Nursing Exam 1 with correct answers
Where were the original practice settings for nursing? - correct answer -Homes and communities
What groups of people were the first to practice nursing? - correct answer -Religious groups
What is currently regarded as the primary place of employment for nurses? - correct answer -
Hospitals
What is the second most common place of employment for nurses? - correct answer -Ambulatory care
What is ambulatory care? - correct answer -clinic or outpatient care
Describe the demographic profile of registered nurses today. - correct answer -Most nurses are
caucasian females around the age of 31. Very few hispanics and males. Males more likely to obtain a
BSN than women. Most nurses are ADN prepared.
Recognize the wide range of settings in which today's registered nurses practice. - correct answer -
Nurses can practice in hospitals (primary setting), ambulatory care (secondary setting), communities,
medical clinics, occupational health, armed services, schools, palliative/ hospice, and faith/parish
nursing.
Consider nursing roles in various practice settings - correct answer -*Hospitals- BSN preferred: allows
for specialization
*Magnet hospitals - evidence based practice: nurse opinions matter
*Communities - BSN required: ambulatory clinics, health department, hospices, homes
*Medical Clinics - health assessment, teaching, immunizations, and reviewing medications
*Occupational - Health assessment and education, workplace policies - Motivates employees to have
healthy lifestyle
*Armed Services - BSN required: Military and civilian nursing
, *School Nursing - BSN required: keeps health records, educates kids and families, provide care for
minor injuries, care for special needs
*Palliative/Hospice - Improve quality of life, prevent/relieve suffering, support
*Faith/Parish nursing - Holistic approach, faith is central, practice independently
compare and contrast the types of educational preparation in nursing education as they related to the
role of the professional nurse - correct answer -Entry level into practice = NCLEX
4 year ed. - BSN
2 year ed. - ADN
3 year ed. - Diploma
Identify the social, political, and economic factors and trends that influenced the development of
professional nursing in the US. - correct answer -social - beliefs such as nurses being female and
submissive have affected the role of a nurse. Wars have caused a need for nurses.
political - wars again. New laws such as the Hill- Burton act (mid 1900's) created a need for nurses due
to the increase of hospitals.
Social Security Act also created a need for nurses as more people were able to receive help for their
ailments.
economic - Great Depression forced nurses out of their jobs as personal care nurses and into low
paying hospital jobs
Describe the influence of Florence Nightingale on the development of the nursing profession. - correct
answer -Florence used statistics on morbidity and mortality to reform British medical system. Wrote
Notes on Nursing: What it is and what it is not, and established the first nursing training school.
Nightingale also focused on the cleanliness of one's surroundings.
Identify nursing leaders and their significance to nursing - correct answer -Nightingale- used stats to
prove keeping clean helps healing. First nursing school.
Seacole - used own funds to care for soldiers
Bickerdyke - cleanliness "order out of chaos"
Barton - "angel of the battlefield" set up field hospitals
Robb- protested the lack of uniformity in nursing and founded American Nurses Association.
Wald and Dock - Henry Street Settlement
Where were the original practice settings for nursing? - correct answer -Homes and communities
What groups of people were the first to practice nursing? - correct answer -Religious groups
What is currently regarded as the primary place of employment for nurses? - correct answer -
Hospitals
What is the second most common place of employment for nurses? - correct answer -Ambulatory care
What is ambulatory care? - correct answer -clinic or outpatient care
Describe the demographic profile of registered nurses today. - correct answer -Most nurses are
caucasian females around the age of 31. Very few hispanics and males. Males more likely to obtain a
BSN than women. Most nurses are ADN prepared.
Recognize the wide range of settings in which today's registered nurses practice. - correct answer -
Nurses can practice in hospitals (primary setting), ambulatory care (secondary setting), communities,
medical clinics, occupational health, armed services, schools, palliative/ hospice, and faith/parish
nursing.
Consider nursing roles in various practice settings - correct answer -*Hospitals- BSN preferred: allows
for specialization
*Magnet hospitals - evidence based practice: nurse opinions matter
*Communities - BSN required: ambulatory clinics, health department, hospices, homes
*Medical Clinics - health assessment, teaching, immunizations, and reviewing medications
*Occupational - Health assessment and education, workplace policies - Motivates employees to have
healthy lifestyle
*Armed Services - BSN required: Military and civilian nursing
, *School Nursing - BSN required: keeps health records, educates kids and families, provide care for
minor injuries, care for special needs
*Palliative/Hospice - Improve quality of life, prevent/relieve suffering, support
*Faith/Parish nursing - Holistic approach, faith is central, practice independently
compare and contrast the types of educational preparation in nursing education as they related to the
role of the professional nurse - correct answer -Entry level into practice = NCLEX
4 year ed. - BSN
2 year ed. - ADN
3 year ed. - Diploma
Identify the social, political, and economic factors and trends that influenced the development of
professional nursing in the US. - correct answer -social - beliefs such as nurses being female and
submissive have affected the role of a nurse. Wars have caused a need for nurses.
political - wars again. New laws such as the Hill- Burton act (mid 1900's) created a need for nurses due
to the increase of hospitals.
Social Security Act also created a need for nurses as more people were able to receive help for their
ailments.
economic - Great Depression forced nurses out of their jobs as personal care nurses and into low
paying hospital jobs
Describe the influence of Florence Nightingale on the development of the nursing profession. - correct
answer -Florence used statistics on morbidity and mortality to reform British medical system. Wrote
Notes on Nursing: What it is and what it is not, and established the first nursing training school.
Nightingale also focused on the cleanliness of one's surroundings.
Identify nursing leaders and their significance to nursing - correct answer -Nightingale- used stats to
prove keeping clean helps healing. First nursing school.
Seacole - used own funds to care for soldiers
Bickerdyke - cleanliness "order out of chaos"
Barton - "angel of the battlefield" set up field hospitals
Robb- protested the lack of uniformity in nursing and founded American Nurses Association.
Wald and Dock - Henry Street Settlement
