NUR 380 EXAM 4 FINAL ATI
FUNDAMENTALS CHAPTER
QUESTIONS 2026 STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
◉ How did wars affect nursing history.
Answer: Wars increase the need for nurses
◉ Crimean War effect on nursing.
Answer: public outcry in Great Britain. The role Florence Nightingale
played in addressing this problem is well known. Nightingale and her
nurses transformed the military hospitals by setting up sanitation
practices, such as hand washing
◉ American Civil War effect on nursing.
Answer: several nurses emerged who were notable for their
contributions to a country torn by internal conflict. Harriet Tubman and
Sojourner Truth (Figures 1.2 and 1.3) provided care and safety to slaves
fleeing to the North on the Underground Railroad. Mother Biekerdyke
and Clara Barton searched the battlefields and gave care to injured and
dying soldiers.
◉ World War 1 effect on nursing.
Answer: World War I resulted in American, British, and French women
rushing to volunteer their nursing services. These nurses endured harsh
,environments and treated injuries not seen before. d. Progress in
healthcare occurred during World War I, particularly in the field of
surgery. For example, advancements were made in the use of anesthetic
agents, infection control, blood typing, and prosthetics.
◉ World War 2 effect on nursing.
Answer: casualties created an acute shortage of caregivers, and the
Cadet Nurse Corps was established in response to a marked shortage of
nurses. At that time, auxiliary healthcare workers became prominent.
"Practical" nurses, aides, and technicians provided much of the actual
nursing care under the instruction and supervision of better prepared
nurses.
◉ Florence Nightingale.
Answer: Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern
nursing. began professional education of nursing.
◉ Clara Barton.
Answer: Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red
Cross
◉ Linda Richards.
Answer: Graduated in 1873 from the New England Hospital for Women
and Children in Boston, Massachusetts, as the first trained nurse in the
United States; became the night superintendent of Bellevue Hospital in
1874 and began the practice of keeping records and writing orders
, ◉ Mary Mahoney.
Answer: First professionally trained African American nurse
◉ Lillian Wald.
Answer: founded the Henry Street Settlement and Visiting Nurse
Service which provided nursing and social services and organized
educational and cultural activities. She is considered the founder of
public health nursing
◉ Lavina Dock (1858-1956).
Answer: Participated in protests movement for women's rights
Fought for nurses rather than MDs to have control of the nursing
profession
◉ Margaret Sanger.
Answer: American leader of the movement to legalize birth control
during the early 1900's. As a nurse in the poor sections of New York
City, she had seen the suffering caused by unwanted pregnancy.
Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the American Birth
Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood.
◉ Mary Breckinridge.
Answer: Established the Frontier Nursing Service
◉ Luther Christman.
FUNDAMENTALS CHAPTER
QUESTIONS 2026 STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
◉ How did wars affect nursing history.
Answer: Wars increase the need for nurses
◉ Crimean War effect on nursing.
Answer: public outcry in Great Britain. The role Florence Nightingale
played in addressing this problem is well known. Nightingale and her
nurses transformed the military hospitals by setting up sanitation
practices, such as hand washing
◉ American Civil War effect on nursing.
Answer: several nurses emerged who were notable for their
contributions to a country torn by internal conflict. Harriet Tubman and
Sojourner Truth (Figures 1.2 and 1.3) provided care and safety to slaves
fleeing to the North on the Underground Railroad. Mother Biekerdyke
and Clara Barton searched the battlefields and gave care to injured and
dying soldiers.
◉ World War 1 effect on nursing.
Answer: World War I resulted in American, British, and French women
rushing to volunteer their nursing services. These nurses endured harsh
,environments and treated injuries not seen before. d. Progress in
healthcare occurred during World War I, particularly in the field of
surgery. For example, advancements were made in the use of anesthetic
agents, infection control, blood typing, and prosthetics.
◉ World War 2 effect on nursing.
Answer: casualties created an acute shortage of caregivers, and the
Cadet Nurse Corps was established in response to a marked shortage of
nurses. At that time, auxiliary healthcare workers became prominent.
"Practical" nurses, aides, and technicians provided much of the actual
nursing care under the instruction and supervision of better prepared
nurses.
◉ Florence Nightingale.
Answer: Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern
nursing. began professional education of nursing.
◉ Clara Barton.
Answer: Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red
Cross
◉ Linda Richards.
Answer: Graduated in 1873 from the New England Hospital for Women
and Children in Boston, Massachusetts, as the first trained nurse in the
United States; became the night superintendent of Bellevue Hospital in
1874 and began the practice of keeping records and writing orders
, ◉ Mary Mahoney.
Answer: First professionally trained African American nurse
◉ Lillian Wald.
Answer: founded the Henry Street Settlement and Visiting Nurse
Service which provided nursing and social services and organized
educational and cultural activities. She is considered the founder of
public health nursing
◉ Lavina Dock (1858-1956).
Answer: Participated in protests movement for women's rights
Fought for nurses rather than MDs to have control of the nursing
profession
◉ Margaret Sanger.
Answer: American leader of the movement to legalize birth control
during the early 1900's. As a nurse in the poor sections of New York
City, she had seen the suffering caused by unwanted pregnancy.
Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the American Birth
Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood.
◉ Mary Breckinridge.
Answer: Established the Frontier Nursing Service
◉ Luther Christman.
