FINAL EXAM BLUEPRINT- AO NURS 2300
This exam has 50 questions; 42 multiple choice and 8 matching.
Please note the new content from Weeks 7&8 is included at the bottom
in italics. Modules Number of
Questions
(1c) History of Nursing: 5
Mary Mahoney: 1 African American Nurse, cofounder of African
School Mary Breckinridge: Frontier Nursing Service, MOTHER OF
Midwives Nursing, Kentucky Committee
Clara Barton: Angel of Battlefield, American Red Cross, * think AA
clArA- A(angel of battlefield) A (American Red Cross)
Dorothea Dix: advocate for mentally ill, Superintendent of
Women Nurses by Union Army. 1st to establish nursing
training
Florence Nightingale: Founder of nursing education model,
Crimean War
Mary Seacole: Jamaican nurse & business woman -Greatest black
briton
-Didn't work with nightingale, was rejected b/c of color -Expert of
cholera
Louisa May Alcott: -American author of Little Women -Nurse
Lillian Wald:Mother of Public Health Nursing -Founded Henry
Street Settlement
Margaret Sanger:(think Sangria wine, you will need birth control :)
) Immigrant -safe Contraception
Mary Ann Bickerdyke: Made cleanliness a priority.
(2b) The Pathway to Nursing 2
1. Identify the characteristics of a profession-
pg 52-53 There are list but the common
criterias are :
• Service/altruism(altruism definition-the belief in or
practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the
well-being of others.)
• Specialized knowledge
• Autonomy(definition- self government)/ethics
The 2 major ways that professions differ from occupations, is
preparation and commitment. Professionals will gain knowledge and
skills that are needed, and they are usually highly committed to their
work deriving much of their personal identification from it.
Accountability, autonomy,altruism, association
(2c) Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process 4
A complex task that requires an understanding of how people think
through problems.
Identify the characteristics of a critical thinker.
,•Raises questions and problems and formulates them clearly and
precisely.
, •Gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract
ideas for interpretation.
• Arrives at conclusions and solutions that are well reasoned
and tests them against relevant standards
•Is open-minded and recognizes alternative ways of seeing
problems, and has the ability to assess the assumptions,
implications, consequences of alternative views of problems.
•Communicates efficiently with others as solutions to complex
problems are formulated.
Critical thinking:
is that mode of thinking-about any subject, content, or problem-
in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking
by skillfully taking charge of the structures inherent in thinking
and imposing intellectual standards upon them. Pg 214 In my
own words: A form of thinking that makes you a better thinker
by following through processes of the current situation or
problem
Identify the characteristics of a critical thinker.
• Habitually inquisitive (a curious person out of habit)
• Well informed
• Truthful of reason
• Open minded
• Flexible
• Fair minded in evaluation
• Honest in facing personal biases
• Prudent in making judgements (making decisions
keeping the future in mind)
• Willing to reconsider
• Clear about issues
• Orderly in complex matters
• Diligent in seeking relevant information
• Reasonable in the selection of criteria
• Focused in inquiry
1. Persistent in seeking results that are as precise as the
subject and the circumstances of inquiry permit
Nursing Process:
Phase of Nursing Process (ADPIE)
1. Assessment: -Gather information/data about the individual,
family, or community -Method of collecting data: interview,
physical examination, auscultation (listening) -Organizing
patient data
2. Diagnosis/Analysis: -Nursing Diagnosis: Identifies the
problems the patient is experiencing as a result of the disease
process -Human response to illness
This exam has 50 questions; 42 multiple choice and 8 matching.
Please note the new content from Weeks 7&8 is included at the bottom
in italics. Modules Number of
Questions
(1c) History of Nursing: 5
Mary Mahoney: 1 African American Nurse, cofounder of African
School Mary Breckinridge: Frontier Nursing Service, MOTHER OF
Midwives Nursing, Kentucky Committee
Clara Barton: Angel of Battlefield, American Red Cross, * think AA
clArA- A(angel of battlefield) A (American Red Cross)
Dorothea Dix: advocate for mentally ill, Superintendent of
Women Nurses by Union Army. 1st to establish nursing
training
Florence Nightingale: Founder of nursing education model,
Crimean War
Mary Seacole: Jamaican nurse & business woman -Greatest black
briton
-Didn't work with nightingale, was rejected b/c of color -Expert of
cholera
Louisa May Alcott: -American author of Little Women -Nurse
Lillian Wald:Mother of Public Health Nursing -Founded Henry
Street Settlement
Margaret Sanger:(think Sangria wine, you will need birth control :)
) Immigrant -safe Contraception
Mary Ann Bickerdyke: Made cleanliness a priority.
(2b) The Pathway to Nursing 2
1. Identify the characteristics of a profession-
pg 52-53 There are list but the common
criterias are :
• Service/altruism(altruism definition-the belief in or
practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the
well-being of others.)
• Specialized knowledge
• Autonomy(definition- self government)/ethics
The 2 major ways that professions differ from occupations, is
preparation and commitment. Professionals will gain knowledge and
skills that are needed, and they are usually highly committed to their
work deriving much of their personal identification from it.
Accountability, autonomy,altruism, association
(2c) Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process 4
A complex task that requires an understanding of how people think
through problems.
Identify the characteristics of a critical thinker.
,•Raises questions and problems and formulates them clearly and
precisely.
, •Gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract
ideas for interpretation.
• Arrives at conclusions and solutions that are well reasoned
and tests them against relevant standards
•Is open-minded and recognizes alternative ways of seeing
problems, and has the ability to assess the assumptions,
implications, consequences of alternative views of problems.
•Communicates efficiently with others as solutions to complex
problems are formulated.
Critical thinking:
is that mode of thinking-about any subject, content, or problem-
in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking
by skillfully taking charge of the structures inherent in thinking
and imposing intellectual standards upon them. Pg 214 In my
own words: A form of thinking that makes you a better thinker
by following through processes of the current situation or
problem
Identify the characteristics of a critical thinker.
• Habitually inquisitive (a curious person out of habit)
• Well informed
• Truthful of reason
• Open minded
• Flexible
• Fair minded in evaluation
• Honest in facing personal biases
• Prudent in making judgements (making decisions
keeping the future in mind)
• Willing to reconsider
• Clear about issues
• Orderly in complex matters
• Diligent in seeking relevant information
• Reasonable in the selection of criteria
• Focused in inquiry
1. Persistent in seeking results that are as precise as the
subject and the circumstances of inquiry permit
Nursing Process:
Phase of Nursing Process (ADPIE)
1. Assessment: -Gather information/data about the individual,
family, or community -Method of collecting data: interview,
physical examination, auscultation (listening) -Organizing
patient data
2. Diagnosis/Analysis: -Nursing Diagnosis: Identifies the
problems the patient is experiencing as a result of the disease
process -Human response to illness
