NUR 301: Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Florence Nightingale Establish the first modern school of nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in London. This
was the beginning of nursing as a profession.
Clara Barton Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Harriet Tubman a nurse and abolitionist; active in underground railroad movement before joining
union army during civil war
Sojourner Truth nurse during civil war. champion of healthcare education. asked govt for funds to
train nurses
Linda Richards Americas first trained nurse - created the charting system and a nurse training
school at Boston College Hospital.
Mary Mahoney First professionally trained African American nurse (1879). original member of the
nurses associated alumnae association (later ANA)
Nurses Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada later ANA
became the
Lilian Ward Founder of public health nursing; Jewish
Isabel Hampton Robb Organized the first graded system of theory and practice in the schools of nursing
(university affiliation). One of the founders of the American Journal of Nursing.
Mary Nutting first professor of nursing; established the 3 year currriculum for nurses
Dorothea Dix Rights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients - created first wave of US mental
asylums
Lavinia Dock A nursing leader and women's rights activist; instrumental in the Constitutional
amendment giving women the right to vote. founder of the international council of
nurses
what was the first nursing organization in the US National League for Nursing (prev the american society of superintendents of
training schools for nurses)
major factors in the 19th and 21st centuries that led to the civil war, wwii
development of nursing as a profession
Student Nurse Liability Student Nurses held to same standard of care as Registered Nurses
, student nurse are responsible for their __________ or ___________ action, inaction
Name the intentional torts (6) assault, battery, defamation of character, invasion of privacy, false imprisonment,
and fraud
mneumonic for the intentional torts I intentionally asked bob for dr pepper
Assault vs. Battery Assault = placing a person in fear or immediate bodily harm
Battery = unlawfully touching a person
battery in a clinical setting drawing blood or starting IV without consent
HIPAA violations are violations of this amendment 4th amendment
exceptions to HIPAA child abuse, IPV, elder abuse, certain diseases
False Imprisonment restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom
fraud willful and purposeful misrepresentation that could cause, or has caused, loss or
harm to people or property
torts can be intentional or unintentional
negligence and malpractice are types of unintentional torts
negligence failure to take proper care in doing something
malpractice Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards
malpractice is a specialized type of ________ where there negligence
is a failure to meet a professional standard of care
incidence report a written report documenting the incident and the response to the incident
an incidence report NEVER goes in PT record or notes
after an incident, it is important to (3) tell the family/pt --> record it --> report it
the information within an incidence report Complete name of person and names of witnesses
Factual account of incident
Date, time, and place of incident
Pertinent characteristics of person involved
Any equipment or resources being used
Any other important variables
Documentation by physician of medical examination of person involved
nurse in legal proceedings defendant, fact witness, expert witness
CORRECT Answers
Florence Nightingale Establish the first modern school of nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in London. This
was the beginning of nursing as a profession.
Clara Barton Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Harriet Tubman a nurse and abolitionist; active in underground railroad movement before joining
union army during civil war
Sojourner Truth nurse during civil war. champion of healthcare education. asked govt for funds to
train nurses
Linda Richards Americas first trained nurse - created the charting system and a nurse training
school at Boston College Hospital.
Mary Mahoney First professionally trained African American nurse (1879). original member of the
nurses associated alumnae association (later ANA)
Nurses Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada later ANA
became the
Lilian Ward Founder of public health nursing; Jewish
Isabel Hampton Robb Organized the first graded system of theory and practice in the schools of nursing
(university affiliation). One of the founders of the American Journal of Nursing.
Mary Nutting first professor of nursing; established the 3 year currriculum for nurses
Dorothea Dix Rights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients - created first wave of US mental
asylums
Lavinia Dock A nursing leader and women's rights activist; instrumental in the Constitutional
amendment giving women the right to vote. founder of the international council of
nurses
what was the first nursing organization in the US National League for Nursing (prev the american society of superintendents of
training schools for nurses)
major factors in the 19th and 21st centuries that led to the civil war, wwii
development of nursing as a profession
Student Nurse Liability Student Nurses held to same standard of care as Registered Nurses
, student nurse are responsible for their __________ or ___________ action, inaction
Name the intentional torts (6) assault, battery, defamation of character, invasion of privacy, false imprisonment,
and fraud
mneumonic for the intentional torts I intentionally asked bob for dr pepper
Assault vs. Battery Assault = placing a person in fear or immediate bodily harm
Battery = unlawfully touching a person
battery in a clinical setting drawing blood or starting IV without consent
HIPAA violations are violations of this amendment 4th amendment
exceptions to HIPAA child abuse, IPV, elder abuse, certain diseases
False Imprisonment restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom
fraud willful and purposeful misrepresentation that could cause, or has caused, loss or
harm to people or property
torts can be intentional or unintentional
negligence and malpractice are types of unintentional torts
negligence failure to take proper care in doing something
malpractice Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards
malpractice is a specialized type of ________ where there negligence
is a failure to meet a professional standard of care
incidence report a written report documenting the incident and the response to the incident
an incidence report NEVER goes in PT record or notes
after an incident, it is important to (3) tell the family/pt --> record it --> report it
the information within an incidence report Complete name of person and names of witnesses
Factual account of incident
Date, time, and place of incident
Pertinent characteristics of person involved
Any equipment or resources being used
Any other important variables
Documentation by physician of medical examination of person involved
nurse in legal proceedings defendant, fact witness, expert witness
