NSG-310 Exam questions with
answers well graded A+
Florence Nightingale - ANS✅✅-established the first nursing philosophy based on health
maintenance and restoration
-developed the first organized program for training nurses
-first practicing nurse epidemiologist
-saw nursing as in charge of someone else's health
-lady with the lamp
-improved sanitation (linked poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery; reduced mortality rates
from 42.7% to 2.2% in 6 months)
First organized program for training nurses - ANS✅✅The Nightingale Training School for Nurses at
St. Thomas Hospital in London
American Civil War (1861-1865) - ANS✅✅-volunteer women demonstrated effectiveness of skilled
nursing on improved outcomes
-emergence of nurse training schools based on Nightingale apprenticeship model
Nightingale's Apprenticeship Model of Nursing - ANS✅✅-provided physicians and hospitals with
an inexpensive and skilled workforce
-provided working-class women with the opportunity for employment outside the home
1873: Establishment of the First Three Training Schools for Nurses in US - ANS✅✅-pupil nurses
under direction of nursing superintendent
-required 2-3 years of intense hospital work
-upon program completion, they could be employed as graduate private duty nurses
-women who were trained nurses saw social status elevated as a result of training
Nurse Training Program - ANS✅✅-long days of patient service
-training classes were held at end of long days on wards
,-nursing duties included patient care, cleaning wards and operating rooms, meal preparation,
sterilization of instruments, and assisting physicians
1894: Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses of the US and Canada - ANS✅✅-
focus was to advance and standardize training of nurses
-goal was to promote fellowship and establish/maintain universal standard of training
What was society of superintendents of training school for nurses of the US and Canada renamed? -
ANS✅✅National League for Nursing Educators (NLNE)
Early 1900's - ANS✅✅-US Bureau of Census: 109,000 untrained nurses and midwives compete
with 12,000 graduate nurses
-Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada focused on legal recognition of trained nurses (to
protect the public: legal registration for trained nurses)
1896: Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada - ANS✅✅-purpose to achieve legal
recognition for trained nurses to counter the belief that "an ignorant woman who is not fit for
anything else is good enough for a nurse"
What was the Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada renamed in 1912? -
ANS✅✅American Nurses Association (ANA)
Enactment of Nurse Licensure - ANS✅✅-a registered nurse had attended an acceptable nursing
program and passed a board evaluation examination
-1923: all states enacted nurse registration laws
Nursing Practice in Early 20th Century America - ANS✅✅-hospitals (student nurses and head
nurse)
-private duty nurses (registry, autonomous practice, contagious disease, childbirth, fractures,
strokes, mental illness)
Private Duty Nurses - ANS✅✅-graduated nurses employed by the middle/upper class households
-seasonal work: busy winters and slow summers
-1920 surplus of nurses
-1928 burgess report: a study of the plight of the graduated nurse
, Opinions of Nursing Change - ANS✅✅-before, many physicians and hospital administrators did not
value the presence of graduate nurses in their hospitals
-many private duty nurses increased their clinical medical knowledge and skills on their own
-physicians and families requested these nurses
-hospitals began to add registered nurses to the staff in the late 1930s
Progressivism and Public Health Nursing - ANS✅✅-social change: urbanization, industrialization,
influx of European immigrants (overcrowding, filthy streets, and poor working condition)
-Lillian Wald: established role for nursing in the community because the needs of NY residents were
limitless
What did Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster establish? - ANS✅✅Henry Street Settlement House and
Henry Street Visiting Nurse Services
Lillian Wald and Visiting Nurses - ANS✅✅-expansion to: school nursing, industrial nursing, TB
nursing, and infant welfare nursing
-worked with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and organized home visits to the company's
customers who were ill
What did Lillian Wald found in 1912? - ANS✅✅The National Organization for Public Health Nursing
Progressive Era and Community Health Nursing - ANS✅✅-1912: Children's Bureau
-1921: Maternal and Infant Act (Sheppard-Towner Act)
-application of epidemiology knowledge and sanitation practices
-care of individuals, families and communities
-health promotion and disease prevention
1950s: Hospitals Became the Major Employers of Nurses - ANS✅✅-initially nurses were viewed as
potential threats to administrations and physicians
-experienced professional conflicts
-lacked autonomy
-nurses identified education as a potential pathway to leadership
