Nursing 140 Mrs. Jagellaa Exam 1 Moraine Valley
Community College Questions with Correct Answers
/. What are the 6 C's of Nursing? - Answer-Competence
Confidence
Comportment
Conscience
Compassion
Commitment
/.Nurse Practice Act (NPA) - Answer-defines the scope and limitations of professional
nursing practice; vary from state to state
/.Internal standards of care - Answer-job description, education, expertise, institutional
policies and procedures
/.External standards of care - Answer-consist of: Nurse practice acts; Professional
organizations (ie, ANA); Nursing specialty-practice organizations (ie, Emergency Nurses
Association, Oncology Nursing Society); Federal organizations and federal guidelines
(ie, The Joint Commission and Medicare.)
/.Who are the 8 leaders of nursing ? - Answer-Florence nightingale
Clara Barton
Linda Richards
Mary Mahoney
Lillian Ward
Lavina Dock
Margaret Sanger
Luther Christman
/.Florence Nightingale - Answer-Improved standards of care for war casualties
1st scientist theorist nurse
Opened nightingale training school for nurses
Nursing notes what it is and what it is not
/.Clara Barton - Answer-Started the American Red Cross which linked with the
International Red Cross after she convinced congress to ratify the treaty of Geneva so
we could assist in humanitarian efforts during times of peace
/.Linda Richards - Answer-America's first trained nurse
Introduced nurses notes and doctors orders
Initiated nurses wearing uniforms
Credited for pioneering in psychiatric/industrial nursing
, /.Mary Mahoney - Answer-First professionally trained African American nurse
/.Lillian Wald - Answer-founded the Henry Street Settlement and Visiting Nurse Service
which provided trained nursing and social services to the poor.
She is considered the founder of public health nursing
/.Lavina Dock (1858-1956) - Answer-Participated in protests movement for women's
rights
Fought for nurses rather than MDs to have control of the nursing profession
/.Margaret Sanger - Answer-Considered founder of planned parenthood
Public health nurse who was imprisioned for opening the first American birth control
information clinic
/.Luther Christman - Answer-Registered nurse and a founder of the American Assembly
for Men in Nursing (AAMN). Also founded the National Student Nurse's Association
One of the first male nurses to make a name for himself
Was discriminated against while in nursing school
/.What is the primary level of disease prevention? - Answer-Promotion and illness
prevention
/.What is the secondary level of disease prevention? - Answer-Diagnosis and treatment
(Screening)
/.What is the third level of disease prevention? - Answer-Health restoration and
palliative care (treatment of diagnosed diseases)
/.What are the roles of the nurse? - Answer-caregiver, communicator, teacher /
educator, counselor, leader, researcher, client advocate, change agent
/.What are the factors affecting delivery of care in the United States? - Answer-
Increasing number of older adults
advances in technology
economics
demographic changes
womens health
uneven distribution of services
access to health insurance
the homeless and the poor
health insurance portability and accountability act
/.What is the WIC program? - Answer-designed to provide a variety of nutritional and
health-related goods and services to pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women,
infants, and children under the age of 5
Community College Questions with Correct Answers
/. What are the 6 C's of Nursing? - Answer-Competence
Confidence
Comportment
Conscience
Compassion
Commitment
/.Nurse Practice Act (NPA) - Answer-defines the scope and limitations of professional
nursing practice; vary from state to state
/.Internal standards of care - Answer-job description, education, expertise, institutional
policies and procedures
/.External standards of care - Answer-consist of: Nurse practice acts; Professional
organizations (ie, ANA); Nursing specialty-practice organizations (ie, Emergency Nurses
Association, Oncology Nursing Society); Federal organizations and federal guidelines
(ie, The Joint Commission and Medicare.)
/.Who are the 8 leaders of nursing ? - Answer-Florence nightingale
Clara Barton
Linda Richards
Mary Mahoney
Lillian Ward
Lavina Dock
Margaret Sanger
Luther Christman
/.Florence Nightingale - Answer-Improved standards of care for war casualties
1st scientist theorist nurse
Opened nightingale training school for nurses
Nursing notes what it is and what it is not
/.Clara Barton - Answer-Started the American Red Cross which linked with the
International Red Cross after she convinced congress to ratify the treaty of Geneva so
we could assist in humanitarian efforts during times of peace
/.Linda Richards - Answer-America's first trained nurse
Introduced nurses notes and doctors orders
Initiated nurses wearing uniforms
Credited for pioneering in psychiatric/industrial nursing
, /.Mary Mahoney - Answer-First professionally trained African American nurse
/.Lillian Wald - Answer-founded the Henry Street Settlement and Visiting Nurse Service
which provided trained nursing and social services to the poor.
She is considered the founder of public health nursing
/.Lavina Dock (1858-1956) - Answer-Participated in protests movement for women's
rights
Fought for nurses rather than MDs to have control of the nursing profession
/.Margaret Sanger - Answer-Considered founder of planned parenthood
Public health nurse who was imprisioned for opening the first American birth control
information clinic
/.Luther Christman - Answer-Registered nurse and a founder of the American Assembly
for Men in Nursing (AAMN). Also founded the National Student Nurse's Association
One of the first male nurses to make a name for himself
Was discriminated against while in nursing school
/.What is the primary level of disease prevention? - Answer-Promotion and illness
prevention
/.What is the secondary level of disease prevention? - Answer-Diagnosis and treatment
(Screening)
/.What is the third level of disease prevention? - Answer-Health restoration and
palliative care (treatment of diagnosed diseases)
/.What are the roles of the nurse? - Answer-caregiver, communicator, teacher /
educator, counselor, leader, researcher, client advocate, change agent
/.What are the factors affecting delivery of care in the United States? - Answer-
Increasing number of older adults
advances in technology
economics
demographic changes
womens health
uneven distribution of services
access to health insurance
the homeless and the poor
health insurance portability and accountability act
/.What is the WIC program? - Answer-designed to provide a variety of nutritional and
health-related goods and services to pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women,
infants, and children under the age of 5
