda Richards
D. Sojourner Truth - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Mary Eliza Mahoney
To which early nursing leader is attributed the founding of the American Red Cross?
A. Clara Barton
B. Lavinia Lloyd Dock
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Clara Barton
What were some of the application requirements of nursing education programs in the 1900's?
A. Female, docile, from poor background
B. Female, sensitive, subservient
C. Male, intelligent, strong
D. Male, high breeding, independent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Female, sensitive, subservient
What was the most important influence of war on nursing?
A. It allowed for the development of hospitals.
B. Improved medical care increased soldiers' survival rates.
, C. Nurses were able to preform medical procedures during war.
D. It provided for the creation of new technology to make work easier - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅C.
Nurses were able to preform medical procedures during war.
During the Great Depression, staffing of hospitals changed with an impact lasting to the current day.
What was this change?
A. The employment of graduate nurses in hospitals.
B. The opening of more schools of nursing in hospitals
C. The need for increased private duty nurses and rural health nurses decreased the number of nurses
seeking employment in hospitals
D. The increased number of collegiate schools of nursing, which allowed hospitals to increase the
educational requirements for the staff. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. The employment of graduate nurses
in hospitals.
Margaret Sanger, as a nurse and activist, worked on the Lower East Side of New York City in the early
1900s with immigrant women. What was the focus of her work?
A. Safe contraception and family planning for women
B. Providing nursing care to underserved African-American families
C. Sanitation to prevent diseases transmission
D. Health education for children - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Safe contraception and family planning for
women
Historically, one solution that attempted to correct the shortage of RN's was to increase the supply of
nurses. Means of increasing the supply of nurses included (Select all that apply).
A. importation of nurses from English-speaking countries
B. use of registered care technicians
C. development of associate degree programs
D. use of "traveling nurses"
E. Implementation of team nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. importation of nurses from English-
speaking countries
C. development of associate degree programs
D. use of "traveling nurses"
