UTA Intro to Nursing Exam 1 with
confirmed solutions
Florence Nightingale (Crimean War) - correct answer -Founder of modern nursing and a reformer of
hospital sanitation methods.
Founded first training school at St. Thomas' Hospital
Mary Seacole (Crimean War) - correct answer -Jamaican nurse & businesswoman who was refused the
right to work with Nightingale, named "Greatest Black Briton," expert on cholera
Dorthea Dix (Civil War) - correct answer -Civil War Superintendent of Union Army Nurses, advocate
for mentally ill & prisoners
Louisa May Alcott (Civil War) - correct answer -American writer and reformer best known for her
largely autobiographical novel Little Women (1868-1869).
Mary Ann Bickerdyke (Civil War) - correct answer -Traveled to care for soldiers and established more
than 300 field hospitals
Clara Barton (1821-1912) - correct answer -Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red
Cross. "Angel of the Battlefield"
First 3 training schools - correct answer -Bellevue, Connecticut, Boston
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) - correct answer -Graduated from the New England Hospital for
Women and Children in 1879, becoming the first African-American professional nurse. Worked for
acceptance of African-Americans in the nursing profession.
Lilian Wald (1867-1940) - correct answer -Founder of the Henry Street Settlement in New York
, Developments in nursing - correct answer -1893 - 3 nurses meet at Chicago World's Fair and form
what later become the National League for Nursing (NLN)
1896 - American Nurses Association (ANA)
Mary Breckinridge (WWI & Early Depression Era) - correct answer -The driving force behind rural
health-care in America as well as the development of nurse midwives
National League for Nursing (NLN) - correct answer -Professional organization whose members
represent multiple disciplines. They conduct many types of programs, including accrediting nursing
education programs. In 1950 they assumed responsibility for state boards
The Great Depression (1931-1945) - correct answer -With hospitals largely staffed by nursing students,
most nurses who had completed their training worked as private duty nurses in patients' homes
WWII: Opportunities for Nursing - correct answer -Need for more nurses; Congress enacted
substantial support for nursing education (schooling in exchange for commitment to serve)
Hill-Burton Act of 1946 - correct answer -Provided for the growth of new facilities and increased need
for nurses.
Associate degree in nursing began
Julie O. Flikke - correct answer -The first nurse to be promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army.
3 Historical Professions - correct answer -Medicine, Law, Clergy
Occupation - correct answer -Training on job
Work is largely manual
Work is supervised
Material reward
confirmed solutions
Florence Nightingale (Crimean War) - correct answer -Founder of modern nursing and a reformer of
hospital sanitation methods.
Founded first training school at St. Thomas' Hospital
Mary Seacole (Crimean War) - correct answer -Jamaican nurse & businesswoman who was refused the
right to work with Nightingale, named "Greatest Black Briton," expert on cholera
Dorthea Dix (Civil War) - correct answer -Civil War Superintendent of Union Army Nurses, advocate
for mentally ill & prisoners
Louisa May Alcott (Civil War) - correct answer -American writer and reformer best known for her
largely autobiographical novel Little Women (1868-1869).
Mary Ann Bickerdyke (Civil War) - correct answer -Traveled to care for soldiers and established more
than 300 field hospitals
Clara Barton (1821-1912) - correct answer -Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red
Cross. "Angel of the Battlefield"
First 3 training schools - correct answer -Bellevue, Connecticut, Boston
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) - correct answer -Graduated from the New England Hospital for
Women and Children in 1879, becoming the first African-American professional nurse. Worked for
acceptance of African-Americans in the nursing profession.
Lilian Wald (1867-1940) - correct answer -Founder of the Henry Street Settlement in New York
, Developments in nursing - correct answer -1893 - 3 nurses meet at Chicago World's Fair and form
what later become the National League for Nursing (NLN)
1896 - American Nurses Association (ANA)
Mary Breckinridge (WWI & Early Depression Era) - correct answer -The driving force behind rural
health-care in America as well as the development of nurse midwives
National League for Nursing (NLN) - correct answer -Professional organization whose members
represent multiple disciplines. They conduct many types of programs, including accrediting nursing
education programs. In 1950 they assumed responsibility for state boards
The Great Depression (1931-1945) - correct answer -With hospitals largely staffed by nursing students,
most nurses who had completed their training worked as private duty nurses in patients' homes
WWII: Opportunities for Nursing - correct answer -Need for more nurses; Congress enacted
substantial support for nursing education (schooling in exchange for commitment to serve)
Hill-Burton Act of 1946 - correct answer -Provided for the growth of new facilities and increased need
for nurses.
Associate degree in nursing began
Julie O. Flikke - correct answer -The first nurse to be promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army.
3 Historical Professions - correct answer -Medicine, Law, Clergy
Occupation - correct answer -Training on job
Work is largely manual
Work is supervised
Material reward
