NUR 101 (UNIT 1) CH 1 Introduction to Nursing
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Health - CORRECT ANSWER - State of optimal functioning or well-being.
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER - To be given a license to practice nursing in a state or province after
successfully meeting requirements.
Nurse Practice Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Law established to regulate nursing practice.
Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - Profession that focuses on the holistic person receiving healthcare services and
provides a unique contribution to the prevention of illness and maintenance of health.
Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWER - Five step systematic method for giving patients care; involves
assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Profession - CORRECT ANSWER - An occupation that meets specific criteria including a well-defined body of
specific and unique knowledge, a code of ethics and standards, ongoing research, and autonomy.
Reciprocity - CORRECT ANSWER - Process allowing a nurse to apply for and be endorsed as a registered nurse
by another state.
Standards - CORRECT ANSWER - Acceptable, expected level of performance established by authority, custom,
or consent. Allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient and the institution
where healthcare is given.
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER - Born in 1820 to a wealthy family, grew up in England, well
educated and traveled extensively. Trained as a nurse at 31. The Crimean War gave opportunity for achievement.
Challenged prejudices against women, and elevated the status of all nurses. Established training school for nurses, and
wrote books on healthcare and nursing education. Elevated the status of nursing to a respected occupation, and improved
quality of care. Regarded as founder of modern nursing.
Florence Nightingale's Contributions: - CORRECT ANSWER - Identifying the person needs of the patient and the
role of the nurse in meeting those needs. Establishing standards for hospital management. Establishing a respected
occupation for women. Establishing nursing education. Recognizing the two components of nursing: health and illness.
Believing the nursing is separate and distinct from medicine. Recognizing that nutrition is important to health. Instituting
occupation and recreational therapy for sick people. Stressing the need for continuing education for nurses. Maintaining
accurate records, recognized as the beginnings of nursing research.
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER - Volunteered to care for wounds and feed union soldiers during the Civil
War; served as the supervisor of nurses for the Army of the James, organizing hospitals and nurses; established the Red
Cross in 1882.
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWER - Graduated from the New England Hospital for women and
children in 1879 as America's First African American Nurse.
Harriet Tubman - CORRECT ANSWER - A nurse and an abolitionist; active in the underground railroad
movement before joining the Union Army during the Civil War.
Isabel Hampton Robb - CORRECT ANSWER - A leader in nursing and nursing education; organized the nursing
school at Johns Hopkins Hospital; initiated policies that included limiting the number of hours in a days work and wrote a
textbook to help student learning; the first president of the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada
(now American Nurses Association).
Aims of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - To promote health, to prevent illness, to restore health, to facilitate
coping with disability or death.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Health - CORRECT ANSWER - State of optimal functioning or well-being.
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER - To be given a license to practice nursing in a state or province after
successfully meeting requirements.
Nurse Practice Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Law established to regulate nursing practice.
Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - Profession that focuses on the holistic person receiving healthcare services and
provides a unique contribution to the prevention of illness and maintenance of health.
Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWER - Five step systematic method for giving patients care; involves
assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Profession - CORRECT ANSWER - An occupation that meets specific criteria including a well-defined body of
specific and unique knowledge, a code of ethics and standards, ongoing research, and autonomy.
Reciprocity - CORRECT ANSWER - Process allowing a nurse to apply for and be endorsed as a registered nurse
by another state.
Standards - CORRECT ANSWER - Acceptable, expected level of performance established by authority, custom,
or consent. Allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient and the institution
where healthcare is given.
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER - Born in 1820 to a wealthy family, grew up in England, well
educated and traveled extensively. Trained as a nurse at 31. The Crimean War gave opportunity for achievement.
Challenged prejudices against women, and elevated the status of all nurses. Established training school for nurses, and
wrote books on healthcare and nursing education. Elevated the status of nursing to a respected occupation, and improved
quality of care. Regarded as founder of modern nursing.
Florence Nightingale's Contributions: - CORRECT ANSWER - Identifying the person needs of the patient and the
role of the nurse in meeting those needs. Establishing standards for hospital management. Establishing a respected
occupation for women. Establishing nursing education. Recognizing the two components of nursing: health and illness.
Believing the nursing is separate and distinct from medicine. Recognizing that nutrition is important to health. Instituting
occupation and recreational therapy for sick people. Stressing the need for continuing education for nurses. Maintaining
accurate records, recognized as the beginnings of nursing research.
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER - Volunteered to care for wounds and feed union soldiers during the Civil
War; served as the supervisor of nurses for the Army of the James, organizing hospitals and nurses; established the Red
Cross in 1882.
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWER - Graduated from the New England Hospital for women and
children in 1879 as America's First African American Nurse.
Harriet Tubman - CORRECT ANSWER - A nurse and an abolitionist; active in the underground railroad
movement before joining the Union Army during the Civil War.
Isabel Hampton Robb - CORRECT ANSWER - A leader in nursing and nursing education; organized the nursing
school at Johns Hopkins Hospital; initiated policies that included limiting the number of hours in a days work and wrote a
textbook to help student learning; the first president of the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada
(now American Nurses Association).
Aims of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - To promote health, to prevent illness, to restore health, to facilitate
coping with disability or death.
