EPIC NURSE EXAM COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS EXPERT VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ Florence Nightingale Answer: *The founder of modern nursing*
Born in 1820, began nurses' training in Germany at age 30
Tended to wounded British soldiers at Scutari Hospital in Turkey
during the *Crimean War*
Reformed British Army Hospitals
Established the first training school for nurses in London.
Wrote a famous book in 1859 called *Notes on Nursing: What it is
and What it is Not*
◉ Sairy Gamp Answer: A Dicken's character
Portrayed that hospitals were a place to die - patients were cared for
by prostitutes, drunks, and convicts
◉ Clara Barton Answer: Founded the Red Cross
◉ Dorothea Dix Answer: Reformer who was a pioneer in the
movement for better treatment of the mentally ill
,◉ Mary Eliza Mahoney Answer: 1st professionally educated African
American nurse in the United States
◉ Isabel Hampton Robb Answer: Founded the National League for
Nursing (NLN) and the American Nurses Association (ANA).
◉ Lillian Wald Answer: Nurse and social activist
Founded the Henry Street Settlement - The first public health
nursing organization
One of the founding members of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
◉ Margaret Sanger Answer: United States nurse who campaigned
for birth control and planned parenthood
◉ Lavina Dock Answer: Part of the nursing education reform and the
women's suffrage movement
◉ Jessie Sleet Scales Answer: The 1st African American public health
nurse
Established the Stillman House, a branch of the Henry Street
Settlement
,◉ Mary Breckinridge Answer: Founder of the Frontier Nursing
Service (FNS)
This service provided the first organized widwifery program in the
United States
◉ What was Florence Nightingale's affect on the British Barrack
Hospital Reform? Answer: She reduced the mortality rate in British
hospitals during the Crimean war by providing food, cleanliness,
sunlight, and caring for the patients.
◉ How have wars influenced the profession of nursing? Answer: It
changed the image of nursing to "heroes" and "angels", strong and
noble.
It made people acknowledge the contribution of nursing and
demonstrated the value of care.
◉ WW2 represented the coming of age for __________ nurses. Answer:
Colored
◉ The _____________ _____________ War was the first war that nurses
were asked to volunteer. Answer: Spanish American
◉ Edith Cavell Answer: Executed in Germany for helping soldiers
escape in WW1
, ◉ The sexual revolution began in the ___________. Answer: 1960's
"Hotlips Hoolihan"
MASH- Movie, TV
◉ Nurse Ratched Answer: Battle Axe Nurse
The 1970s version of Sairy Gamp
◉ Negative Contemporary Images of Nursing Today Answer: Bimbo-
Sex Symbol
"Naughty nurse"
◉ Examples of some images of nursing throughout the years-
Answer: Angels of mercy
Handmaidens
Sex symbols
Bimbos
Battle Axes
Sadistic torturers
◉ Social, Political, Economic Factors when it comes to the Image of
Nursing Answer: Feminism
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS EXPERT VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ Florence Nightingale Answer: *The founder of modern nursing*
Born in 1820, began nurses' training in Germany at age 30
Tended to wounded British soldiers at Scutari Hospital in Turkey
during the *Crimean War*
Reformed British Army Hospitals
Established the first training school for nurses in London.
Wrote a famous book in 1859 called *Notes on Nursing: What it is
and What it is Not*
◉ Sairy Gamp Answer: A Dicken's character
Portrayed that hospitals were a place to die - patients were cared for
by prostitutes, drunks, and convicts
◉ Clara Barton Answer: Founded the Red Cross
◉ Dorothea Dix Answer: Reformer who was a pioneer in the
movement for better treatment of the mentally ill
,◉ Mary Eliza Mahoney Answer: 1st professionally educated African
American nurse in the United States
◉ Isabel Hampton Robb Answer: Founded the National League for
Nursing (NLN) and the American Nurses Association (ANA).
◉ Lillian Wald Answer: Nurse and social activist
Founded the Henry Street Settlement - The first public health
nursing organization
One of the founding members of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
◉ Margaret Sanger Answer: United States nurse who campaigned
for birth control and planned parenthood
◉ Lavina Dock Answer: Part of the nursing education reform and the
women's suffrage movement
◉ Jessie Sleet Scales Answer: The 1st African American public health
nurse
Established the Stillman House, a branch of the Henry Street
Settlement
,◉ Mary Breckinridge Answer: Founder of the Frontier Nursing
Service (FNS)
This service provided the first organized widwifery program in the
United States
◉ What was Florence Nightingale's affect on the British Barrack
Hospital Reform? Answer: She reduced the mortality rate in British
hospitals during the Crimean war by providing food, cleanliness,
sunlight, and caring for the patients.
◉ How have wars influenced the profession of nursing? Answer: It
changed the image of nursing to "heroes" and "angels", strong and
noble.
It made people acknowledge the contribution of nursing and
demonstrated the value of care.
◉ WW2 represented the coming of age for __________ nurses. Answer:
Colored
◉ The _____________ _____________ War was the first war that nurses
were asked to volunteer. Answer: Spanish American
◉ Edith Cavell Answer: Executed in Germany for helping soldiers
escape in WW1
, ◉ The sexual revolution began in the ___________. Answer: 1960's
"Hotlips Hoolihan"
MASH- Movie, TV
◉ Nurse Ratched Answer: Battle Axe Nurse
The 1970s version of Sairy Gamp
◉ Negative Contemporary Images of Nursing Today Answer: Bimbo-
Sex Symbol
"Naughty nurse"
◉ Examples of some images of nursing throughout the years-
Answer: Angels of mercy
Handmaidens
Sex symbols
Bimbos
Battle Axes
Sadistic torturers
◉ Social, Political, Economic Factors when it comes to the Image of
Nursing Answer: Feminism
