NURSING AS A CAREER FINAL EXAM 2025-2026
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
A+
All of the following are true about Associate degree programs in nursing except:
a. ADN programs provided a way to enter nursing for men, married women, and
mature students.
b. ADN programs were developed in response to an acute nursing shortage.
c. ADN programs were conceived by Mildred Montag as the topic of her doctoral
dissertation.
d. tests conducted during the 1950s indicated that graduates of ADN programs
lacked the knowledge and technical skills to function as registered nurses.
tests conducted during the 1950s indicated that graduates of ADN programs lacked
the knowledge and technical skills to function as registered nurses.
,As a result of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the majority of registered nurses
in the U.S.:
a. sought employment in hospitals, often working for little or no wages.
b. were opposed to government relief efforts to provide relief to unemployed
persons.
c. increasingly found work as self-employed private duty nurses.
d. decided to leave nursing to seek work in areas other than health care.
sought employment in hospitals, often working for little or no wages.
During the late 19th century, advances in science contributed to the growth in
nursing education because:
a. schools of nursing were increasingly relied upon to aid in the discovery of the
causes of disease.
b. the need for university preparation of professional nurses had been firmly
established.
c. improvement in technology required educated nurses for the care of patients
with more complex conditions.
,d. the hospital was determined to be the only place where patients should be treated.
improvement in technology required educated nurses for the care of patients with
more complex conditions.
Florence Nightingale's most significant contribution to the emergence of nursing as
a profession was her:
a. discovery that dirt, rather than pathogens, is the primary cause of disease.
b. use of political influence to obtain permission to take a group of nurses to the
Crimean War.
c. establishment of the Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas' Hospital.
d. work with Pastor Fliedner to establish the Deaconess Home and Hospital.
establishment of the Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas' Hospital.
The American Nurses Association Position Paper, which was published in 1965,
had a significant impact on the nursing profession because it:
, a. reaffirmed that nursing education should occur in patient care settings, such as
hospitals.
b. stated that the minimum preparation for beginning professional nurses should be
a baccalaureate degree.
c. united U.S. nurses in the belief that significant changes were needed in nursing
education.
d. stated that no formal education should be required for beginning technical nurses
who would practice solely at the patient's bedside.
stated that the minimum preparation for beginning professional nurses should be a
baccalaureate degree.
The chief characteristic of early hospital-based schools of nursing in the U.S. was
that:
a. student nurses received an education based on sound instructional principles.
b. student nurses were required to work long hours with few formal classes and
little clinical supervision.
c. schools of nursing were few in number so that their quality could be ensured.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
A+
All of the following are true about Associate degree programs in nursing except:
a. ADN programs provided a way to enter nursing for men, married women, and
mature students.
b. ADN programs were developed in response to an acute nursing shortage.
c. ADN programs were conceived by Mildred Montag as the topic of her doctoral
dissertation.
d. tests conducted during the 1950s indicated that graduates of ADN programs
lacked the knowledge and technical skills to function as registered nurses.
tests conducted during the 1950s indicated that graduates of ADN programs lacked
the knowledge and technical skills to function as registered nurses.
,As a result of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the majority of registered nurses
in the U.S.:
a. sought employment in hospitals, often working for little or no wages.
b. were opposed to government relief efforts to provide relief to unemployed
persons.
c. increasingly found work as self-employed private duty nurses.
d. decided to leave nursing to seek work in areas other than health care.
sought employment in hospitals, often working for little or no wages.
During the late 19th century, advances in science contributed to the growth in
nursing education because:
a. schools of nursing were increasingly relied upon to aid in the discovery of the
causes of disease.
b. the need for university preparation of professional nurses had been firmly
established.
c. improvement in technology required educated nurses for the care of patients
with more complex conditions.
,d. the hospital was determined to be the only place where patients should be treated.
improvement in technology required educated nurses for the care of patients with
more complex conditions.
Florence Nightingale's most significant contribution to the emergence of nursing as
a profession was her:
a. discovery that dirt, rather than pathogens, is the primary cause of disease.
b. use of political influence to obtain permission to take a group of nurses to the
Crimean War.
c. establishment of the Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas' Hospital.
d. work with Pastor Fliedner to establish the Deaconess Home and Hospital.
establishment of the Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas' Hospital.
The American Nurses Association Position Paper, which was published in 1965,
had a significant impact on the nursing profession because it:
, a. reaffirmed that nursing education should occur in patient care settings, such as
hospitals.
b. stated that the minimum preparation for beginning professional nurses should be
a baccalaureate degree.
c. united U.S. nurses in the belief that significant changes were needed in nursing
education.
d. stated that no formal education should be required for beginning technical nurses
who would practice solely at the patient's bedside.
stated that the minimum preparation for beginning professional nurses should be a
baccalaureate degree.
The chief characteristic of early hospital-based schools of nursing in the U.S. was
that:
a. student nurses received an education based on sound instructional principles.
b. student nurses were required to work long hours with few formal classes and
little clinical supervision.
c. schools of nursing were few in number so that their quality could be ensured.
