Deck 9: Nursing

Question 1

Nursing dates back to _____.

A) 1400 AD
B) 300 BC
C) 700 BC
D) 1800 AD

Answer 1

300 BC

Question 2

Historically, nursing was tied to _____.

A) War
B) Family
C) Public health
D) Religious orders

Answer 2

Religious orders

Question 3

The development of the Sisters of Charity helped to further establish an education system for nurses that included _____.

A) Nursing care plans
B) Community nursing
C) Reading, writing, and arithmetic
D) Basic nursing skills

Answer 3

Reading, writing, and arithmetic

Question 4

Kaiserwerth Motherhouse was a nursing school in _____.

A) England
B) Germany
C) France
D) America

Question 5

Florence Nightingale received her nursing training from _____.

A) France's Academy for Nurses
B) The German Exchange House
C) Kaiserwerth Motherhouse
D) England's Royal Academy of Nursing

Question 6

Florence Nightingale was born in _____.

A) Russia
B) Germany
C) England
D) Italy

Question 7

Nightingale advocated for the use of _____.

A) Hospital training
B) Interprofessional care
C) Statistical analysis
D) Nursing plans of care

Question 8

_____ served as superintendent of Union Army nurses.

A) Mary Ann Bickerdyke
B) Dorothea Dix
C) Clara Barton
D) Florence Nightingale

Question 9

In the early 1900s, immigration and the Great Depression created a need for _____.

A) Public health care
B) Community health care
C) Home health care
D) Nursing home care

Question 10

The American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses later became the _____.

A) American Nursing Association
B) Honor Society of Nursing in the United States
C) League for Nursing in the United States
D) National League for Nursing

Question 11

In 1922, Sigma Theta Tau, which is a(n) _____, was formed.

A) Honor society
B) Nursing association
C) Code of ethics
D) Group for supervising nurses

Question 12

The _____ Report recommended nurses be trained in an academic education within a university setting.

A) Flexner
B) Goldmark
C) Nursing Association
D) Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing

Question 13

The scope of practice for nurses is related to _____.

A) Education, licensure, and state requirements
B) Education and personal preference
C) Licensure, knowledge, and skills
D) Age, education, and knowledge

Question 14

Nurses need a basic education in _____.

A) Communication
B) Counseling
C) Science
D) Mathematics

Question 15

To hold a nursing license, one must sit for the _____.

A) LEXNC
B) EXLNC
C) NCLEX
D) CLENX

Question 16

The median annual salary range across all registered nurses exceeds _____.

A) $65,000
B) $68,000
C) $70,000
D) $71,000

Question 17

The nursing profession is expected to grow _____ from 2012 to 2020.

A) 13%
B) 15%
C) 17%
D) 19%

Question 18

One of the biggest challenges in the nursing field is _____.

A) Long working hours
B) Patient care
C) Mental distress
D) Lack of collaboration

Question 19

LPN stands for _____.

A) Licensed private nurse
B) Licensed patient nurse
C) Licensed practical nurse
D) Licensed physical nurse

Question 20

A common role for nurses with a doctoral degree is _____.

A) Doing research
B) Monitoring vital signs
C) Writing care plans
D) Providing diabetic education