Nursing 2300 Final Exam- UTA Questions With Complete
Solutions
1. Discuss how the nursing profession has evolved. Correct
Answer From the work of Florence in the Crimea in the mid-
1800s to the present, the profession of nursing has been
influenced by the social, political and economic climate of the
times as well as by the technological advances and the
theoretical shifts in medicine and science.
2. Describe how the public sees nurses. Correct Answer -Since
1999, nurses are number 1 in ethnic and honestly every year
except for 2001 (firefighters)
-95 percent of Americans trust, respect, admire nurses
3. Identify ways in which students and nurses can promote the
profession of nursing. Correct Answer -One-patient-at- a-time
-Speak out against negative portrayals
-ANA can enhance image by offering services as consultants to
media and setting professional standards
-Confront those responsible for negative portrayals of nursing in
the media
4. Describe the influence and contributions of key figures in the
history of nursing, including Florence Nightingale. Correct
Answer -Florence Nightingale: Famous nurse, affluent. Focused
on prisons and military. Reduced mortality rate by 2% by
feeding the people and keeping them
clean/sanitation/ventilation. Supervised 38 nurses. Founded first
nursing school in St. Thomas Hospital in London.
,-Mary Seacole: (Jamaican) Called Mother Seacole. Expert in
Cholera. Manage/Funded for soldiers in Crimea. Was voted the
Greatest Black Britain 2003. Did not consider herself a nurse.
-Clara Barton: Angel of Battlefield. Founded the Red Cross is
1881. Was not a nurse; campaigned for supplies
-Dorothea Dix: Civil War superintendent of union army
-Mary E. Mahoney: first african american Nurse. Began her
nursing training at the New England Hospital
-Lillian Wald: Founded Henry Street Settlement in New York
which offered health care and social services to the member of
the community
-Mary Ann Breckenridge: established the frontier nursing
service to provide healthcare to poor/isolated patients in the
appalachian mountains of eastern kentucky. Did work as
midwife, often on horseback.
5. Describe how nursing has reacted to nursing shortages and
how those affect patient outcomes Correct Answer -External
shortages: can include changes in demand for nursing services,
and increasing age of American population, greater acuity
(degree of illness) of the hospitalized individual, public
perceptions of nursing as a profession and ever-widening career
options for women.
, -Internal shortages: salary issues, long hours, increased
responsibility for unlicensed workers and significant
responsibility with little authority.
-Two solutions attempted: 1) increase the supply of nurses 2)
create less-trained worker supplement the number of nurses.
6. Identify social and demographic factors that influence the
development of nursing in the United States. Correct Answer
Aging population and increasing diversity. Since people are
living longer the population of older people is increasing (baby
boomers) this population or group is more likely to have chronic
conditions /illnesses; Gender, technology, population trends,
image, and the nursing shortage
7. Identify the characteristics of a profession Correct Answer -
intellectual, accompanied by a high degree of individual
responsibility.
-body of knowledge that can be learned and is refined and
developed through research
-practical & theoretical
-taught through specialized education
-internal organization of members and developed group
consciousness
-has practitioners motivated by altruism (helping others)
Solutions
1. Discuss how the nursing profession has evolved. Correct
Answer From the work of Florence in the Crimea in the mid-
1800s to the present, the profession of nursing has been
influenced by the social, political and economic climate of the
times as well as by the technological advances and the
theoretical shifts in medicine and science.
2. Describe how the public sees nurses. Correct Answer -Since
1999, nurses are number 1 in ethnic and honestly every year
except for 2001 (firefighters)
-95 percent of Americans trust, respect, admire nurses
3. Identify ways in which students and nurses can promote the
profession of nursing. Correct Answer -One-patient-at- a-time
-Speak out against negative portrayals
-ANA can enhance image by offering services as consultants to
media and setting professional standards
-Confront those responsible for negative portrayals of nursing in
the media
4. Describe the influence and contributions of key figures in the
history of nursing, including Florence Nightingale. Correct
Answer -Florence Nightingale: Famous nurse, affluent. Focused
on prisons and military. Reduced mortality rate by 2% by
feeding the people and keeping them
clean/sanitation/ventilation. Supervised 38 nurses. Founded first
nursing school in St. Thomas Hospital in London.
,-Mary Seacole: (Jamaican) Called Mother Seacole. Expert in
Cholera. Manage/Funded for soldiers in Crimea. Was voted the
Greatest Black Britain 2003. Did not consider herself a nurse.
-Clara Barton: Angel of Battlefield. Founded the Red Cross is
1881. Was not a nurse; campaigned for supplies
-Dorothea Dix: Civil War superintendent of union army
-Mary E. Mahoney: first african american Nurse. Began her
nursing training at the New England Hospital
-Lillian Wald: Founded Henry Street Settlement in New York
which offered health care and social services to the member of
the community
-Mary Ann Breckenridge: established the frontier nursing
service to provide healthcare to poor/isolated patients in the
appalachian mountains of eastern kentucky. Did work as
midwife, often on horseback.
5. Describe how nursing has reacted to nursing shortages and
how those affect patient outcomes Correct Answer -External
shortages: can include changes in demand for nursing services,
and increasing age of American population, greater acuity
(degree of illness) of the hospitalized individual, public
perceptions of nursing as a profession and ever-widening career
options for women.
, -Internal shortages: salary issues, long hours, increased
responsibility for unlicensed workers and significant
responsibility with little authority.
-Two solutions attempted: 1) increase the supply of nurses 2)
create less-trained worker supplement the number of nurses.
6. Identify social and demographic factors that influence the
development of nursing in the United States. Correct Answer
Aging population and increasing diversity. Since people are
living longer the population of older people is increasing (baby
boomers) this population or group is more likely to have chronic
conditions /illnesses; Gender, technology, population trends,
image, and the nursing shortage
7. Identify the characteristics of a profession Correct Answer -
intellectual, accompanied by a high degree of individual
responsibility.
-body of knowledge that can be learned and is refined and
developed through research
-practical & theoretical
-taught through specialized education
-internal organization of members and developed group
consciousness
-has practitioners motivated by altruism (helping others)
