Fundamentals of Professional Nursing Exam Questions
and Answers
Name 5 factors that have influenced nursing practice in the past. - Correct Answer
1. Gender roles and status
Religious values (Christianity.
War
Societal attitudes
Visionary nursing leadership
Steve Miller and Luther Chistman joined organizations to form in 1974 - Correct
Answer National Male Nurses Association.
Renamed American Assembly for Men in Nursing in 1981.
Who dedicated themselves to the care of people with leprosy, syphilis, and chronic
skin conditions during The Crusades? - Correct Answer The Knights of Saint
Lazarus
Who organized care for victims if the Black Plague in the 14th century? - Correct
Answer Alexian Brothers
Steve Miller formed an organization in 1971 called . - Correct Answer Men in
Nursing
Nurse practice acts and Good Samaritan acts fall under this category of law -
Correct Answer Statutory law
Florence Nightingale helped address the inadequacy of care given to soldiers in
Great Britain during which war? - Correct Answer The Crimean War
Who provided care and safety to slaves fleeing the South on the Underground
Railroad during the American Civil War? - Correct Answer Harriet Tubman and
Sojourner Truth.
Which two well-known authors volunteered as nurses during the American Civil
War? - Correct Answer Louisa May Alcott and Walt Whitman.
Gave care to injured and dying soldiers on the battlefield during the American Civil
War - Correct Answer Mother Biekerdyke and Clara Barton.
Became the Union's superintendent of female nurses responsible for recruiting
nurses and supervising nurses working in the army hospitals. - Correct Answer
Dorothea Dix
, This monument stands in Arlington National Cemetery to honor nurses who served
in World War I. - Correct Answer 'The Spirit of Nursing' monument.
Improvement and progress including, use of anesthetics, infection control, blood
typing, and prosthetics, came to which field of medicine following World War I? -
Correct Answer Surgery
Casualties in which war lead to an acute shortage of caregivers? - Correct Answer
World War II
What organization was established as a result of casualties and shortage of
caregivers in World War II - Correct Answer Cadet Nurse Corps
Many nurses volunteered directly after nursing school (making them the youngest
group of medical personnel ever to serve in wartime) to serve in which war? -
Correct Answer The Vietnam War
During the 19th century, society attitudes towards nurses were poorly reflected as
exemplified by the book Martin Chuzzlewit written by . - Correct Answer Charles
Dickens
The name of the character portrayed as a drunk, disreputable nurse who abused the
sick in Charles Dicken's book Martin Chuzzlewit . - Correct Answer Sairey Gamp
In the latter 19th century the Angel of Mercy arose largely in response to the work of
which historical nurse? - Correct Answer Florence Nightingale
One of the founders of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing - Correct
Answer Luther Christman (ChristMAN)
The Australian nurse lead to society's image of the 'heroine' role in nursing due to
her work fighting polio in World War II. - Correct Answer Elizabeth Kenney
Founded the American Red Cross - Correct Answer Clara Barton
Who was America's first trained nurse? - Correct Answer Linda Richards
The majority of nurses who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars were . - Correct
Answer Male (55%)
Whose nursing theory included 13 canons of a healthy environment? - Correct
Answer Florence Nightingale
Founded the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky and started one of the first
midwifery programs in the U.S. - Correct Answer Mary Breckenridge
and Answers
Name 5 factors that have influenced nursing practice in the past. - Correct Answer
1. Gender roles and status
Religious values (Christianity.
War
Societal attitudes
Visionary nursing leadership
Steve Miller and Luther Chistman joined organizations to form in 1974 - Correct
Answer National Male Nurses Association.
Renamed American Assembly for Men in Nursing in 1981.
Who dedicated themselves to the care of people with leprosy, syphilis, and chronic
skin conditions during The Crusades? - Correct Answer The Knights of Saint
Lazarus
Who organized care for victims if the Black Plague in the 14th century? - Correct
Answer Alexian Brothers
Steve Miller formed an organization in 1971 called . - Correct Answer Men in
Nursing
Nurse practice acts and Good Samaritan acts fall under this category of law -
Correct Answer Statutory law
Florence Nightingale helped address the inadequacy of care given to soldiers in
Great Britain during which war? - Correct Answer The Crimean War
Who provided care and safety to slaves fleeing the South on the Underground
Railroad during the American Civil War? - Correct Answer Harriet Tubman and
Sojourner Truth.
Which two well-known authors volunteered as nurses during the American Civil
War? - Correct Answer Louisa May Alcott and Walt Whitman.
Gave care to injured and dying soldiers on the battlefield during the American Civil
War - Correct Answer Mother Biekerdyke and Clara Barton.
Became the Union's superintendent of female nurses responsible for recruiting
nurses and supervising nurses working in the army hospitals. - Correct Answer
Dorothea Dix
, This monument stands in Arlington National Cemetery to honor nurses who served
in World War I. - Correct Answer 'The Spirit of Nursing' monument.
Improvement and progress including, use of anesthetics, infection control, blood
typing, and prosthetics, came to which field of medicine following World War I? -
Correct Answer Surgery
Casualties in which war lead to an acute shortage of caregivers? - Correct Answer
World War II
What organization was established as a result of casualties and shortage of
caregivers in World War II - Correct Answer Cadet Nurse Corps
Many nurses volunteered directly after nursing school (making them the youngest
group of medical personnel ever to serve in wartime) to serve in which war? -
Correct Answer The Vietnam War
During the 19th century, society attitudes towards nurses were poorly reflected as
exemplified by the book Martin Chuzzlewit written by . - Correct Answer Charles
Dickens
The name of the character portrayed as a drunk, disreputable nurse who abused the
sick in Charles Dicken's book Martin Chuzzlewit . - Correct Answer Sairey Gamp
In the latter 19th century the Angel of Mercy arose largely in response to the work of
which historical nurse? - Correct Answer Florence Nightingale
One of the founders of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing - Correct
Answer Luther Christman (ChristMAN)
The Australian nurse lead to society's image of the 'heroine' role in nursing due to
her work fighting polio in World War II. - Correct Answer Elizabeth Kenney
Founded the American Red Cross - Correct Answer Clara Barton
Who was America's first trained nurse? - Correct Answer Linda Richards
The majority of nurses who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars were . - Correct
Answer Male (55%)
Whose nursing theory included 13 canons of a healthy environment? - Correct
Answer Florence Nightingale
Founded the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky and started one of the first
midwifery programs in the U.S. - Correct Answer Mary Breckenridge
