3303 - Exam 1 Questions and All
Correct Answers.
Florence Nightingale - Answer Founded the first training school for nurses in 1860. Improved
sanitation and ventilation in the Crimean war.
Dorthea Dix - Answer Advocate for mentally ill. Superintendent of women nurses of the
Union army
Clara Barton - Answer "Angel of the battlefield". Founder of American Red Cross
Linda Richards - Answer First trained nurse; graduated in 1874
Mary Mahoney - Answer First educated African American nurse; advocate for diversity and
equality; national association for colored graduate nurses founded 1908
Isabel Hampton Robb - Answer Key founder of 1896 Nurses' Associated Alumni (became
ANA in 1911)
Lillian Ward - Answer Henry Street Settlement; 1st formalized public health nursing practice.
Susan B. Anthony - Answer Women's right to vote (1920); key speaker in 1902 at NY State
Nurses Association. Died at 86
Lavinia Dock - Answer Suffragist, leader, historian; wrote history of nursing
Anna Maxwell - Answer In charge of other nurses in Spanish-American war; established
Sternberg Field Hospital in Georgia
American Civil War - Answer Helped advance the cause of profession nurses as leaders;
provided structure for what would become professional nursing
Spanish American War - Answer Created a need for nurses; first attempt to use only trained
nurses; development of Army and Navy Nurse Corps'
WWII - Answer Cadet Nurse Corp added 124,000 new RNs to the profession
, Purpose of licensure - Answer To protect public safety; establishes a minimal level of
competency; cannot be RN without licensure
Mandatory licensure - Answer Protects both the title and the practice; required in all states
Institutional licensure - Answer Allows institutions to decide qualifications; cuts down on
personnel costs; trying to bring the practice in by the back door
Registration (RN) - Answer Individual is in possession of minimal qualifications, such as
passing an approved nursing program
Certification - Answer Indicate that an individual has achieved a level of ability higher than
the minimal level of competency; may or may not have legal status
Nursing practice acts - Answer Define nursing practice and establish standards for nursing;
most definitive legal statute regulating nursing practice; provides framework for the court to
base decisions
Diploma program - Answer In hospital schools of nursing; three years; no degree- only
diploma
Associate Degree - Answer 2 years; in community colleges; earn AD, AS, AAS, technical
orientation to bedside care
Bachelor degree - Answer Four years; in universities and colleges; earn BSN, BS; professional
orientation, stresses independence of practice
Masters level - Answer MSN; not all masters holders have advanced practice education
Advanced practice education - Answer EX: clinical nurse specialist; must have a master's
degree
Ph.D - Answer Research focused
Ed.D - Answer Focused on education
DNS - Answer More tightly research based
Correct Answers.
Florence Nightingale - Answer Founded the first training school for nurses in 1860. Improved
sanitation and ventilation in the Crimean war.
Dorthea Dix - Answer Advocate for mentally ill. Superintendent of women nurses of the
Union army
Clara Barton - Answer "Angel of the battlefield". Founder of American Red Cross
Linda Richards - Answer First trained nurse; graduated in 1874
Mary Mahoney - Answer First educated African American nurse; advocate for diversity and
equality; national association for colored graduate nurses founded 1908
Isabel Hampton Robb - Answer Key founder of 1896 Nurses' Associated Alumni (became
ANA in 1911)
Lillian Ward - Answer Henry Street Settlement; 1st formalized public health nursing practice.
Susan B. Anthony - Answer Women's right to vote (1920); key speaker in 1902 at NY State
Nurses Association. Died at 86
Lavinia Dock - Answer Suffragist, leader, historian; wrote history of nursing
Anna Maxwell - Answer In charge of other nurses in Spanish-American war; established
Sternberg Field Hospital in Georgia
American Civil War - Answer Helped advance the cause of profession nurses as leaders;
provided structure for what would become professional nursing
Spanish American War - Answer Created a need for nurses; first attempt to use only trained
nurses; development of Army and Navy Nurse Corps'
WWII - Answer Cadet Nurse Corp added 124,000 new RNs to the profession
, Purpose of licensure - Answer To protect public safety; establishes a minimal level of
competency; cannot be RN without licensure
Mandatory licensure - Answer Protects both the title and the practice; required in all states
Institutional licensure - Answer Allows institutions to decide qualifications; cuts down on
personnel costs; trying to bring the practice in by the back door
Registration (RN) - Answer Individual is in possession of minimal qualifications, such as
passing an approved nursing program
Certification - Answer Indicate that an individual has achieved a level of ability higher than
the minimal level of competency; may or may not have legal status
Nursing practice acts - Answer Define nursing practice and establish standards for nursing;
most definitive legal statute regulating nursing practice; provides framework for the court to
base decisions
Diploma program - Answer In hospital schools of nursing; three years; no degree- only
diploma
Associate Degree - Answer 2 years; in community colleges; earn AD, AS, AAS, technical
orientation to bedside care
Bachelor degree - Answer Four years; in universities and colleges; earn BSN, BS; professional
orientation, stresses independence of practice
Masters level - Answer MSN; not all masters holders have advanced practice education
Advanced practice education - Answer EX: clinical nurse specialist; must have a master's
degree
Ph.D - Answer Research focused
Ed.D - Answer Focused on education
DNS - Answer More tightly research based
