NURS 1013 TEST 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
The word nurse originates from what Latin word?
Nutrix
Nursing is:
an art and a science
LSUA's Department of Nursing's Mission
provide educational opportunities to students with diverse educational and cultural
backgrounds while inspiring life-long learning through scholarly activities and service.
Educational excellence fosters development of safe, professional, registered nurses that
provide quality patient centered care in diverse health care environments
What does holistic mean?
dealing with something as a whole rather than by its individual parts
What is accountability?
an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions
Concept of Professional Identity:
a sense of oneself that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing
discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting, and feeling like a nurse.
Characteristics of Professional Nurses:
-Open-Mindedness
-Value of the Person
, -Self awareness/knowledge of personal values and beliefs
-sense of personal responsibility for actions
-motivation and action to do your best
-leadership skills
-bravery to question the system
Who was the first to perform nursing care?
mothers in the home
Who were deaconesses?
Religious women who were nurses
After hospitals were built, what changed about the nursing profession?
it became respected
what led to the nursing shortage?
monasteries and convents were closed
During the nursing shortage, who was recruited to serve as nurses?
women convicts
After women convicts were recruited, nursing developed a poor reputation, what
happened as a result of this?
low pay, long hours
Which wars highlighted the need for organized nursing care?
Crimean and Civil
Who established the first training school for nurses?
Florence Nightingale
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
The word nurse originates from what Latin word?
Nutrix
Nursing is:
an art and a science
LSUA's Department of Nursing's Mission
provide educational opportunities to students with diverse educational and cultural
backgrounds while inspiring life-long learning through scholarly activities and service.
Educational excellence fosters development of safe, professional, registered nurses that
provide quality patient centered care in diverse health care environments
What does holistic mean?
dealing with something as a whole rather than by its individual parts
What is accountability?
an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions
Concept of Professional Identity:
a sense of oneself that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing
discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting, and feeling like a nurse.
Characteristics of Professional Nurses:
-Open-Mindedness
-Value of the Person
, -Self awareness/knowledge of personal values and beliefs
-sense of personal responsibility for actions
-motivation and action to do your best
-leadership skills
-bravery to question the system
Who was the first to perform nursing care?
mothers in the home
Who were deaconesses?
Religious women who were nurses
After hospitals were built, what changed about the nursing profession?
it became respected
what led to the nursing shortage?
monasteries and convents were closed
During the nursing shortage, who was recruited to serve as nurses?
women convicts
After women convicts were recruited, nursing developed a poor reputation, what
happened as a result of this?
low pay, long hours
Which wars highlighted the need for organized nursing care?
Crimean and Civil
Who established the first training school for nurses?
Florence Nightingale
