C304 - Professional Roles & Values (Nursing
Timeline) UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1751 - CORRECT ANSWER - The Pennsylvania Hospital is the first hospital established
in America.
1798 - CORRECT ANSWER - The U.S. Marine Hospital Service comes into being by an
act of Congress on July 16. It is renamed the U.S. Public Health Service in 1912.
1840 - CORRECT ANSWER - Two African-American women, Mary Williams and
Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross, are listed as nurses in the City of
Baltimore Directory.
1851 - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) attends Kaiserswerth to
train as a nurse.
1854 - CORRECT ANSWER - During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale transforms
the image of nursing. Mary Seacole, a black woman from Jamaica, West Indies, nurses during
the same time.
1861 - CORRECT ANSWER - The outbreak of the Civil War causes African-American
women to volunteer as nurses. Among these women are Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and
Susie King Taylor.
1872 - CORRECT ANSWER - Another school of nursing opens in the United States: the
New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, Massachusetts.
1873 - CORRECT ANSWER - Linda Richards is responsible for designing a written
patient record and physician's order system—the first in a hospital.
, 1879 - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary Mahoney, the first trained African-American nurse,
graduates from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, Massachusetts.
1882 - CORRECT ANSWER - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
1886 - CORRECT ANSWER - The Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) is started in
Philadelphia; Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, establishes the first diploma nursing program
for African-Americans.
1893 - CORRECT ANSWER - Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster establish the Henry Street
Visiting Nurse Service in New York.
1896 - CORRECT ANSWER - The Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and
Canada is established
1898 - CORRECT ANSWER - Namahyoke Curtis, an untrained African-American nurse,
is assigned by the War Department as a contract nurse in the Spanish-American War.
1899 - CORRECT ANSWER - The International Council of Nurses (ICN) was founded.
1900 - CORRECT ANSWER - The first issue of the American Journal of Nursing is
published.
1901 - CORRECT ANSWER - The Army Nurse Corps is established under the Army
Reorganization Act.
1902 - CORRECT ANSWER - School of nursing is established in New York City by
Linda Rogers.
1903 - CORRECT ANSWER - The first nurse practice acts are passed, and North Carolina
is the first state to implement registration of nurses.
Timeline) UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1751 - CORRECT ANSWER - The Pennsylvania Hospital is the first hospital established
in America.
1798 - CORRECT ANSWER - The U.S. Marine Hospital Service comes into being by an
act of Congress on July 16. It is renamed the U.S. Public Health Service in 1912.
1840 - CORRECT ANSWER - Two African-American women, Mary Williams and
Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross, are listed as nurses in the City of
Baltimore Directory.
1851 - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) attends Kaiserswerth to
train as a nurse.
1854 - CORRECT ANSWER - During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale transforms
the image of nursing. Mary Seacole, a black woman from Jamaica, West Indies, nurses during
the same time.
1861 - CORRECT ANSWER - The outbreak of the Civil War causes African-American
women to volunteer as nurses. Among these women are Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and
Susie King Taylor.
1872 - CORRECT ANSWER - Another school of nursing opens in the United States: the
New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, Massachusetts.
1873 - CORRECT ANSWER - Linda Richards is responsible for designing a written
patient record and physician's order system—the first in a hospital.
, 1879 - CORRECT ANSWER - Mary Mahoney, the first trained African-American nurse,
graduates from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, Massachusetts.
1882 - CORRECT ANSWER - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
1886 - CORRECT ANSWER - The Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) is started in
Philadelphia; Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, establishes the first diploma nursing program
for African-Americans.
1893 - CORRECT ANSWER - Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster establish the Henry Street
Visiting Nurse Service in New York.
1896 - CORRECT ANSWER - The Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and
Canada is established
1898 - CORRECT ANSWER - Namahyoke Curtis, an untrained African-American nurse,
is assigned by the War Department as a contract nurse in the Spanish-American War.
1899 - CORRECT ANSWER - The International Council of Nurses (ICN) was founded.
1900 - CORRECT ANSWER - The first issue of the American Journal of Nursing is
published.
1901 - CORRECT ANSWER - The Army Nurse Corps is established under the Army
Reorganization Act.
1902 - CORRECT ANSWER - School of nursing is established in New York City by
Linda Rogers.
1903 - CORRECT ANSWER - The first nurse practice acts are passed, and North Carolina
is the first state to implement registration of nurses.
