NU 211 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of
modern nursing. began professional education of nursing.
Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Activist who helped improve conditions of mental patients
superintendent of US army nurses
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Founded the American Red Cross, provided care in tents during
the war
Lilian Wald and Mary Brewster - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Opened the Henry Street Settlement, focusing
on the health needs of the poor, pioneers of public health nursing
Edward Lyon - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅first male nurse to receive commission as a reserve officer
Lavinia Dock - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A nursing leader and women's rights activist; instrumental in the
Constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote, national league of nursing
Mary Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅First African American graduate nurse
clinical judgement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a process; consists of recognizing and analyzing the cues,
prioritizing hypotheses, generating solutions, taking actions, and evulating outcomes
utilization of processes that promote safe care
critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅involves collecting and analyzing information and carefully
considering options for action
problem solving - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅considers an issue and attempts to find a satisfactory solution
, profession - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Technical and scientific knowledge; be evaluated by a community of
peers; have a service orientation and a code of ethics
occupation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nursing is often described as an occupation
most nurses work hourly wages and the employer decides the working conditions
discipline - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nursing is a scientifically based and self-governed profession, driven
by aspects of theory and practice
one factor that prevents nursing from being described as a profession would be - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅the work of the nurse is determined by healthcare facilities as employers
How can nursing improve its recognition as a profession? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅standardizing
educational requirements
professional organizations
educating the public about the nature of nursing practice
Benner's Phases of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient,
expert
novice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅onset of education
advanced beginner - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅new graduate
competence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2-3 years experience
proficient - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅quickly take in all aspects of a situation and immediately give
meaning to the assessment data
expert - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅able to see what needs to be achieved and how to do it
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of
modern nursing. began professional education of nursing.
Dorothea Dix - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Activist who helped improve conditions of mental patients
superintendent of US army nurses
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Founded the American Red Cross, provided care in tents during
the war
Lilian Wald and Mary Brewster - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Opened the Henry Street Settlement, focusing
on the health needs of the poor, pioneers of public health nursing
Edward Lyon - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅first male nurse to receive commission as a reserve officer
Lavinia Dock - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A nursing leader and women's rights activist; instrumental in the
Constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote, national league of nursing
Mary Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅First African American graduate nurse
clinical judgement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a process; consists of recognizing and analyzing the cues,
prioritizing hypotheses, generating solutions, taking actions, and evulating outcomes
utilization of processes that promote safe care
critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅involves collecting and analyzing information and carefully
considering options for action
problem solving - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅considers an issue and attempts to find a satisfactory solution
, profession - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Technical and scientific knowledge; be evaluated by a community of
peers; have a service orientation and a code of ethics
occupation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nursing is often described as an occupation
most nurses work hourly wages and the employer decides the working conditions
discipline - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nursing is a scientifically based and self-governed profession, driven
by aspects of theory and practice
one factor that prevents nursing from being described as a profession would be - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅the work of the nurse is determined by healthcare facilities as employers
How can nursing improve its recognition as a profession? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅standardizing
educational requirements
professional organizations
educating the public about the nature of nursing practice
Benner's Phases of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient,
expert
novice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅onset of education
advanced beginner - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅new graduate
competence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2-3 years experience
proficient - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅quickly take in all aspects of a situation and immediately give
meaning to the assessment data
expert - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅able to see what needs to be achieved and how to do it
