Deck 2: Historical Perspectives

Question 1

For graduate nurses, which nursing symbol retains its significance as a symbol of the ideals and selfless devotion of Florence Nightingale?
1) Nursing cap
2) Nursing pin
3) Lamp
4) Coat of arms

Answer 1

3

Question 2

Which war caused more death and injury than any war in the history of the United States and dramatically increased the demand for nurses?
1) Civil War
2) Korean War
3) Vietnam War
4) Revolutionary War

Answer 2

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Question 3

When World War I was over, which nursing leader became a nursing educator, eventually serving as dean at the Yale School of Nursing?
1) Florence Nightingale
2) Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
3) Lavinia Lloyd Dock
4) Annie Goodrich

Answer 3

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Question 4

In general, travel nurse staffing companies require which standard that allows the nurses to meet any staffing requirements of individual facilities?
1) LVN
2) LPN
3) ADN
4) BSN

Question 5

Which of the following developed quite an advanced system of medicine and a pharmacology that included more than 600 medications derived from herbs and plants?
1) Hebrews
2) Buddhism
3) Roman Empire
4) Babylonian Empire

Question 6

Which nursing leader helped develop the American Journal of Nursing, the first professional journal dedicated to the improvement of nursing, which is still the official journal of the American Nurses Association?
1) Florence Nightingale
2) Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
3) Lillian Wald
4) Lavinia Lloyd Dock

Question 7

World War II produced another nursing shortage and, in response, Congress passed which legislative act that shortened hospital-based diploma programs from 36 to 30 months?
1) The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
2) Bolton Act
3) Hill-Burton Act
4) The Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)

Question 8

Which of the following focused on what we now call holistic-health practices, which included special diets, massage therapy, and rest to drive evil spirits from a body?
1) Hebrews
2) Buddhism
3) Roman Empire
4) Babylonian Empire

Question 9

Unlikely as it may seem, which nursing symbol can trace its origins to the heavy protective war shields used by soldiers as far back as the Greek and Roman Empires.
1) Nursing cap
2) Nursing pin
3) Lamp
4) Coat of arms

Question 10

At the height of her work in the war, which nursing leader supervised 125 nurses in several large hospitals and was recognized for her accomplishments by the Queen of England with an Order of Merit, the highest award given to English civilians?
1) Florence Nightingale
2) Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
3) Lillian Wald
4) Lavinia Lloyd Dock

Question 11

Which nursing leader noticed that many of her fellow students struggled to learn about all the medications that were becoming available and later wrote the first medication textbook for nurses?
1) Florence Nightingale
2) Loretta C. Ford
3) Lavinia Lloyd Dock
4) Annie Goodrich

Question 12

Which nursing leader was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2011 for being recognized as an internationally renowned nursing leader who transformed the profession of nursing and made health care more accessible to the general public?
1) Florence Nightingale
2) Loretta C. Ford
3) Lavinia Lloyd Dock
4) Annie Goodrich

Question 13

In ancient civilizations, starting from about 3500 b.c., health care was intertwined with religion. Which religion emphasized balance and driving demons out of the ailing body?
1) Taoism
2) Hinduism
3) Buddhism
4) Catholicism

Question 14

Many child health and wellness programs in use today are based on the efforts of which nursing leader?
1) Florence Nightingale
2) Isabel Adams Hampton Robb
3) Lillian Wald
4) Lavinia Lloyd Dock

Question 15

Which nursing symbol indicated that the student was now off probation and had earned the right to wear it during clinical rotations in the hospital?
1) Nursing cap
2) Nursing pin
3) Lamp
4) Coat of arms