NURSING BY KNECHT ALL CHAPTERS 2026
TEST PAPER PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION SET
◉ What year was the first school of nursing built. Answer: 1836
◉ Where was the first school of nursing located. Answer:
Kaisersworth, Germany
◉ The first school of nursing was founded by. Answer: Lutheran
Order of Deaconesses
◉ First school of nursing most famous pupil. Answer: Florence
nightingale
◉ First school of nursing supervision. Answer: Theodore Fleidner
◉ Facts about Florence Nightingale. Answer: 1820-1910
Born in Florence, Italy
Wealthy influential family
, Turned down a marriage proposal
Studied nursing in Kaiserswerth Germany
Aka Lady with the lamp
◉ Crimean War (1853-1856). Answer: Poor care of casualties in
England
Secretary of war contacted Florence Nightingale
Nightingale left for Crimea with 38 other women
◉ Nightingale established crews to. Answer: Clean up "hospitals"
Establish "laundries"
Cook meals
◉ Facts about Mary Seacole. Answer: .honored for her work
.nurse from Jamaica
.built a lodging house in Crimea with her own money
.used her knowledge of herbs and natural plant medicines to treat
cholera, yellow fever, malaria, and diarrhea
◉ Death Rate Drops; Nightingale Decorated. Answer: Six months
later
.death rate drop from 420 per 1000 casualties to 22 per 1000