answers well graded A+
Florence Nightingale - ANS✅✅-established the first nursing philosophy based on health
maintenance and restoration
-developed the first organized program for training nurses
-first practicing nurse epidemiologist
-saw nursing as in charge of someone else's health
-lady with the lamp
-improved sanitation (linked poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery; reduced mortality rates
from 42.7% to 2.2% in 6 months)
First organized program for training nurses - ANS✅✅The Nightingale Training School for Nurses at
St. Thomas Hospital in London
American Civil War (1861-1865) - ANS✅✅-volunteer women demonstrated effectiveness of skilled
nursing on improved outcomes
-emergence of nurse training schools based on Nightingale apprenticeship model
Nightingale's Apprenticeship Model of Nursing - ANS✅✅-provided physicians and hospitals with
an inexpensive and skilled workforce
-provided working-class women with the opportunity for employment outside the home
1873: Establishment of the First Three Training Schools for Nurses in US - ANS✅✅-pupil nurses
under direction of nursing superintendent
-required 2-3 years of intense hospital work
-upon program completion, they could be employed as graduate private duty nurses
-women who were trained nurses saw social status elevated as a result of training
Nurse Training Program - ANS✅✅-long days of patient service
-training classes were held at end of long days on wards
,-nursing duties included patient care, cleaning wards and operating rooms, meal preparation,
sterilization of instruments, and assisting physicians
1894: Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses of the US and Canada - ANS✅✅-
focus was to advance and standardize training of nurses
-goal was to promote fellowship and establish/maintain universal standard of training
What was society of superintendents of training school for nurses of the US and Canada renamed? -
ANS✅✅National League for Nursing Educators (NLNE)
Early 1900's - ANS✅✅-US Bureau of Census: 109,000 untrained nurses and midwives compete
with 12,000 graduate nurses
-Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada focused on legal recognition of trained nurses (to
protect the public: legal registration for trained nurses)
1896: Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada - ANS✅✅-purpose to achieve legal
recognition for trained nurses to counter the belief that "an ignorant woman who is not fit for
anything else is good enough for a nurse"
What was the Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the US and Canada renamed in 1912? -
ANS✅✅American Nurses Association (ANA)
Enactment of Nurse Licensure - ANS✅✅-a registered nurse had attended an acceptable nursing
program and passed a board evaluation examination
-1923: all states enacted nurse registration laws
Nursing Practice in Early 20th Century America - ANS✅✅-hospitals (student nurses and head
nurse)
-private duty nurses (registry, autonomous practice, contagious disease, childbirth, fractures,
strokes, mental illness)
Private Duty Nurses - ANS✅✅-graduated nurses employed by the middle/upper class households
-seasonal work: busy winters and slow summers
-1920 surplus of nurses
-1928 burgess report: a study of the plight of the graduated nurse
, Opinions of Nursing Change - ANS✅✅-before, many physicians and hospital administrators did not
value the presence of graduate nurses in their hospitals
-many private duty nurses increased their clinical medical knowledge and skills on their own
-physicians and families requested these nurses
-hospitals began to add registered nurses to the staff in the late 1930s
Progressivism and Public Health Nursing - ANS✅✅-social change: urbanization, industrialization,
influx of European immigrants (overcrowding, filthy streets, and poor working condition)
-Lillian Wald: established role for nursing in the community because the needs of NY residents were
limitless
What did Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster establish? - ANS✅✅Henry Street Settlement House and
Henry Street Visiting Nurse Services
Lillian Wald and Visiting Nurses - ANS✅✅-expansion to: school nursing, industrial nursing, TB
nursing, and infant welfare nursing
-worked with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and organized home visits to the company's
customers who were ill
What did Lillian Wald found in 1912? - ANS✅✅The National Organization for Public Health Nursing
Progressive Era and Community Health Nursing - ANS✅✅-1912: Children's Bureau
-1921: Maternal and Infant Act (Sheppard-Towner Act)
-application of epidemiology knowledge and sanitation practices
-care of individuals, families and communities
-health promotion and disease prevention
1950s: Hospitals Became the Major Employers of Nurses - ANS✅✅-initially nurses were viewed as
potential threats to administrations and physicians
-experienced professional conflicts
-lacked autonomy
-nurses identified education as a potential pathway to leadership
