WGU Professional Roles and Values C304
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Dorothy Dix - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1802 to 1887 - civil war nurse-
she was a super intendant of the Union Army during the Civil War. She was a teacher and
reformer of mental hospitals, who at the outbreak of the war changed with recruitment of nurses
and supervision of nursing activities. So she stepped to the plate to help recruit nurses for the
Union Army.
Kate Cummings - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1836 to 1909-civil war nurse-
she was a nurse for the Confederate Army and during the war she kept a diary that she later
published and her book was a representation of a realistic record of Confederate hospitals and
nursing and what took place in those respective areas.
Jan Woolsey - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1830 to 1900-civil war nurse-
She was a volunteer for the Union Army. She began her career as a super intendant of a Union
hospital in Virginia and she later helped found the School of Nursing at Presbyterian Hospital in
New York.
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER - lived 1821 and 1912-civil war nurse-
and she's been credited with being the mother of disaster nursing. She was a volunteer nurse who
served in the battlefield hospitals and the prisoner of war camps and following the war, she
founded and became the first president of the American Red Cross. She went over to Europe and
studied with the International Red Cross and then came back to the United States and founded
and was the first president of the American Red Cross.
Walt Whitman - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1819 to 1892- civil war nurse-
a poet who worked as a volunteer nurse in the Union Miliary Hospital in Washington DC that
you and I would know today as Walter Reed Hospital. He later memorialized in his works of
poetry war time nurses and how they cared for the wounded and the dying soldiers.
, Harriet Tubman - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1820 to 1913-civil war nurse-
born into slavery, she escaped through the Underground Railroad, and escaped in Philadelphia
and during the war she nursed soldiers using herbs and other home remedies. She's praised for
using holistic medicine of herbs and other remedies that she had learned
Mary Livermore - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1820 to 1913-civil war nurse-
She was a teacher and also a abolitionist who served as a volunteer nurse in the Union Army.
She was a director of the Northwestern branch of the US Sanitary Commission and she directed
the solicitation and distribution of food and medical supplies to the military hospitals.
Mary Ann Mother Bickerdyke - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1817 to 1901-civil
war nurse-
She was also a nurse in the Union Army. Before the war, she had studied botanic medicine. She's
renowned for her work in founding cleaning and sanitizing the Union military hospitals in the
face of opposition from the Union soldiers. She also collected food and medical supplies for the
military hospitals as well.
Louisa May Alcott - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1832 to 1818-civil war nurse-
She was an author and also a volunteer nurse in the Union Army and she wrote a book that
helped to shed some light some of the grim environments of the military hospitals and what our
soldiers were going through.
Linda Richards - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1841 to 1930-early nursing leaders-
She's credited and awarded the title of America's first trained nurse. She was the first graduate of
a yearlong nurse-training program at the New England Hospital of Women and Children. She
established the first nurse-training program in Japan and then returned to the United States to
found nurse-training programs in Michigan, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Isabelle Hampton-Rob - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1860 to 1910-early nursing
leaders-
She was a super intendant of the nurses at the Illinois Training School and also at John Hopkins
School for Nurses. She became the first president of the Society of Super Intendants of Training
Schools for Nurses. This was a forerunner to what we now know as the National League for
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Dorothy Dix - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1802 to 1887 - civil war nurse-
she was a super intendant of the Union Army during the Civil War. She was a teacher and
reformer of mental hospitals, who at the outbreak of the war changed with recruitment of nurses
and supervision of nursing activities. So she stepped to the plate to help recruit nurses for the
Union Army.
Kate Cummings - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1836 to 1909-civil war nurse-
she was a nurse for the Confederate Army and during the war she kept a diary that she later
published and her book was a representation of a realistic record of Confederate hospitals and
nursing and what took place in those respective areas.
Jan Woolsey - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1830 to 1900-civil war nurse-
She was a volunteer for the Union Army. She began her career as a super intendant of a Union
hospital in Virginia and she later helped found the School of Nursing at Presbyterian Hospital in
New York.
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER - lived 1821 and 1912-civil war nurse-
and she's been credited with being the mother of disaster nursing. She was a volunteer nurse who
served in the battlefield hospitals and the prisoner of war camps and following the war, she
founded and became the first president of the American Red Cross. She went over to Europe and
studied with the International Red Cross and then came back to the United States and founded
and was the first president of the American Red Cross.
Walt Whitman - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1819 to 1892- civil war nurse-
a poet who worked as a volunteer nurse in the Union Miliary Hospital in Washington DC that
you and I would know today as Walter Reed Hospital. He later memorialized in his works of
poetry war time nurses and how they cared for the wounded and the dying soldiers.
, Harriet Tubman - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1820 to 1913-civil war nurse-
born into slavery, she escaped through the Underground Railroad, and escaped in Philadelphia
and during the war she nursed soldiers using herbs and other home remedies. She's praised for
using holistic medicine of herbs and other remedies that she had learned
Mary Livermore - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1820 to 1913-civil war nurse-
She was a teacher and also a abolitionist who served as a volunteer nurse in the Union Army.
She was a director of the Northwestern branch of the US Sanitary Commission and she directed
the solicitation and distribution of food and medical supplies to the military hospitals.
Mary Ann Mother Bickerdyke - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1817 to 1901-civil
war nurse-
She was also a nurse in the Union Army. Before the war, she had studied botanic medicine. She's
renowned for her work in founding cleaning and sanitizing the Union military hospitals in the
face of opposition from the Union soldiers. She also collected food and medical supplies for the
military hospitals as well.
Louisa May Alcott - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1832 to 1818-civil war nurse-
She was an author and also a volunteer nurse in the Union Army and she wrote a book that
helped to shed some light some of the grim environments of the military hospitals and what our
soldiers were going through.
Linda Richards - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1841 to 1930-early nursing leaders-
She's credited and awarded the title of America's first trained nurse. She was the first graduate of
a yearlong nurse-training program at the New England Hospital of Women and Children. She
established the first nurse-training program in Japan and then returned to the United States to
found nurse-training programs in Michigan, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Isabelle Hampton-Rob - CORRECT ANSWER - lived from 1860 to 1910-early nursing
leaders-
She was a super intendant of the nurses at the Illinois Training School and also at John Hopkins
School for Nurses. She became the first president of the Society of Super Intendants of Training
Schools for Nurses. This was a forerunner to what we now know as the National League for
