NURSING AS A CAREER FINAL EXAM 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. - (ANSWER)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. - (ANSWER)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.
,NURSING AS A CAREER FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
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. -
(ANSWER)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. - (ANSWER)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.
,NURSING AS A CAREER FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
d. stated that no formal education should be required for beginning technical nurses who would
practice solely at the patient's bedside. - (ANSWER)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.
d. schools of nursing employed well-educated faculty members committed to meeting their students'
needs. - (ANSWER)student nurses were required to work long hours with few formal classes and little
clinical supervision.
The first nurse practice acts passed in the U.S.:
a. allowed anyone in the state to apply for nurse licensure, regardless of their educational preparation.
b. barred persons who had not graduated from a school of nursing from the practice of nursing for pay.
c. were "permissive" laws that allowed only nurses who were licensed to use the title "Registered
Nurse."
d. allowed any person who worked as a nurse for pay to use the title "Registered Nurse." -
(ANSWER)were "permissive" laws that allowed only nurses who were licensed to use the title
"Registered Nurse."
, NURSING AS A CAREER FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
The primary reason that educated nurses first joined together to form the precursor to the American
Nurses Association was to:
a. require licensure for all graduates of schools of nursing in the U.S.
b. establish consistency in the curricula of schools of nursing.
c. secure the passage of nurse licensure legislation in each of the states in the U.S.
d. establish consistency in the entrance requirements for schools of nursing. - (ANSWER)secure the
passage of nurse licensure legislation in each of the states in the U.S.
The profession of nursing strove to develop its own body of knowledge through all of the following
mechanisms except:
a. use of theoretical frameworks from related healthcare professions.
b. development of nursing theory by nurse scholars such as Martha Rogers, Hildegarde Peplau, and
Dorothy Orem.
c. publication of the journal Nursing Research.
d. increased focus on evidence-based practice to improve nursing practice. - (ANSWER)use of theoretical
frameworks from related healthcare professions.
Throughout antiquity, prior to the modern era, the safest nursing care was provided in:
a. hospitals linked to early European universities.
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. - (ANSWER)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. - (ANSWER)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.
,NURSING AS A CAREER FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
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. -
(ANSWER)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. - (ANSWER)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.
,NURSING AS A CAREER FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
d. stated that no formal education should be required for beginning technical nurses who would
practice solely at the patient's bedside. - (ANSWER)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.
d. schools of nursing employed well-educated faculty members committed to meeting their students'
needs. - (ANSWER)student nurses were required to work long hours with few formal classes and little
clinical supervision.
The first nurse practice acts passed in the U.S.:
a. allowed anyone in the state to apply for nurse licensure, regardless of their educational preparation.
b. barred persons who had not graduated from a school of nursing from the practice of nursing for pay.
c. were "permissive" laws that allowed only nurses who were licensed to use the title "Registered
Nurse."
d. allowed any person who worked as a nurse for pay to use the title "Registered Nurse." -
(ANSWER)were "permissive" laws that allowed only nurses who were licensed to use the title
"Registered Nurse."
, NURSING AS A CAREER FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
The primary reason that educated nurses first joined together to form the precursor to the American
Nurses Association was to:
a. require licensure for all graduates of schools of nursing in the U.S.
b. establish consistency in the curricula of schools of nursing.
c. secure the passage of nurse licensure legislation in each of the states in the U.S.
d. establish consistency in the entrance requirements for schools of nursing. - (ANSWER)secure the
passage of nurse licensure legislation in each of the states in the U.S.
The profession of nursing strove to develop its own body of knowledge through all of the following
mechanisms except:
a. use of theoretical frameworks from related healthcare professions.
b. development of nursing theory by nurse scholars such as Martha Rogers, Hildegarde Peplau, and
Dorothy Orem.
c. publication of the journal Nursing Research.
d. increased focus on evidence-based practice to improve nursing practice. - (ANSWER)use of theoretical
frameworks from related healthcare professions.
Throughout antiquity, prior to the modern era, the safest nursing care was provided in:
a. hospitals linked to early European universities.
