N306 EXAM 1 FINAL PRACTICE TEST WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Nursing research is how Answer: nursing care is improved
◉ Nurse as a Collaborator Answer: -working with other health care
providers
-coordination of patient care and communicating
◉ nurse as delegator Answer: -entrusting tasks to other health care
providers
-knowing the scope of other professionals practice
◉ The profession of nursing developed through Answer: war
◉ Who established American Red Cross Answer: Clara Barton
◉ Who headed the US Sanitary Commission (Army Nursing Corps)
Answer: Dorothea Dix
◉ During wars, nurses emerged as _____ and had more ______ and
______ Answer: leaders, autonomy, responsibility
,◉ Nursing religious roots come from Answer: -nurses (males) in
Egypt
-increasing nun and monk work
◉ When did the profession begin and who started it Answer: -in the
1850's during the Crimean War
-Florence Nightingale
◉ What advancements were made after world war II Answer: -
nursing specialties
-more male nurses
-need for health promotion (nurse practitioners)
◉ What was Nightingale's contribution? Answer: -cared for British
soldiers during Crimean war
-assessed patients and collected data
-used statistics
-started the first nursing school
-advocate for general health
-Notes on Nursing
,◉ What was Notes on Nursing about Answer: Nightingales beliefs
about nursing and how to mange the environment in order to
improve health
◉ What is a discipline Answer: specific field of study
◉ What is a metaparadigm? Answer: overarching concept of
profession, person, health, and environment
◉ What is the Nursing Paradigm Answer: Links person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing
◉ What is the nursing process? Answer: scientific process, multistep
process used by nurses to care for patients
◉ Conceptional framework or model Answer: collection of
interrelated concepts that provides direction for nursing practice,
research, and education
◉ Nightingale's Environmental Theory Answer: - relationship
between individual's environment and health
-put patient in state that nature can heal them
◉ Key concepts of Nightingale's theory Answer: -clean air
, -clean water
-clean housing
-decreased noise
-good hygiene
-light
-comfort
-socialziation and hope
◉ Nightingale's theory is seen as Answer: holistic
◉ Watson's theory on nursing focuses on Answer: caring and
importance of relationship with patient
◉ Watson's theory states that we as nurses need to develop a
Answer: caring, healing consciousness
◉ Watson's Theory of Transpersonal Caring Answer: both nurse and
patient can be transformed through a healing relationship
◉ Watson's critical caritas are Answer: factors involved in holistic
nursing care
DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Nursing research is how Answer: nursing care is improved
◉ Nurse as a Collaborator Answer: -working with other health care
providers
-coordination of patient care and communicating
◉ nurse as delegator Answer: -entrusting tasks to other health care
providers
-knowing the scope of other professionals practice
◉ The profession of nursing developed through Answer: war
◉ Who established American Red Cross Answer: Clara Barton
◉ Who headed the US Sanitary Commission (Army Nursing Corps)
Answer: Dorothea Dix
◉ During wars, nurses emerged as _____ and had more ______ and
______ Answer: leaders, autonomy, responsibility
,◉ Nursing religious roots come from Answer: -nurses (males) in
Egypt
-increasing nun and monk work
◉ When did the profession begin and who started it Answer: -in the
1850's during the Crimean War
-Florence Nightingale
◉ What advancements were made after world war II Answer: -
nursing specialties
-more male nurses
-need for health promotion (nurse practitioners)
◉ What was Nightingale's contribution? Answer: -cared for British
soldiers during Crimean war
-assessed patients and collected data
-used statistics
-started the first nursing school
-advocate for general health
-Notes on Nursing
,◉ What was Notes on Nursing about Answer: Nightingales beliefs
about nursing and how to mange the environment in order to
improve health
◉ What is a discipline Answer: specific field of study
◉ What is a metaparadigm? Answer: overarching concept of
profession, person, health, and environment
◉ What is the Nursing Paradigm Answer: Links person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing
◉ What is the nursing process? Answer: scientific process, multistep
process used by nurses to care for patients
◉ Conceptional framework or model Answer: collection of
interrelated concepts that provides direction for nursing practice,
research, and education
◉ Nightingale's Environmental Theory Answer: - relationship
between individual's environment and health
-put patient in state that nature can heal them
◉ Key concepts of Nightingale's theory Answer: -clean air
, -clean water
-clean housing
-decreased noise
-good hygiene
-light
-comfort
-socialziation and hope
◉ Nightingale's theory is seen as Answer: holistic
◉ Watson's theory on nursing focuses on Answer: caring and
importance of relationship with patient
◉ Watson's theory states that we as nurses need to develop a
Answer: caring, healing consciousness
◉ Watson's Theory of Transpersonal Caring Answer: both nurse and
patient can be transformed through a healing relationship
◉ Watson's critical caritas are Answer: factors involved in holistic
nursing care
