THEORETICAL BASIS FOR NURSING MELANIE
REVISION HANDBOOK 2026 APPLICATION OF
NURSING THEORY TO PRACTICE
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: Nursing was "untaught" Answer: Period of
Intuitive Nursing
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: Scientific and technological developments
occurs in the 20th Century Answer: Period of Contemporary Nursing
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: The development of nursing Answer:
Period of Educated Nursing
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: Executed with the desire to help others and
compassion for people. Answer: Period of Intuitive Nursing
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: Nursing care was provided by people with
no formal education and who were directed by more experienced
nurses. Answer: Period of Apprentice Nursing
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: On the Job Training Period Answer: Period
of Apprentice Nursing
,◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: They introduced the art of embalming
A. Chinese
B. Egyptian
C. Babylonian
D Ancient Greece Answer: B. Egyptian
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: (Insignia of medicine) Answer:
Caduceus
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: He is the Father of Scientific Medicine
A. Moses
B. Hippocrates
C. Aristotle
D. Plato Answer: B. Hippocrates
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: gave the world knowledge of
(Pharmacology) Materia Medica
A. Egyptian
B. Indian
C. Ancient Greece
D. Chinese Answer: D. Chinese
,◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Code of Hammurabi
A. Egypt
B. India
C. Babylonia
D. China Answer: C. Babylonia
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Paganism -> Christian Philosophy
A. Rome
B. Indian
C. Ancient Greece
D. China Answer: A. Rome
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: He is the Father of Sanitation
A. Moses
B. Hippocrates
C. Aristotle
D. Plato Answer: A. Moses
◉ Roman's Motto: because illness was regarded as a sign of
weakness. Answer: "If you are strong, you are healthy
, ◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Provided laws that covered every
facet of Babylonian life including medical practice Answer: Code of
Hammurabi
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: The act of drilling a hole in the skull
without anesthesia with a rock or stone. Answer: Trephining
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Asepsis
A. Egypt
B. India
C. Ancient Greece
D. China Answer: B. India
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Who rejected the belief that illness is
caused by a supernatural or evil spirit
A. Socrates
B. Thales
C. Moses
D. Hippocrates Answer: D. Hippocrates
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Who Made a list of nurse functions
and qualifications. This was the first reference of nurses caring for
patients.
REVISION HANDBOOK 2026 APPLICATION OF
NURSING THEORY TO PRACTICE
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: Nursing was "untaught" Answer: Period of
Intuitive Nursing
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: Scientific and technological developments
occurs in the 20th Century Answer: Period of Contemporary Nursing
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: The development of nursing Answer:
Period of Educated Nursing
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: Executed with the desire to help others and
compassion for people. Answer: Period of Intuitive Nursing
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: Nursing care was provided by people with
no formal education and who were directed by more experienced
nurses. Answer: Period of Apprentice Nursing
◉ Evolutions of Nursing: On the Job Training Period Answer: Period
of Apprentice Nursing
,◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: They introduced the art of embalming
A. Chinese
B. Egyptian
C. Babylonian
D Ancient Greece Answer: B. Egyptian
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: (Insignia of medicine) Answer:
Caduceus
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: He is the Father of Scientific Medicine
A. Moses
B. Hippocrates
C. Aristotle
D. Plato Answer: B. Hippocrates
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: gave the world knowledge of
(Pharmacology) Materia Medica
A. Egyptian
B. Indian
C. Ancient Greece
D. Chinese Answer: D. Chinese
,◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Code of Hammurabi
A. Egypt
B. India
C. Babylonia
D. China Answer: C. Babylonia
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Paganism -> Christian Philosophy
A. Rome
B. Indian
C. Ancient Greece
D. China Answer: A. Rome
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: He is the Father of Sanitation
A. Moses
B. Hippocrates
C. Aristotle
D. Plato Answer: A. Moses
◉ Roman's Motto: because illness was regarded as a sign of
weakness. Answer: "If you are strong, you are healthy
, ◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Provided laws that covered every
facet of Babylonian life including medical practice Answer: Code of
Hammurabi
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: The act of drilling a hole in the skull
without anesthesia with a rock or stone. Answer: Trephining
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Asepsis
A. Egypt
B. India
C. Ancient Greece
D. China Answer: B. India
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Who rejected the belief that illness is
caused by a supernatural or evil spirit
A. Socrates
B. Thales
C. Moses
D. Hippocrates Answer: D. Hippocrates
◉ Period of Intuitive Nursing: Who Made a list of nurse functions
and qualifications. This was the first reference of nurses caring for
patients.
